CPA reports another difficult quarter for construction

The Construction Products Association Q4 Construction Trade Survey reports that the final three months of 2025 marked another quarter of downbeat reports from the construction supply chain.

For heavy side product manufacturers, the net balance that reported a fall in quarterly sales was the lowest since 2020 Q2, at the height of the pandemic lockdowns. Significantly, heavy side products and materials tend to be used in the earlier phases of construction, which adds to the picture of uncertainty stalling project starts seen throughout the second half of last year. Workloads were also reported to have fallen for chartered surveyors, extending a run of flat or negative growth to five quarters. Light side manufacturers and civil engineering contractors reported modest growth in sales or workloads.