{"id":89004,"date":"2021-02-15T11:14:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T11:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=89004"},"modified":"2021-02-15T11:14:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T11:14:34","slug":"construction-contract-awards-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-contract-awards-7\/89004\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction contract awards drop by 12% in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The value of construction contract awards decreased by 12% in January to \u00a34.3bn, 10% lower than the monthly average in 2020<\/h2>\n<p>When compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-contract-award\/88113\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December<\/a>, construction contract awards in January dropped by 12%.<\/p>\n<h3>Sector breakdown<\/h3>\n<p>Sector analysis reveals that the total value of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/infrastructure-skills-megaprojects\/57034\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">infrastructure projects<\/a> reached \u00a3500m in January, which is 57% lower than December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The total value of construction contract awards for industrial was also low compared to recent figures, in January the total value was \u00a3600m which is a decline of 24% compared to December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>However, there was significant activity in the warehousing sub-sector. Two of the top four overall contract awards in January were warehouse projects \u2013 including the \u00a3125m Next Warehouse in South Elmsall Yorkshire, and the \u00a3100m Uniserve Distribution Centre in Suffolk.<\/p>\n<p>Planning in January was also strong in the industrial sector with a total of \u00a3700m new approvals.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel leisure and sport sector saw exceptional activity with \u00a31.8bn of approvals \u2013 major projects included the \u00a31.3bn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/redevelopment-london-olympia\/58254\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olympia redevelopment<\/a> in London, a \u00a3250m <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/gateshead-quays-plans\/75385\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gateshead Quays<\/a> redevelopment in the North East, and the \u00a3350m Manchester Arena project in the North West.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-89005 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Construction-contracts-1024x789.jpg\" alt=\"construction contract awards \" width=\"696\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Construction-contracts-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Construction-contracts-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Construction-contracts-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Construction-contracts-696x537.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Construction-contracts-545x420.jpg 545w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Construction-contracts-610x470.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Construction-contracts.jpg 1048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Covid-19 remains the main factor suppressing activity\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Commenting on the figures, Tom Hall, chief economist at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barbour-abi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barbour ABI<\/a> and AMA Research, said: \u201cThe planning environment maintained activity in January, continuing its recent trajectory at lower than average levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose hoping for a bounce in activity as we leave the EU will be disappointed; clearly the Covid-19 pandemic remains the main factor suppressing activity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile it is positive to see some life in the hotel and leisure sector with record planning approvals over the last quarter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The latest edition of the Economic &amp; Construction Market Review from industry analysts Barbour ABI, highlights levels of construction contract values awarded across Great Britain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The value of construction contract awards decreased by 12% in January to \u00a34.3bn, 10% lower than the monthly average in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"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":[825,24813,676,579,567,639],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-89004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-barbour-abi","8":"tag-building-contracts","9":"tag-construction","10":"tag-infrastructure","11":"tag-planning-system","12":"tag-procurement"},"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>Construction contract awards drop by 12% in January<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The value of construction contract awards decreased by 12% in January to \u00a34.3bn, 10% lower than the monthly average in 2020\" \/>\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\/construction-contract-awards-7\/89004\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Construction contract awards drop by 12% in January\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The value of construction contract awards decreased by 12% in January to \u00a34.3bn, 10% lower than the monthly average in 2020\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-contract-awards-7\/89004\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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