Straight from the horses mouth. That is Industry Insight’s Preferred Supplier and Competitor Survey (PSS) conducted amongst active contractors across various sites in South Africa. The survey covered 38 projects worth R2.70bn (current prices) for October 2026 across 16 material categories in six provinces. That is down from 52 projects worth R5.28bn in September 2026,…
Stats SA’s rebased regional GDP data, which moves the base year from 2015 to 2022, has redrawn the provincial picture. South Africa’s 2024 GDP was revised up by R352bn (+4.8%) to R7.70 trillion, and construction value added rose by R10.6bn (+6.6%) to R170bn. The Northern Cape’s economy is now estimated to be 26% larger than…
Our September Construction Monitor points to a substantial pipeline of construction-related investment, although many projects have yet to reach construction. Transnet’s five-year capital programme totals R129.1bn, including R115.9bn for maintaining and rehabilitating existing infrastructure. ACSA announced a R21.7bn airport programme, while procurement began for the proposed Ngqura manganese corridor, which could require up to R44bn….
Preferred Supplier & Competitor Survey September 2026 The Preferred Supplier Survey, pioneered by Industry Insight, evaluates the Market Exposure Rate (MER) of key construction material suppliers within the construction industry. MER is used to measure supplier participation in projects based on their exposure to project values rather than sales volumes. The clearest cost pressure in…
SANRAL has dismantled its national Routine Road Maintenance panel after the Pretoria High Court declared the appointment of only 20 contractors unlawful and unconstitutional, following material procurement failures relating to price competition, tender evaluation, transparency and adjudication. SANRAL has consequently returned to open, route-by-route procurement, creating a sharp rise in tender activity: more than 90…
We recently presented at a WorkWeek Webinar, looking at the Construction Pipeline, where is it moving and where are the growth opportunities? WorkWeek is a South African workforce-management platform for contractors and field teams. It replaces paper timesheets by letting workers clock in via a mobile app, verifies their identity and location, calculates ordinary and overtime…
The October 2026 review shows a gradual but important shift in South Africa’s construction technology pipeline. The market is no longer characterised only by experimental materials and university research. A growing number of technologies have reached industrial trials, commercial production or actual project application, although adoption remains uneven. Circular asphalt products, recycled construction materials and…
According to Stats SA’s latest 2026Q2 financial statistics for the construction sector, activity strengthened in Q2 2026, with turnover rising 3.1% y-y to R97.8 billion, supported by higher purchases, increased equipment hire and stronger work in progress. Large contractors also entered the quarter with substantially higher active workloads, although WIP declined during the quarter as…
The strongest construction signal this week is not a shortage of projects, but weak procurement conversion. Infrastructure South Africa reports that only 16% of public infrastructure tenders were concluded during the past year. Alongside a Construction Book pipeline of roughly R395.8bn, this confirms that project identification is improving faster than evaluation, appointment and implementation. Construction…
