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• Orders figures continue to point to a rougher road ahead

  For those poring over the latest new orders figures released today to find guidance on the future of construction activity I suspect there is something for the optimists, but rather more for the pessimists. It must be said that trying to discern sensible... Posted Nov 05 2009, 12:44 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: housing market, commercial sector, house building, Homes and Communities Agency, construction orders, ONS, quantitative easing, Bank of England, public spending

• CIPS: construction still the sick man of the UK economy

  There is nothing remarkable about the latest CIPS construction survey other than the comments, which are somewhat more guarded than those that accompanied last month's data. It found workload in the industry still falling on its measure which registered... Posted Sep 02 2009, 11:18 AM by Brickonomics Filed under: construction output, commercial sector, house building, CIPS, civils

• It's worse in construction than we thought say forecasters

  The latest forecasts to emerge in the current round all see the future prospects for construction as far gloomier than was expected when the number crunchers examined the figures three months or so ago. Experian now expects a 12% decline this year compared... Posted Jul 13 2009, 05:53 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: Construction Products Association, construction output, commercial sector, forecasts, Hewes & Associates, Experian, construction, public spending, private housing, private housing RMI

• Five reasons why we might be facing the mother of all construction recessions

  It's coming around to the construction forecasting season again and the industry prognosticators will be gathering to discuss the ups and downs of the industry. If I were you, I'd be bracing myself for some pretty savage revisions to what already... Posted Jun 16 2009, 03:50 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: construction industry, construction output, commercial sector, house building, recession, infrastructure, forecasts, pessimism, public spending, 1990s, civils

• Experian revises down its forecast for construction output

  Industry forecasters at Experian followed their rivals and cut expectations of construction activity over the coming three years. The predicted decline in output in 2009 is now put at 7.8% followed by a slight drop of 1.7% in 2010 and a bounce back up... Posted Apr 09 2009, 04:02 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: Construction Products Association, commercial sector, recession, infrastructure, risk, forecasts, Hewes & Associates, Experian

• We're in the worst recession on record, says Construction Products Association

  The spring round of forecasting has brought more gloom with the Construction Products Association taking an even dimmer view of industry prospects than in the winter. On the basis of the current data available the materials producers' body predicts... Posted Apr 03 2009, 10:09 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: Construction Products Association, construction output, commercial sector, construction orders, forecasts, Hewes & Associates, RMI sector, public housing

• Annual construction output forecast to fall £23.5 billion over next two years

  The first of the spring forecasts for construction has winged its way into my inbox. It is the Hewes & Associates' forecast. Hewes expects on the basis of current data that levels of construction output will fall back to those last seen in 1996... Posted Apr 03 2009, 06:16 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: government spending, construction industry, construction output, commercial sector, house building, forecasts, Hewes & Associates, RMI sector

• Red alert as new orders plunge to record low in January

  January 2009: the worst monthly new orders figures ever recorded And with little sign that February will be prove any better, the latest figures for new orders underline the collapse of construction across the board. Every sector - even public non-housing... Posted Mar 12 2009, 10:51 AM by Brickonomics Filed under: main contractors, commercial sector, recession, construction orders, infrastructure

• Plunging building materials imports shows speed of downturn

  The cash spent on imported building materials plunged in the final quarter of 2008 despite the huge drop in the value Sterling providing a clear indicator of the rapid decline in construction activity. In cash terms the value of imports in the fourth... Posted Mar 04 2009, 10:37 AM by Brickonomics Filed under: construction industry, construction firms, Sterling, exchange rates, commercial sector, house building, imports, exports