The Construction Media Index 2015 aims to inform your communications strategy so that you reach your key markets, and achieve your marketing objectives. Now in its fourth edition, it is the only impartial research report for the construction industry on traditional and digital communication channels.

Competitive Advantage Consultancy Ltd researched 478 construction professionals to learn how they gather information to inform their purchase and design decisions.  The report provides insight into what key decision makers in the industry read and where they source information.

Each Construction Media Index report takes a comprehensive look at online and hardcopy journal readership, digital readership, usage of social networks for work, sources of product information and ideas, sources of technical information, use of product directories and CPD.

More information can be found here.

Each month we provide a Construction Market Overview on our blog site.

This provides an overview of construction output, house prices and initiatives to stimulate growth of the industry.

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Availability: Monthly
Contact: learn@cadvantage.co.uk
Date added: 04/06/2013

The CN100 interactive table gives you key company information.

Contract activity is a constantly updated with a record of who is bidding for and winning work.

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Frequency: Regularly updated
Availability: Subscription
Date added: 05/12/2012

This web portal features a number of reports about the UK construction market.

Includes reports into individual product sectors and market forecasts.

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Frequency: Regularly updated
Availability: Subscription
Contact: Darren Jarvis
Date added: 05/12/2012

FMB State of Trade Survey has monitored key indicators and predicted future short term developments in the UK construction industry and is the only survey of its kind to focus exclusively on SMEs throughout the construction industry.

Trends covered include workloads and enquiries and prices, split by sector.

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Frequency: Quarterly
Availability: Free
Date added: 05/12/2012

Glenigan Construction Market Review and Forecast reports examine the recent performance, trends and prospects of the UK construction industry by region and sector.

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Frequency: Quarterly
Availability: Subscription
Date added: 05/12/2012

The Foresight regional construction forecasts are published twice yearly for all twelve UK regions.

Every report contains a short macroeconomic summary forecast that is made for each government office region, followed by commentary and analysis of the forecasts made for construction and the assumptions underlying them.

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Frequency: 6 monthly
Availability: Subscription
Contact: talk@cadvantage.co.uk
Date added: 05/12/2012

Underpinned by a comprehensive survey of CPA Members, the CPA Trade Survey provides timely analysis of current trends in the construction products manufacturing sector and an assessment of likely trading conditions going forward.

In addition to sales, the report includes analysis of trend in employment, cost inflation, capacity utilisation and international trade. Furthermore, it distinguishes between the experience of manufacturers of heavy side products, typically used in the early stages of the construction process, and light side firms, producing products used internally and at a later stage in the build.

The CPA Trade Survey is published on a quarterly basis in early April, July, October and January.

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Frequency: Quarterly
Availability: Subscription
Date added: 05/12/2012

An analysis of construction market performance by sector between 2007 and the current quarter.

It covers both construction output and orders, including a split between public and private sectors.

Supporting commentary is also provided.

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Frequency: Quarterly
Availability: Free
Contact: Nick Holloway
Date added: 23/11/2012

This quarterly report shows how the construction industry is performing in terms of market conditions, sales levels and marketing budgets and headcounts.

The barometer has been running on since the start of 2008 and is completed by senior directors and managers from across the whole construction industry supply chain.

CIMCIG members can download the latest full report here.

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Frequency: Quarterly
Availability: Free
Contact: Nick Hollaway
Date added: 23/11/2012

After a difficult year for the UK construction industry, the Glenigan economics team have produced this report to offer valuable insight into the prospects for 2012.

The report identifies the factors that will impact each sector of the industry.

The report is available free of charge to CIMCIG members.

Follow the link below and register to download.

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Availability: CIMCIG members
Date added: 03/12/2012

The Leading Edge construction forecast is a 6 monthly report that has been published for the last 21 years and is one of the more highly respected in the industry.

Subscribers, who number over 100 and come from a range of market sectors, include large multi national businesses as well as smaller regional companies.

CIMCIG members can purchase a copy on the website at a discount of 10%.

Just go to www.lead-edge.co.uk/downloads-and-reports/construction-output-forecast and enter your credit card details into the secure Pay Pal system.

Alternatively, call 01252 279990 or e-mail mel.budd@lead-edge.co.uk

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Frequency: Every 6 months
Contact: Nick Holloway
Date added: 26/02/2014

The Leading Edge construction output forecast has been published for over 22 years and is one of the more highly respected in the industry. The construction output forecasts are based on a series of causal forecasting models using a range of economic and construction variables.

Leading Edge’s 5 year analysis of the GB construction markets will help you to understand:

• The changing dynamics of each construction sector
• Which sectors are going to fare best and worst in the future
• Where you should allocate your sales force
• How to plan production and allocate resources.

Tel: +44 (0) 1252 279990

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Contact: Nick Hollaway - Senior Manager
Date added: 23/03/2007

RICS surveys spanning the housing, lettings, commercial, construction and rural markets.

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Frequency: Quarterly
Availability: Free
Date added: 18/02/2007

The Monthly Statistics of Building Materials and Components includes the latest detailed information on selected building materials and contains monthly data on price indices, bricks, cement and concrete blocks; and quarterly data on sand & gravel, slate, concrete roofing tiles, ready-mixed concrete and imports & exports of construction products.

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Frequency: Monthly
Availability: Free
Date added: 08/01/2007

Construction Forecasts is an independent and authoritative assessment of the current state of the construction industry and the outlook for construction output.

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Frequency: Twice yearly
Availability: Subscription
Date added: 08/01/2007

Official government data showing new and repair and maintenance construction output, by sector and region.

Reports released on a monthly basis. Put Construction Output into the search box to view the latest reports.

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Frequency: Monthly
Availability: Free
Date added: 08/01/2007

Official government data showing new construction orders by sector and region.

Reports released on a quarterly basis.

Put Construction Orders into the search box to view the latest reports.

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Frequency: Monthly
Availability: Free
Date added: 08/01/2007

Construction Market Report: UK Education Sector

This report presents the construction education sector’s structure and the opportunities following Chancellor's Spending Review and Autumn Statement issued in November 2015.

The objectives of the report are to:

•    Contribute to the marketing strategy of businesses wishing to supply the Education construction sector
•    Provide an impartial overview of Education opportunities for the construction industry
•    Identify key decision makers and influencers in the Education sector, including clients, architects and main contractors

Along with the report we include a listing of architects’ practises identified as designing education projects in 2015.

More information can be found here.

Adoption of BIM by Architects 2015 will inform your BIM strategy so that you can provide effective technical support and engage with architects. The report is vital reading for any manufacturer about to develop a BIM offering, or already offering BIM content, and will provide impartial advice on subjects such as format of BIM content and where to host objects.

The report indicates how leading architects’ practices are implementing BIM, their requirements in terms of proprietary software, COBie, Product Data Templates and the use of Industry Foundation Classes or IFC. There is also feedback on the stage of the design process that they change from placeholder to manufacturer object.

It also lists the building product manufacturers they say provide the best support, providing the opportunity to imitate those organisations who are getting it right. In addition to the report we provide a listing of the practices interviewed and the level of BIM adoption, software used and preferences for BIM content.

More information can be found here.

Published quarterly, the bulletin provides analysis of the overall construction market in current prices, in terms of new work and RMI activity, also public and private sectors and detailed reviews of the two main sectors with sub-sector analysis for quarterly output and new orders, housing starts and completions, as well as forecasts to covering the next four years.
Each issue of the bulletin covers:
•    Recent and current trends in the construction industry in Great Britain
•    Changes in output overall and by residential and non-residential sectors.
•    Revised forecasts based on the latest statistics and information available
•    Key influencing factors: GDP growth, inflation, interest rates etc.
•    Impact of government strategy and review.
•    Forecasts for the next four years for new work and RMI in each of the residential and non-residential sectors.
More information can be found here. (https://www.amaresearch.co.uk/products/construction-housing-forecast-bulletin)

AMA Research are UK leaders in building and construction market research and the leading publisher of off-the-shelf market reports. Each report in this sector contains detailed insight and original analysis into the market as well as market size figures, market forecasts, breakdown of influencing factors, key market trends and much more.
Construction sector market reports include:
•    Care Homes Construction Market
•    Commercial Office Construction Market
•    Construction and Housebuilding Market
•    Construction in the High-Rise Buildings Market
•    Construction in the Sports Sector
•    Data Centre Construction Market
•    Education Construction Market
•    Healthcare Construction Market
•    And many more
More information about AMA’s construction sector reports can be found here: (https://www.amaresearch.co.uk/categories/construction-sectors-contractors-and-fm)