Benchmark: New construction orders

Contract Journal's monthly review of new orders in the construction industry. Analysis of  the DTI data is provided by CJ's deputy editor Justin Stanton with expert analysis offered by Maren Baldauf and Allan Wilen of the Construction Products Association.

August 2007 orders: Orders begin to feel the crunch

July 2007 orders: Summer slowdown hits new orders

Special focus: Building costs

May 2007 orders: New orders still growing

April 2007 orders: New orders upturn continues

March 2007 orders: New orders revival underway?

February 2007 orders: New orders pick up after slow start

January 2007 orders: 2007 new orders start poorly

December 2006 orders: Orders grow, but Q4 poor

November 2006 orders: Housing, offices to the fore