Construction Market Research Insights And Findings

Purchasing Managers Index Finds Wet Weather Hitting UK Construction Activity
March 2014
According to the Markit construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), UK construction softened in February as disruption from the wettest winter on record took its toll. However, with a 10th consecutive month of increasing activity the survey index… Read more...
Survey Finds Rising Demand Boosting UK Construction
February 2014
According to the Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), Britain’s construction sector is expanding at the fastest rate since 2007. The unofficial data suggests that the UK’s small and long-suffering sector is recovering rapidly. The Purchasing… Read more...
Construction Survey Reveals Key Industry Indicators
January 2014
The Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) has recently announced the release of the 2013 financial data results. This year, the findings revealed that a trend established in 2008 has been broken: Where the primary source of competition had… Read more...
Survey Reveals Strong Growth For Construction Sector
January 2014
According to the closely-watched Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for construction, the fourth quarter rate of expansion was the best since the third quarter of 2007, despite a slight easing in the pace of growth last month from a peak in… Read more...
Surveys Indicate That Australian Construction And Mining Will Come To A Slowdown
November 2013
New research from BIS Shrapnel predicts that over the next five years, despite overall employment forecasts rising a tenth (11%), there will be a two-fifths (40%) decline in construction positions. This downturn in in construction positions is largely due… Read more...
Purchasing Managers' Survey Shows Construction Growth Is Accelerating
November 2013
According to the Markit/CIPS UK construction purchasing managers' index (PMI), October 2013 saw the sharpest rise in construction output for more than six years. The PMI posted a score of 59.4, up from 58.9 in September - any score above 50.0 indicates… Read more...