According to government data, 2022 saw construction grow by 5.7% - despite the decline in December.
Driving the sector forwards was non-housing repair and maintenance (5.4%) and infrastructure new work (3.7%).
However, this upward trajectory was disrupted by private new housing and repair at the end of the year.
In fact, the construction industry experienced a dip of £242 in the final quarter of last year, largely as a result of private commercial new orders and infrastructure which saw a 9.6% and 11.8% fall.
Mark Leeson, operations director of property and construction consultant at McBains, says: “After the flat growth witnessed in November, [these] figures prove that the construction industry is still swimming against the tide in many work areas.
“The cold weather in December undoubtedly had an impact, but while the continued increase in infrastructure work is welcome, more worrying is the fall in private new housing work, reflecting the wider economic uncertainty. This trend is likely to get worse, with major volume housebuilders all warning this week they would be building fewer homes as customers put off major purchase decisions amid the cost-of-living crisis.
In 2023, construction output is expected to grow by 2.2% - slightly below the prior prediction of 2.4%. Again, industry experts have blamed this decrease on rising energy costs and inflation in the UK.
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