Construction On The Up

Insight Data, the data supplier for the construction industry, has revealed an increase in social housing activity with building firms now actively chasing social housing project work. Jade Greenhow, operations manager said: "The number of building contractors winning work within the social housing market has risen by 20.5% in the last 12 months alone, with 582 construction firms now working within the social housing sector." "According to the DoE, local authority acquisition and construction grew from 285 in 2014 to 1030 in 2015.