The Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) has called for urgent action to be taken to address the decline in infrastructure workloads in Scotland.

Workloads have declined for a third consecutive quarter in Scotland, according to CECA's recently published workloads trend survey for Q2 of 2018. Around 48 percent of firms reported that orders had decreased in Q2 to the lowest in eight years, while 20 percent of firms expect workloads to fall over the next 12 months.

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Meanwhile, in Great Britain as a whole, workloads have improved and prospects remain positive.

Chief Executive of CECA Scotland Grahame Barn said: "Urgent action must now be taken by governments in both Holyrood and Westminster to arrest this alarming slide in activity in the Scottish civils market.

"The infrastructure sector creates jobs and acts as a driver of growth in the economy, and it is positive that it is doing just that in Great Britain as a whole.

"More must be done to ensure the sector in Scotland isn't damaged by continuing falls in activity. Scotland's businesses and communities rely on the infrastructure our members deliver, and must not be short-changed on the economic growth a thriving industry can bring."

(CM/MH)