Huge growth in private housing projects has boosted construction growth, according to analysts.Glenigan’s index of project starts in the construction industry revealed that the 1% deterioration in total underlying activity would have been far worse had it not been for the 58% increase in private housing projects nationally compared to the three months to October 2011.
However, the slowdown in public sector new work also continued in October with social housing starts down 6%, education st...
