According to the construction data provider, this was a 10% increase from 2024’s figures.

Performance was buoyed by the residential construction work where project starts increased by 49% from the preceding three-month period.

This has put the value of residential construction activity at 45% higher than 2024.

Private housing construction accounted for the bulk of this with a 55% increase in construction start value, up 56% from the year before.

Though not as much, social housing construction also increased by 29% and 13% across both respective timeframes.

Geographically, Glenigan highlighted the South West as being the strongest construction performer with a 27% increase in activity in the region from the preceding three months.

The North West similarly had a strong period, with activity rising 58%.

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Elsewhere, although the South East and London both recorded 30% increases from the previous three months, the former was down 2% from 2024’s levels.

Similarly, London’s activity levels for this period were only 2% higher than 2024.

“The industry will welcome these results as, despite the downturn in major projects recently shown in the May Review, the underlying market, which represents the majority of work across the sector, appears to be on the up,” said Allan Wilen, economic director at Glenigan.

“Perhaps a higher degree of ‘relatively’ good news business stories coming from Downing Street is giving many investors that boost they so desperately needed to get building.

“Certainly, if the very strong figures in the residential vertical are anything to go by, we’ll likely see the curve continue to rise into H2 2025.”