Pulse by Fabrick — live UK built environment data and tools
Build smarter. Decide faster. Stay ahead.
The construction industry is changing, and this free platform, updated in real time, will help you keep up. From rising material costs to tightening regulations and growing carbon pressures, every decision now carries more risk and more scrutiny.
We bring together live data, original analysis and practical tools so your decisions are backed by evidence, not guesswork. This is where you start.
Built on the most credible sources in the UK.
We aggregate and interpret information from leading organisations including National Grid ESO, the Office for National Statistics and the ICE Database, alongside key government departments such as the Department for Business and Trade and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, plus open platforms like planning.data.gov.uk. The result: fragmented datasets turned into clear, usable intelligence, and a more complete picture of what is happening across construction, property and infrastructure.
What we have built and how to use it.
We have brought together the data, insight and intelligence shaping the built environment, so you do not have to go looking for it. Instead of navigating multiple sources, interpreting raw datasets or trying to connect the dots yourself, everything is structured here in a way that is clear, accessible and immediately useful.
Live view of the industry's key metrics.
Carbon, material prices, planning activity, construction output and EPC ratings, refreshed automatically.
Understand the real impact of what you specify.
Embodied carbon calculator with multi-criteria comparison: carbon, thermal performance, fire rating and indicative cost.
Stay ahead of changing requirements.
Future Homes Standard, Part Z, CBAM, EPC. What is coming, when, and what it means for your work.
Build a deeper understanding of the challenges.
Plain-English explainers on the policies, standards and ideas shaping the construction industry.
Data turned into insight you can act on.
Original Fabrick research into how UK construction professionals search, evaluate suppliers and make decisions.
Latest insights.
Sunday 3am is the cleanest hour of the UK week, 28% below average.
Schedule grid-powered plant operations into the lowest-carbon windows.
Imported sawn/planed timber up +7.6% YoY, the biggest mover in the UK construction basket.
Sand & gravel (incl. aggregate levy) is the next biggest mover at +7.3% YoY.
Switching Phenolic Foam Board to Cellulose Insulation cuts ~95% kgCO₂e/kg.
Use the calculator to model the swap against your spec and benchmark it against LETI and RIBA 2030 targets.
£170bn
UK construction output, every year. An industry this big should not be running on guesswork.
Built on intuition.
We are helping rebuild it on data.
Construction is full of decisions where better information changes the answer. When to schedule grid-powered work. Whether to substitute that material. Where the retrofit market actually is. Our tools and analysis turn public datasets the industry already pays for into evidence anyone can act on.
8 in 10
major UK construction projects miss their original budget or schedule
~25%
of UK carbon comes from the built environment
99%
of UK construction firms are SMEs (CLC)
One email a month. Built environment trends, decoded.
Live data turned into talking points. Material price moves, regulatory shifts and grid trends, straight to your inbox, nothing else.
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