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UK Construction Outlook 2026: What Main Contractors and Site-Service Buyers Need to Know
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UK Construction Outlook 2026: What Main Contractors and Site-Service Buyers Need to Know

UK construction in 2026 is a sector easing off a downturn, not recovering from one. Output fell 1.8% year-on-year in May and the Construction Products Association expects the full year to close down 3.3% before a modest 1.2% rise in 2027, driven almost entirely by a 10% collapse in private housing starts. Infrastructure is the one segment growing through the downturn (up 3.2% in both 2026 and 2027), while material and labour cost inflation are accelerating even as demand stays weak. For main contractors and buyers of site services, the next 12 months call for tighter cost-escalation clauses, closer subcontractor due diligence, and realistic allowances for gateway and planning timelines rather than pre-2022 assumptions.

AOG Insights · 28 August 2026Read article →

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Major UK Construction Projects in 2026: Where the Opportunities Are
Industry Briefings16 July 2026

Major UK Construction Projects in 2026: Where the Opportunities Are

The UK's national infrastructure pipeline now stands at £718 billion across 734 identified projects, and 2026 is the year several of its biggest schemes move from paper to active site: Sizewell C has passed 2,000 workers on site, nine New Hospital Programme schemes are in construction, the Road Investment Strategy has been renewed with a further £27 billion committed, and data centre construction is accelerating faster than the electricity grid can currently connect it. For main contractors and their site-services buyers, that spread matters more than the headline total. Nuclear, road and rail programmes create long-duration, high-compliance security and logistics demand measured in years. Hospital and housing schemes create welfare, cleaning and phased-access demand measured in months, repeated across many concurrent sites. Data centres create a newer, security-heavy profile that most FM buyers have not planned for yet. This briefing sets out where the real workload sits by project type, sourced entirely against primary government and industry data as it stood on 2 September 2026.

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How can construction solve the Gen Z skills barrier and the 52% rejection rate?
Industry Briefings1 December 2025

How can construction solve the Gen Z skills barrier and the 52% rejection rate?

Randstad's 2025 Gen Z report found that 52% of Gen Z applicants are rejected for missing essential skills, deepening construction's labour gap. Solving it means structured training and clear pathways, not just wider recruitment.

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