Buyers flag fears over civil engineering slowdown

Construction buyers reported the sharpest decline in civil engineering output output levels since 2020 in March.
Delayed decision-making on new projects and a generally subdued pipeline of major infrastructure work was blamed for the fastest rate of contraction since October 2020.
Civil engineering led the downturn in activity with the bellwether S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index posting 46.4 in March, up from a 57-month low of 44.6 in February but still well below