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US construction forecast highlights for 2025–2034, including infrastructure growth, housing outlook, spending trends, and price and rate projections.

We unlock actionable insights on US construction activity with county-level forecasts powered by Oxford Economic’s forecasting expertise and ConstructConnect’s project data.

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Australia’s infrastructure landscape is shifting fast, driven by new investment trends, emerging asset classes and growing capacity constraints. This outlook explores the major changes ahead and what industry and government must do to navigate the decade effectively.

Labour shortages remain an ongoing challenge across Europe, limiting firms’ ability to deliver a strong pipeline of work. 28% of construction firms are reporting that lack of personnel is limiting their output and 14% are intending to hoard labour in the next three months to minimise future risk.

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