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    BCIS civil engineering tender prices: cost and capacity signals for UK project teams

    January 16, 2026|

    Reviewed by Joe Ashwell

    BCIS civil engineering tender prices: cost and capacity signals for UK project teams

    First reported on The Construction Index

    30 Second Briefing

    Civil engineering tender prices rose 0.5% between Q3 and Q4 2025, giving an annual increase of 3.6% on the BCIS Civil Engineering Tender Price Index, as capacity constraints bite across UK infrastructure. BCIS panellists report up to ten‑year waits for installation of transmission cables and substations, heavy nuclear and aviation workloads from Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C and proposed Heathrow and Gatwick expansions, and persistent reliance on subcontractors as direct employment stagnates. BCIS now forecasts a 16% rise in annual infrastructure new work output between 2025 and 2030, intensifying skills and pricing pressures.

    Technical Brief

    • BCIS Civil Engineering Tender Price Index is informed by a panel of multi-project civil cost consultants.
    • Panel members feed quarterly tender price movements plus qualitative pricing drivers into BCIS updates.
    • Transmission owners reporting up to ten‑year waits specifically for cable and transmission station installations.
    • Nuclear workload driven by Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C is absorbing heavy civils capacity.
    • Proposed Heathrow and Gatwick expansions are flagged as future pinch points for aviation-skilled labour availability.
    • Direct employment in infrastructure has stagnated, leaving subcontractors delivering the majority of on-site works.
    • Junior UK infrastructure staff are migrating to international markets, eroding in-house negotiation and commercial skills.
    • BCIS five‑year forecast anticipates 16% growth in annual infrastructure new work output between 2025 and 2030.

    Our Take

    BCIS has also featured in our coverage of England’s housing delivery slowdown, and pairing that with the BCIS Civil Engineering Tender Price Index signals that UK clients face both softer residential demand and rising infrastructure tender prices when planning pipelines.

    For mega-schemes like Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C, Gatwick and Heathrow, a 3.6% annual rise in civil engineering tender prices over a 2025–2030 window can easily translate into multi-hundred‑million‑pound cost drift, pushing sponsors to lock in longer-term framework contracts or alliancing models earlier in design.

    The forecast 16% increase in UK infrastructure new work output by 2030, against rising TPI, suggests Tier 1 contractors will be selective on risk-heavy packages, which could see more work at these large nuclear and aviation assets broken into smaller lots to attract a broader contractor base.

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