{"id":110285,"date":"2026-06-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/?p=110285"},"modified":"2026-06-17T02:58:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T02:58:32","slug":"construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction index crosses back into growth territory in May"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saudi Arabia\u2019s construction sector is back in growth <\/strong>territory. <\/strong>The Al Rajhi Capital Saudi Construction Index (pdf)<\/a> climbed to 51.2 in May from 48.5 in April, back above the 50 threshold that separates growth from contraction, and a three-month high. Firms pointed to better regional stability as the trigger, with work resuming on existing sites and new projects restarting.<\/p>\n

SOUND SMART- <\/strong>The Al Rajhi Capital Saudi Construction Index is a new monthly S&P Global survey of 200 construction firms, tracking m-o-m changes in total construction volume across residential, non-residential structures, and infrastructure subsectors, alongside new orders, output expectations, hiring trends, input costs, and supplier delivery times. Data collection began in January. <\/p>\n

Residential work led the way with the strongest sub-sector reading at 53.8 <\/strong>\u2014 its best since January \u2014 driven by housing demand and a recovery in client confidence that Sultan Altowaim, head of research at Al Rajhi Capital, linked to improving mortgage data. Non-residential structures also expanded (50.5), supported by commercial and industrial project pipelines. <\/p>\n

Infrastructure was the one soft spot<\/strong>, dipping into contraction at 45.7 for the first time since the survey launched in January.<\/p>\n

New orders are back, just about: <\/strong>Total new business intakes returned to growth in May, reversing a consecutive two-month slide. While still slower than the January-February pace, firms flagged a recovery in demand and sales pipelines from diversification projects and urbanization. <\/p>\n

The cost picture is less rosy. <\/strong>Input cost inflation hit its highest since January, with firms citing higher transportation bills, pricier raw material costs, and lingering shipping delays on imports, even as supplier delivery times improved for the first time in four months.<\/p>\n

The mood is cautiously positive, though: <\/strong>Nearly 30% of surveyed construction firms expect activity to strengthen over the next 12 months, against 16% predicting a decline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The headline seasonally adjusted index rose to 51.2 from April\u2019s 48.5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2576],"tags":[151,142,10,66,106],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-110285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction","tag-al-rajhi-capital","tag-construction","tag-enterpriseam-ksa","tag-infrastructure","tag-real-estate","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"d14bae8e-59c1-4bae-8982-50d2df1fa291","order":"5","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/9\/855.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Cranes are back","related_issue":[110277],"teaser":"The headline seasonally adjusted index rose to 51.2 from April\u2019s 48.5"},"yoast_head":"\nConstruction index crosses back into growth territory in May - KSA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Construction index crosses back into growth territory in May\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The headline seasonally adjusted index rose to 51.2 from April\u2019s 48.5\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"KSA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-17T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-17T02:58:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/9\/855.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"enterpriseam admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\"},\"headline\":\"Construction index crosses back into growth territory in May\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-17T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-17T02:58:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/\"},\"wordCount\":296,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/9\/855.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Al Rajhi Capital\",\"Construction\",\"EnterpriseAM KSA\",\"infrastructure\",\"Real Estate\"],\"articleSection\":[\"CONSTRUCTION\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/\",\"name\":\"Construction index crosses back into growth territory in May - KSA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/9\/855.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-17T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-17T02:58:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/9\/855.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/9\/855.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Construction index crosses back into growth territory in May\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/\",\"name\":\"KSA\",\"description\":\"The State of the Nation\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#organization\",\"name\":\"KSA\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42482.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42482.svg\",\"caption\":\"KSA\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d\",\"name\":\"enterpriseam admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/author\/enterpriseam\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Construction index crosses back into growth territory in May - KSA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Construction index crosses back into growth territory in May","og_description":"The headline seasonally adjusted index rose to 51.2 from April\u2019s 48.5","og_url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/","og_site_name":"KSA","article_published_time":"2026-06-17T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-17T02:58:32+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/9\/855.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"enterpriseam admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"enterpriseam admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/"},"author":{"name":"enterpriseam admin","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d"},"headline":"Construction index crosses back into growth territory in May","datePublished":"2026-06-17T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-17T02:58:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/"},"wordCount":296,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/9\/855.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","keywords":["Al Rajhi Capital","Construction","EnterpriseAM KSA","infrastructure","Real Estate"],"articleSection":["CONSTRUCTION"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/","name":"Construction index crosses back into growth territory in May - KSA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/9\/855.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-06-17T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-17T02:58:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/9\/855.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/9\/855.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/06\/17\/construction-index-crosses-back-into-growth-territory-in-may\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Construction index crosses back into growth territory in May"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/","name":"KSA","description":"The State of the Nation","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#organization","name":"KSA","url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42482.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ent.news\/internal\/42482.svg","caption":"KSA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/#\/schema\/person\/ca597032db7e4db868359c123cec256d","name":"enterpriseam admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/enterpriseam.testing.projectsarea.com"],"url":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/author\/enterpriseam\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/9\/855.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/9\/855.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"enterpriseam admin","author_link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/author\/enterpriseam\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2024\/9\/855.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110321,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110285\/revisions\/110321"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue\/110277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110285"},{"taxonomy":"brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/brand?post=110285"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=110285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}