April Construction Update from the Department for Business & Trade

The Office for National Statistics published estimates of Construction Output for February 2025 this
morning.
Main points:
• Monthly construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.4% in volume terms in February
2025; this follows a downwardly revised decrease of 0.3% in January 2025.
• This increase in monthly output came from increases in both new work (0.3%) and repair and
maintenance (0.5%).
• Anecdotal evidence from survey returns noted the mixed effects of the weather; with rain and
cold temperatures at the start of the month, followed by more settled, warmer weather
towards the end of the month.
• At the sector level, five out of the nine sectors grew in February 2025; the main contributors to
the monthly increase were public other new work, and public housing repair and maintenance,
which grew by 4.4% and 4.0%, respectively.
• Construction output is estimated to have shown no growth (0.0%) in the three months to
February 2025; an increase in new work (1.2%) was offset by a fall in repair and maintenance of
1.5%.

Download the latest Monthly Construction update for the Department for Business & Trade here.