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Clients handed out around £5.1bn of construction work in August – down by £1bn from the month before, Glenigan data has revealed.

The figures (see ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Boardroom) reveal that the most work was awarded in the commercial sector, with firms here inking deals worth just under £1.3bn – or around 21% of all work awarded in the month.

After commercial, the next most prolific sector was private housing, with clients here awarding firms £929m of business.

This was followed by those in the infrastructure and social housing sectors, at around £777m and £468m respectively.

Meanwhile, the data also revealed that £7bn worth of projects were approved in August, down 19% on the £8.69bn approved in July.

The private housing sector was the market with the highest value of projects given the green light, with permission secured for 290 schemes worth almost £2.52bn.

After private residential, industrial achieved the second highest value of approvals at just under £2bn, followed by commercial at £848m. 

Overall, the client to receive planning permissions with the highest value was the Gateway 14. It had one industrial scheme worth £687m given the green light, a major industrial park in Norwich.

* private housing awards data refers to external contracts only and does not include frameworks

** projects awarded by a joint venture are listed independently to both single party clients