{"id":86223,"date":"2020-12-04T12:31:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T12:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=86223"},"modified":"2020-12-04T12:32:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T12:32:26","slug":"uk-construction-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/uk-construction-sector\/86223\/","title":{"rendered":"UK construction sector sees biggest rise since October 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The latest <a href=\"https:\/\/ihsmarkit.com\/products\/pmi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PMI figures<\/a> show November indicated a sustained recovery in UK construction output, with the rate of expansion accelerating from the previous month<\/h2>\n<p>At 54.7 in November, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-companies-growth\/84932\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">up from 53.1 in October<\/a>, the headline seasonally adjusted the Total Activity Index registered above the 50.0 no-change value for the sixth consecutive month.<\/p>\n<p>All three broad categories of activity saw higher output in November.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/uk-construction-activity\/83522\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Housebuilding was the best-performing<\/a> area in November (index at 59.2), despite the rate of growth easing since October.<\/p>\n<p>Civil engineering returned to growth in November (52.3), while commercial work increased only marginally (51.9) and at the slowest rate for six months.<\/p>\n<p>New business volumes expanded at a robust and accelerated pace in November.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-86224 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Total-Activity-Index-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Total-Activity-Index-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Total-Activity-Index-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Total-Activity-Index-1024x607.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Total-Activity-Index-696x413.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Total-Activity-Index-1068x634.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Total-Activity-Index-708x420.jpg 708w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Total-Activity-Index-610x362.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Total-Activity-Index.jpg 1834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The latest improvement in construction order books was the steepest since October 2014, which survey respondents attributed to a recovery in tender opportunities and improving confidence among clients.<\/p>\n<p>Greater workloads also contributed to a strong increase in purchasing activity during November, with the rate of growth reaching its highest for just over six years.<\/p>\n<p>Rising demand for construction products and materials placed additional pressure on supply chains in November.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the rising activity, some firms reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/employees-furloughed\/74612\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ongoing job cuts<\/a> amid efforts to reduce overheads.<\/p>\n<h3>Rising client confidence<\/h3>\n<p>Tim Moore, economics director at <a href=\"https:\/\/ihsmarkit.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IHS Markit<\/a>, said: &#8220;UK construction output stayed on a recovery path in November and there were signs that the main growth driver has transitioned from catch-up work to new projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe latest increase in new orders was the strongest since late-2014, with construction firms reporting a boost from rising client confidence and the release of budgets that had been held back earlier in the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Housebuilding was once again the stand out performer, while a return to growth for civil engineering contributed to the rise in the headline PMI during November. Commercial construction lagged behind the recovery seen elsewhere in the sector amid subdued demand for office space, retail developments and other corporate projects hit by the pandemic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>David Vayro, head of built environment projects at law firm,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.primaslaw.co.uk\/\">Primas Law<\/a>, said: \u201cThis positive data for the construction sector gives some substance to the market perception of pent up demand resulting from the painful medicine being sucked up by the industry in terms of social distancing, lockdown, self-isolation and quarantine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trend in growth has now persisted for six consecutive months. It brings its own challenges with it \u2013 materials lead times have increased as a result of the additional supply chain pressure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat additional demand is feeding into a one year high in the increase of materials and other costs, clearly exacerbated by the ravages wreaked on supply chain stability by the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlbeit that employment data is still weak with some ongoing job cuts featuring in efforts to reduce overheads, optimism is higher now than at any time since those innocent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-pmi-january\/71215\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pre-Covid days<\/a> of January 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sector can look for this growth trend to continue at least in the near to mid-term but the clamour around the repressive effect of skill shortages (especially if a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/no-deal-brexit-construction\/54317\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no-deal Brexit<\/a> happens) will increase, potentially putting a brake on the pace of growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest PMI figures show November indicated a sustained recovery in UK construction output, with the rate of expansion accelerating from the previous month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[591,24813,676,54592,636,572,656,678,974],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86223","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-brexit","8":"tag-building-contracts","9":"tag-construction","10":"tag-coronavirus","11":"tag-engineering","12":"tag-housebuilding","13":"tag-housing","14":"tag-markit","15":"tag-pmi"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UK construction sector sees biggest rise since October 2014<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The latest PMI figures show November indicated a sustained recovery in UK construction output, with the rate of expansion accelerating\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/uk-construction-sector\/86223\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UK construction sector sees biggest rise since October 2014\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The latest PMI figures show November indicated a sustained recovery in UK construction output, with the rate of expansion accelerating\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/uk-construction-sector\/86223\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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