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Output dropped in both main construction groups, with building construction down 10.7% and civil engineering down 14%.
By industry division, civil engineering companies recorded a sharper 35.8% decline, driven by a 26.2% contraction in road and railway construction and a 52.2% fall in utility projects.
Specialized construction activities, the sector’s largest division, edged up 0.5%. New contract volumes fell 24.8% compared with July 2025, including declines of 29.5% for buildings and 20.2% for civil engineering works.
Nevertheless, construction companies’ total order books at the end of July were 0.8% larger than a year earlier.
Building contracts decreased 1.9%, while civil engineering contracts increased 1.9%. Over the first seven months of 2026, construction output was 2.7% lower than a year earlier.
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