{"id":91802,"date":"2021-04-13T09:55:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T08:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=91802"},"modified":"2021-04-13T09:55:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T08:55:30","slug":"construction-output-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-output-grows\/91802\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction output grows by 1.6% in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Construction output grew by 1.6% in February 2021, largely thanks to a 1.5% increase in new work and 1.9% increase in repair and maintenance, as the industry maintains its recovery<\/h2>\n<p>The level of construction output in February 2021 was 4.3% below the February 2020 level, while new work was 7.8% below the February 2020 level, according to the latest ONS figures.<\/p>\n<p>The monthly increase in new work (1.5%) in February 2021 was because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/climate-resilient-design\/90047\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">growth in all new work sectors<\/a> apart from infrastructure, which fell by 3.4% \u2013\u00a0the largest contributor to this growth was private commercial new work, which grew by 4.0%.<\/p>\n<p>The monthly increase in repair and maintenance (1.9%) in February 2021 was due to growth in private and non-housing repair and maintenance, which grew by 4.7% and 2.6% respectively, offsetting the 8.6% fall in public housing repair and maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Construction output fell by 1.0% in the three months to February 2021 compared with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/uk-construction-output-march\/91642\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previous three-month period<\/a>, because of a 1.6% fall in new work and 0.1% fall in repair and maintenance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" 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https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-1_-The-monthly-index-shows-that-the-level-of-construction-output-increased-in-February-2021-though-remains-below-the-February-2020-level-536x420.png 536w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-1_-The-monthly-index-shows-that-the-level-of-construction-output-increased-in-February-2021-though-remains-below-the-February-2020-level-610x478.png 610w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Figure-1_-The-monthly-index-shows-that-the-level-of-construction-output-increased-in-February-2021-though-remains-below-the-February-2020-level.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following revisions in this release, 2020 annual construction growth has been revised down 1.5% to an annual decline of 14.0% \u2013 this is now the largest decline in annual growth since annual records began in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>New work and repair and maintenance both contributed to the increase in the level of all work in February 2021 though only repair and maintenance has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/covid-19-construction-industry-2\/80363\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recovered above its pre-pandemic level<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Construction output grew by 1.6% (\u00a3213m) in February 2021 compared with January 2021 because of monthly growth in all sectors, except infrastructure and public housing repair and maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the 3.4% monthly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-output-fall\/78568\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fall in infrastructure output<\/a> in February 2021 it remains the only new work sector above its pre-pandemic level.<\/p>\n<p>Repair and maintenance output grew by 1.9% (\u00a391m) in February 2021 thanks to increases in both private and non-housing repair and maintenance, which grew 4.7% (\u00a383m) and 2.6% (\u00a364m) respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Public housing was the only repair and maintenance sector in February 2021 to be below its February 2020 pre-pandemic level.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;A roadmap out of the crisis&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>Fraser Johns, finance director at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beardconstruction.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beard<\/a>, said: \u201cThere is a lot of optimism around this week, and rightly so with the reopening of our retail sector and a successful vaccine rollout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe highest level of growth month-on-month since September at 1.6% certainly provides hope that we are heading in the right direction in terms of a roadmap out of the crisis. And compared to the rate of growth of the economy overall at 0.4%, the construction sector has performed well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, in the three months to February output actually fell by 1% and the month was 4.3% down on the same point last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also had the warning from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Construction Leadership Council<\/a> last week that shortages of building products and materials are set to get worse before they get better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clive Docwra, managing director of property and construction consultancy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mcbains.co.uk\/\">McBains<\/a>, added: \u201cToday\u2019s figures are another sign that construction industry is maintaining its recovery following the downturn over the last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConfidence is still fragile in some work sectors, but there\u2019s a definite feeling of the glass being half full, rather than half empty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially cheering is the growth in private commercial new work, which grew by 4%,\u00a0suggesting that order books are beginning to be filled on a more regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProjects in many sectors have been paused while lockdown measures have been in place, but the lifting this week of restrictions in retail, hospitality and leisure will hopefully also kick-start investment in construction within these industries.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction output grew by 1.6% in February 2021, largely thanks to a 1.5% increase in new work and 1.9% increase in repair and maintenance, as the industry maintains its recovery.<\/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":[24813,676,54592,908,636,572,656,579],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-91802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building-contracts","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-coronavirus","10":"tag-economy","11":"tag-engineering","12":"tag-housebuilding","13":"tag-housing","14":"tag-infrastructure"},"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 output grows by 1.6% in February<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Construction output grew by 1.6% in February 2021, largely thanks to a 1.5% increase in new work and 1.9% increase in repair and maintenance\" \/>\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-output-grows\/91802\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Construction output grows by 1.6% in February\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Construction output grew by 1.6% in February 2021, largely thanks to a 1.5% increase in new work and 1.9% increase in repair and maintenance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-output-grows\/91802\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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