据皇家特许测量师（RICS）全球建筑监测机构报道，全球建设在2020年第二季度产生了重大的共同影响。它的全球建筑活动指数衡量了本季度为-24注册的住宅，非住宅和基础设施部门以及公司利润率的当前和预期工作量。

North America's index came in at -14, while Asia Pacific and Europe registered at -26 and -27, respectively. The index for the Middle East and Africa was the lowest at -40.

Respondents report a decline in private construction work in both residential and non-residential sectors, and expect further job losses in the coming months, particularly in Europe.

“第二季度调查代表了第一个季度，以体验共同的19日大流行影响。成本工程师集团国际集团（AACE International）总裁克里斯·P·卡德尔（Chris P.we still don’t know.”

In the U.S., both private residential and private non-residential workloads are expected to drop in the next 12 months; the survey's net balance percentage came in at -16% and -14% for the respective sectors.

The lone positive, infrastructure and public works, reached 17%.

Only 24% of respondents cite the labor shortage as a concern, compared to 50% in the first quarter, while skill shortage worries have dropped from 65% to 31% in the same time period.

In Canada, the outlook is somewhat more optimistic. RICS reports that while private non-residential workloads will decline significantly, with a net balance percentage of -18%, private residential workload net balance is expected to stay nearly flat, at -3%. As in the U.S., infrastructure and public works are expected to rise, with a net balance of 39%. Concern about the labor shortage was of importance to 44% of respondents, while 38% noted the skill shortage.

"The feedback to the monitor highlights the challenges construction businesses in North America are likely to face over the coming year with workloads anticipated to be flat at best away from the infrastructure sector and profits remaining under pressure,” says Simon Rubinsohn, RICS chief pf economics.