Total construction output is estimated to have shown no growth in Quarter 1, from January to March 2025 compared with Quarter 4, October to December in 2024. Over the period, new work is said to have increased by 0.9%, while repair and maintenance fell by 1.2% according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
Monthly construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.5% in March 2025, says the organisation. This follows a downwardly revised increase of 0.2% in February 2025, and an unrevised decrease of 0.3% in January 2025.
The increase in monthly output in March 2025 came from increases from new work, and repair and maintenance, which grew by 0.6% and 0.4%, respectively. At the sector level, five out of the nine sectors grew in March 2025.
The main contributors to the monthly increase were private housing and infrastructure new work, which rose by 2.3% and 2.5%, respectively. To conclude the ONS says: “Total construction new orders grew by 26.6%, £2,447 million in Quarter 1 2025 compared with Quarter 4 2024. This quarterly increase came mainly from infrastructure new work and private industrial new work.”
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