Main points:
• Total construction output is estimated to have grown by 1.6% in the three months to April 2026; this is the second consecutive increase in the three-monthly series.
• Over the three-month period, both new work, and repair and maintenance, grew by 0.3% and 3.4%, respectively.
• At the sector level, six out of the nine sectors grew in the three months to April 2026; the main positive contributor to the increase was non-housing repair and maintenance, which grew by 3.5%.
• The increase in March 2026 came from increases in new work and repair and maintenance, which grew by 2.0% and 0.8%, respectively.
• Monthly construction output is estimated to have grown by 0.1% in April 2026; this follows an increase of 1.5% in March 2026, and an increase of 0.5% in February 2026.
• The increase in monthly output in April 2026 came solely from an increase in repair and maintenance, which grew by 0.6%, while new work fell by 0.3%.