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Published: 17th July 2025
Enhanced carbon database revealed after government report calls for action
Major changes to the Built Environment Carbon Database (BECD) have been revealed after a recently published government report called for a national carbon dataset. The improvements to BECD were announced just days after the report on the practical, technical and economic impacts of measuring and…
Published: 15th July 2025
BCIS reveals five-year infrastructure forecast
Civil engineering costs are forecast to rise by 16% over the next five years to 1Q2030, with growth in labour costs expected to be the main driver over the next two years, according to the latest forecast from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS). Dr David Crosthwaite, chief economist at…
Published: 15th July 2025
BCIS reveals five-year maintenance, cleaning and energy forecast
Maintenance costs, as measured by the BCIS All-in Maintenance Cost Indices, are set to rise 19% by 1Q2030, according to the latest forecast data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS). Cleaning costs, mainly driven by labour costs, are expected to rise by 31% over the same period. Dr…
Published: 8th July 2025
BCIS reveals five-year construction industry forecast
Building costs will increase by a predicted 14% over the next five years to 2Q2030, while tender prices will rise by 15% over the same period, according to the latest construction forecast data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS). New work output is expected to grow by 18% between 202…
Published: 26th June 2025
BCIS reports tender price inflation of 0.5 per cent
Tender prices increased by an estimated average of 0.5 per cent between 1Q2025 and 2Q2025, according to the latest data from the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS). The increase resulted in 2.3 per cent annual growth in the BCIS All-in Tender Price Index, the same as was reported in the first…
Published: 25th June 2025
BCIS reveals stronger growth in housebuilding cost inflation
Annual housebuilding cost inflation, as measured by the BCIS Private Housing Construction Price Index (PHCPI), stood at 2.0 per cent in 1Q2025, down from a peak of 15.3 per cent in 2Q2022 and up from 1.7 per cent reported in the final quarter of 2024. On a quarterly basis, this represented a 0.7 per…
