Margins will continue to be under pressure this year as sharp increases in input costs outrun increases in the selling price of construction in a competitive marketplace, according to the latest edition of RLB’s Construction Market Intelligence.
In the report, which incorporates our quarterly tender price forecast, our expert market analysts write that the effects of this will vary regionally and from project to project.
In a currently tight labour market with overall low levels of unemployment and ongoing shortages of skilled and unskilled labour, new workload distribution and local availability of labour could hold the key as to whether any influx of project work results in a breakout of tender prices.
As of Q2 2025, RLB’s forecast tender price uplift for 2025 is 3.22%, which represents a very small increase compared to the previous quarter’s forecast of 3.21%.
Read the full report here.
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Roger Hogg
UK Research and Development Manager