The State of the UK Built Environment 2026
How the industry is really doing this year: pipeline, margins, late payment, skills and what's actually happening with AI.
Anonymous, around seven minutes, almost all single taps. Whether your business uses AI or not, your answers are the data. Especially if it doesn't.
The survey closes on 29 January 2027.
Start the surveyBuilt Logic will donate £1 for each of the first 500 completed responses to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity, up to £500 in total.
No name · no company · no email · not used for sales follow-up · findings published free in February 2027
About the survey
Anonymous
No name, company or email is collected with your answers, and there is no IP-based tracking.
Around seven minutes
Mostly single-tap questions, built to be answered on a phone, with one optional written comment at the end.
Findings first
Take part and you can ask for the full findings before public release in February 2027 as the AI in the UK Construction Industry Benchmark.
Seven minutes on how your business is really doing
The survey closes on 29 January 2027. Answer for the business you own, run or work in. Every question is about your reality this year, not what the industry is supposed to say. If the form doesn't load here, take the survey directly at tally.so.
What the survey covers
Pipeline and growth
How far ahead secured work runs, and what is constraining business growth.
Margins
Net margin bands, so AI use can be set against how the business is doing.
People and skills
Whether the skills shortage is costing you work, and what AI training anyone has had.
How the business runs
What's on software and what still runs on spreadsheets, WhatsApp and paper.
AI in practice
Who's using it, what for, how much time it saves, and what has gone wrong.
Rules and trust
What's stopping wider use, who owns AI, the rules on it, and what clients and main contractors are asking.
The year ahead
Plans to spend on AI, the one task you'd most like it to help with, and your confidence in the business.
How anonymity works here
- No name, company name or email address is collected with your answers.
- There is no IP-based tracking. Duplicate checks work through your browser, not your identity.
- Responses are stored in the EU and reported in aggregate, as percentages. The one optional written comment may be quoted anonymously in the report. The survey says so at that question, and you can leave it blank. Please don't put names, companies, clients or identifiable projects in it.
- If you choose to leave an email for early findings, it's collected on a separate form and stored separately. It is never linked to your survey answers or used for sales follow-up.
- Taking part does not add you to a sales or marketing list, and you can finish without giving any contact details.
- The full methodology (fieldwork dates, sample size, how people were recruited, data cleaning) is published with the report, and the detail is in the privacy policy.
Funded by Built Logic. Published for the industry.
The survey is run and funded by Built Logic, the AI specialist for UK construction businesses. There is no sponsor, nothing is sold to people who take part, and your answers are not used for sales follow-up.
The findings are published free to the whole industry in February 2027 as the AI in the UK Construction Industry Benchmark, with sector, region and business-size breakdowns where there are enough responses to report them responsibly. If you run a trade body, publication or community and want the survey in front of your members or readers, write to [email protected].