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Workload Review

Use this monthly analysis of UK construction activity to keep up to date with industry trends. You can download the full commentary, data and graphs to use in your own reports and presentations.

Planning stages analysed
Early planning, Plans approved, Tenders, Main contract award

Sectors analysed
Residential, Industrial, Medical, Education, Leisure, Civils

Regions analysed
East Anglia, East Midlands, London, North West, North, South East, South West, Scotland, West Midlands, Wales, Yorkshire/Humberside

August 2008
Civil orders seem to be buoyant but the members of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) do not agree.

The latest CECA state of trade survey shows a significant slow-down in work among members with a continued downward trend among smaller members that was evident in the poll for the first quarter of this year.

This drop is a slump in preliminary work for new housing developments, while there was also a negative balance in new work coming through in the roads, water and sewage sectors.

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