UK Schools, Universities and Hospitals Market Report 2022

The UK Schools, Universities and Hospitals report identifies consumer attitudes towards estates, capital funding channels, and the education and hospital market in the UK. This market report covers the market size, market forecast, market segmentation and industry trends for the Schools, Universities and Hospitals market in the UK.

Current Market Landscape

In 2021, growth was largely driven by buoyant construction activity in the health sector, driven by a significant increase in public capital expenditure on schools and hospitals as the government started to tackle the condition of both estates by committing to long-term capital investment.

• There was a 7% rise in construction output in 2021, following an 18% decline in 2020.
• The public sector accounted for an estimated 60% of construction output in 2021, up from 52% in 2018.

Projects were disrupted by site closures during the initial lockdown, but most contractors operated normally during the second and third national lockdown. There was a stronger retrenchment of activity in the universities segment due to greater private investment involvement and rise in uncertainty, caused both by COVID-19 and Brexit.

Future Market Trends in Schools, Universities and Hospitals

The prospects for the UK market for new construction of schools, universities and health facilities are strong. Key commitments include the 10-year school rebuilding programme and the government’s major hospital building programme, which aims for 40 new hospitals to be built by 2030.

Future build projects will also see a significant focus on sustainability and energy efficiency in order to meet clients’ sustainability targets and support the UK’s progress towards Net Zero by 2050. With the construction industry facing large and persistent skills gaps and shortages, this may hamper its ability to make good on the government’s Net Zero ambitions. Considerable investment will be required across the industry to tackle the skills crisis.

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Quickly understand

• The impact of COVID-19 on the schools, universities and hospitals construction market.
• Market sizes and segmentations of the schools, universities and hospitals construction market.
• Summaries of estates, and funding channels for capital works for schools, universities and hospitals.
• A review of industry structure and recent company activity, performance and strategy.

Covered in this report

Brands: Balfour Beatty, Galliford Try, Kier Group, Skanska UK, Wilmott Dixon.

Expert analysis from a specialist in the field

This report, written by Claudia Preedy, a leading analyst in the Retail sector, delivers in-depth commentary and analysis to highlight current trends and add expert context to the numbers.

The prospects for the UK market for new construction of schools, universities and health facilities are strong, driven by a significant increase in public capital expenditure on schools and hospitals as the government starts to tackle the condition of both estates by committing to long-term capital investment.
Key commitments include the 10-year school rebuilding programme and the government’s major hospital building programme, which aims for 40 new hospitals to be built by 2030.
Across public build projects there will be a wider adoption of modern methods of construction to reduce on-site disruption, increase efficiencies and speed up the site programme. Future projects will also see a significant focus on sustainability and energy efficiency in order to meet clients’ sustainability targets and support the UK’s progress towards Net Zero by 2050. This will require considerable investment in skills and employment in the construction industry to make the move to Net Zero possible.

Claudia Preedy
Senior B2BAnalyst