Total GB contract awards fell 0.8% in 2023, but at a regional level, growth rates were spread across a huge range of between +374% and -95%.
This annual regional report produced by the Construction Products Association in collaboration with Barbour ABI analyses construction contract awards at a high level of regional granularity, firstly to identify pockets of growth or contraction – hotspots and coldspots – in regional activity and secondly, to offer a forward-looking indication of growth by region and by sector.
Looking at contract awards data for 2023 across the 168 local authority regions in Great Britain, there are clear hotspots for upcoming construction activity over the next 6-24 months in Great Britain, with hotspots outnumbering coldspots by almost three-to-one overall and six-to-one for infrastructure.