G&T’s latest MEP contractor survey shows a busy but more selective market, with strong 2026 workload visibility but weaker confidence beyond. Project delays are driven less by contractor capacity than by client-side affordability, viability and slower decision-making. Pricing pressure remains upward, with inflation expectations rising from 4.3% in 2026 to 4.8% in 2028, while Middle East uncertainty is shaping procurement strategies but has not yet caused substantiated cost impacts.
Our latest survey results cover:
• Contractor financial performance and outlook
• Secured workloads
• Typical project overheads & profits and preliminaries costs
• M&E contractors' inflationary forecasts
• Labour rates and resource availability
• Preferred project size
• Successful tender ratio
• Materials supply issues and lead times
• Middle East Conflict
Download the full report here.
