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Construction Index API, RSS and sitemap

Every article Construction Index publishes, as JSON, through an open API with no key and no signup. 149 of their articles are indexed right now, refreshed hourly.

United KingdomEnglish#10,200 by volume

Four ways to pull theconstructionindex.co.uk

All four are ours, all four are live, and none of them needs a key.

JSON Search this publisher

Every article we hold from theconstructionindex.co.uk, newest first. Add q= to search inside.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.theconstructionindex.co.uk&size=20"open it →

RSS Subscribe in any reader

The same articles as an RSS 2.0 feed. Works in Feedly, Inoreader, Thunderbird — anywhere.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/rss?host=www.theconstructionindex.co.uk&size=50"open it →

JSON Feed For apps

JSON Feed 1.1, the same content in a format apps parse natively.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/feed.json?host=www.theconstructionindex.co.uk&size=50"open it →

Trimmed For agents

Only the fields an agent needs — title, url, date, language — so the response stays small.

curl -s "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.theconstructionindex.co.uk&size=20&fields=title,url,published_at,lang"open it →

Call the API

A live request. Paste it into a terminal and Construction Index headlines come back as JSON.

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.theconstructionindex.co.uk&size=5"
149
articles indexed
109
in the last 30 days
7
median per day
1
languages
1035 min
median crawl lag
10.06 → 04.09
archive depth

Publishing volume

Articles per day over the last 23 days. The busiest hour is 07:00 UTC — that is when the newsroom pushes its main batch.

2026-06-10: 2 articles2026-07-03: 1 articles2026-07-30: 9 articles2026-07-31: 5 articles2026-08-03: 8 articles2026-08-04: 7 articles2026-08-05: 6 articles2026-08-06: 2 articles2026-08-14: 5 articles2026-08-17: 7 articles2026-08-18: 9 articles2026-08-19: 8 articles2026-08-20: 7 articles2026-08-21: 7 articles2026-08-24: 7 articles2026-08-25: 8 articles2026-08-26: 7 articles2026-08-27: 7 articles2026-08-28: 7 articles2026-09-01: 7 articles2026-09-02: 7 articles2026-09-03: 9 articles2026-09-04: 7 articles06-1007-3108-0508-1708-2008-2508-2809-0309-04
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curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/stats?host=www.theconstructionindex.co.uk&top=10"

Publishing rhythm

When Construction Index actually publishes, by hour of day (UTC) and by day of week — measured from 149 timestamps, not from a schedule they advertise.

00: 30001: 00102: 00203: 00304: 10405: 50506: 490607: 840708: 20809: 20910: 21011: 11112: 01213: 01314: 01415: 01516: 01617: 01718: 01819: 01920: 02021: 02122: 02223: 023
Mon: 22MonTue: 31TueWed: 30WedThu: 34ThuFri: 32FriSat: 0SatSun: 0Sun

Languages

CodeLanguageArticlesShare
enEnglish149100.0%

Latest articles

The 18 most recent Construction Index articles in the index — the same rows the API returns, rendered for humans.

GBSS helps unlock canal skills
2026-09-04 07:42 UTC · Construction Index
Falkirk civil engineers GBSS will support Robertson Construction in the delivery of Lock 16, Scotland's Centre of Excellence for Canals and Traditional Skills, being deve
Winvic, Mott MacDonald to protect Wear bridge
2026-09-04 07:31 UTC · Construction Index
Winvic Construction Ltd has been appointed design and build contractor for work to protect the Witton-le-Wear bridge in County Durham, working alongside design consultant
ECITB supports robotics training in Cumbria
2026-09-04 07:22 UTC · Construction Index
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board has awarded £250,000 in funding to the Cumbria Robotics Operations Skills Centre (CROSS), opening later this year, to
Sales down, prices up, at builders' merchants
2026-09-04 07:13 UTC · Construction Index
The latest Builders' Merchant Building Index data shows sales by value down 1.2% year-on-year in Q2 2026, with prices up 5.8% and volumes down 6.6%.
Ashbrook buys 1,600th Cat
2026-09-04 06:57 UTC · Construction Index
Ashbrook Plant Hire has taken delivery of its 1,600th Cat, a Cat 308 excavator, part of a 166 machine order through Finning.
Mace reuses steel for West End project
2026-09-04 06:54 UTC · Construction Index
Mace Construct has completed work on 30 Duke Street St James's for GPE, using 78% recycled steel for the office and retail project.
Eurovia trials electric paver
2026-09-04 06:42 UTC · Construction Index
Vinci's Eurovia Surfacing has deployed a Dynapac SD25 80C e to resurface a section of the A128 near Brentwood for Essex Highways, in a trial with the manufacturer and dea
Top 100 Construction Companies 2026
2026-09-03 11:00 UTC · Construction Index
Although geopolitical upheavals continue to threaten economic stability worldwide, the UK’s 100 leading construction firms seem to be gathering strength, albeit increment
Southern Water shows off Yew Hill Reservoir
2026-09-03 09:35 UTC · Construction Index
Southern Water has shared video of the soon-to-be-filled 9m litre Yew Hill Reservoir, delivered with M Group and Galliford Fry's MGjV.
Tunnelling starts for Forgemasters flood relief
2026-09-03 07:48 UTC · Construction Index
JBA Bentley has started work on a tunnelling project that will help protect the Sheffield Forgemasters site from flooding.
Pick Everard adds high risk building expertise
2026-09-03 07:42 UTC · Construction Index
Pick Everard has appointed Aditya Sardesai to its Building Safety Act team, adding to the consultancy's expertise in high risk buildings.
McLaren to deliver £48m Leics warehouses
2026-09-03 07:33 UTC · Construction Index
Mountpark has appointed McLaren Construction Midlands & North to deliver two distribution warehouses at its Hinckley, Leicestershire development.
Turner & Townsend appoints Europe regional MD
2026-09-03 07:21 UTC · Construction Index
Turner & Townsend has appointed Nima Nicolas Aase as regional managing director for Europe, responsible for complex international and regional projects.
Stevens supports dry dock expansion with RJ McLeod
2026-09-03 07:03 UTC · Construction Index
Stevens Equipment Rental has supplied more than 20 machines to RJ McLeod, for work on the expansion of Kishorn Port's dry dock.
Acorn adds commercial manager
2026-09-03 06:45 UTC · Construction Index
Asbestos management consultancy Acorn Analytical Services has appointed Ben James commercial manager.
Collett adds Greiner bridging system
2026-09-03 06:29 UTC · Construction Index
Heavy transport specialist Collett has added a Greiner bridge crossing system to its fleet, opening up routes across load-restricted structures.
Harley Haddow acquisition adds fire expertise
2026-09-02 07:47 UTC · Construction Index
Harley Haddow has acquired specialist consultant Pillar Fire, forming a new division headed by fire engineering specialist Kevin McKeown.
GT orders first 40m telehandlers from Manitou
2026-09-02 07:39 UTC · Construction Index
GT Lifting has ordered ten 40m 8t MRT 4080 rotating telehandlers from Manitou, the first order of this size for the model, joining a series of firsts at the UK hirer.

Harvest it all

Page through the archive by date. from and to accept YYYY-MM-DD or relative values such as now-7d.

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.theconstructionindex.co.uk&from=now-7d&size=100"

To poll for new material, keep the timestamp of the newest article you saw and ask only for what came after it:

bash
curl "https://freenewsapi.ai/v1/search?host=www.theconstructionindex.co.uk&from=now-1h&sort=date_asc"

Article bodies come with full_text=true. No key, no quota tier, no header — see the search endpoint for every parameter.

Metadata quality

How well Construction Index marks up its own pages — useful if you are deciding whether to parse them yourself.

98%
dates from JSON-LD
98%
articles with a byline
0%
articles with sections
68 KB
average page weight

Crawl lag — the delay between publication and the article reaching this index — is 1035 min at the median, 1974 minutes at the 90th percentile.

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FAQ

Does Construction Index have an official API?

Not a public one. This endpoint is the practical alternative: their articles as structured JSON, with title, lead, publication time, section, byline and a link back to the original.

How do I get their RSS feed?

Most publishers expose one at /rss or /feed, but feeds carry only the last few dozen items and drop them within hours. This index keeps 149 of their articles and lets you filter by date, language and section.

How many articles does Construction Index publish per day?

7 on a median day, measured across 23 days.

Can I use this commercially?

The API is free and unauthenticated. What you may do with the content is between you and the publisher: we return metadata, a lead paragraph and a link, not a licence.