Construction industry of the United Kingdom

The construction industry of the United Kingdom contributed gross value of £64,747 million to the UK economy in 2004.[1] The industry employed around 2.2 million people in the fourth quarter of 2009.[2] There were around 194,000 construction firms in Great Britain in 2009, of which around 75,400 employed just one person and 62 employed over 1,200 people.[2] In 2009 the construction industry in Great Britain received total orders of around £18.7 billion from the private sector and £15.1 billion from the public sector.[2] While manufacturing in the United Kingdom shrank as a proportion of the economy between 1948 and 2013, replaced by the service sector, construction remained relatively flat at about 6% of the economy.[3]

As of 2012, the largest construction project in the UK is Crossrail. Due to open in 2018, it will be a new railway line running east to west through London and into the surrounding counties with a branch to Heathrow Airport.[4] The main feature of the project is construction of 42 km (26 mi) of new tunnels connecting stations in central London. It is also Europe's biggest construction project with a £15 billion projected cost.[5][6]

Prospective major construction projects include either expansion of London Heathrow Airport or expansion of Gatwick Airport, construction of the High Speed 2 rail line between London and the West Midlands, and construction of the Crossrail 2 rail line in London.

Remains of an old Railway Bridge, Ballybrannon Road, Armagh awaiting to be reconstructed if the line from Portadown to Armagh is reopened.

See also

References

  1. "United Kingdom National Accounts The Blue Book 2006" (PDF). 2006-08-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  2. 1 2 3 "Construction Statistics Annual 2010" (PDF). Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  3. "Seven things you need to know about the UK economy". The Guardian. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  4. "Crossrail Regional Map". Crossrail Ltd. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  5. "Crossrail's giant tunnelling machines unveiled". BBC News. 2 January 2012.
  6. Leftly, Mark (29 August 2010). "Crossrail delayed to save £1bn". The Independent on Sunday. London.


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