In July 2014, output in the construction industry showed continued year-on-year growth for the 14th consecutive month, increasing by 2.6%.
New orders for construction in Q2 this year is estimated to be 3.8% higher than in Q1. There were increases in infrastructure (20.8%), private commercial (9.6%), public new housing (7.3%), and public other new work (0.3%). Private new housing and private industrial fell by 6.3% and 1.9% respectively. Despite these falls, the levels of these series were still higher than the downturn in this series which began in Q1 2009.
These are Government figures published by the Office for National Statistics on 12 September.