The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for July 2026, highlighting that total construction output is estimated to have fallen by 0.5% in the three months to July 2026. This follows four consecutive increases in the three-monthly series, with strong growth seen in the three months to April and May, of 1.3% and 1.5%, respectively.
Over the three-month period, both new work, and repair and maintenance, fell, by 0.4% and 0.7%, respectively.
At the sector level, six out of the nine sectors fell in the three months to July 2026; the main negative contribution to the decrease was private housing repair and maintenance, which fell by 1.7%.
Monthly construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.1% in July 2026; this follows a decrease of 0.1% in June 2026 and a decrease of 0.8% in May 2026.
The increase in monthly output in July 2026 came solely from an increase in repair and maintenance, which grew by 0.8%, while new work fell by 0.4%; the main contribution to the monthly increase in repair and maintenance was private housing repair and maintenance, which grew by 1.7%, while the largest contribution to the decrease in total new work was a fall of 4.9% in private housing new work.
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