European Construction Industry Outlook Survey 2012–2013: Industry Dynamics, Market Trends and Opportunities, Buyer Spend and Procurement Strategies in the Construction Industry

Synopsis
• This report is the result of an extensive survey drawn from Timetric’s exclusive panel of leading construction industry executives from Europe. The opinions and forward looking statements of 106 industry executives have been captured in our in-depth survey, of which 37% represent director and C-level respondents.
• The geographical scope of the research is European - drawing on the activity and expectations of leading industry players across countries in Europe.
• The report covers data and analysis on buyer expenditure, procurement and industry developments.
• Key topics covered include construction industry buyer expenditure activity, procurement behaviors and strategies, threats and opportunities, economic outlook and business confidence.
• In the report buyers identify what suppliers need to do to maintain their business and the key actions being taken by industry players to overcome the leading business threats.
• The report examines current practices and provides future expectations over the next 12–24 months.
• The report provides qualitative analysis of the key industry threats and opportunities and contains full survey results.

Summary
“European Construction Industry Outlook Survey 2012–2013: Industry Dynamics, Market Trends and Opportunities, Buyer Spend and Procurement Strategies in the Construction Industry” is a new report by Timetric that analyzes how procurement expenditure, business strategies and practices are set to change in the European construction industry in 2012–2013. This report gives you access to the category-level spending outlooks, budgets, supplier selection criteria, business challenges and investment opportunities of leading purchase decision makers. The report also identifies future growth of buyers and suppliers, M&A and e-procurement. This report not only grants access to the opinions and strategies of business decision makers and competitors in Europe, but also examines their actions surrounding business priorities. The report also provides access to information categorized by company type and size.

Scope
The report features the opinions of European construction industry respondents related to the following:
• Revenue growth and future developments in business structure
• Merger and acquisition activity
• Capital expenditure and change in staff recruitment activity
• Key regions of growth
• Key industry threats and opportunities
• Key supplier actions and e-procurement
• Annual procurement budgets and change in procurement expenditure
• Change in supplier selection and procurement objectives

Reasons To Buy
• Drive revenues by understanding future product investment areas and growth regions.
• Formulate effective sales and marketing strategies by identifying how buyer budgets are changing and direction of spend in the future.
• Better promote your business by aligning your capabilities and business practices with your customer’s changing needs.
• Secure stronger customer relationships by understanding the leading business concerns and changing strategies of industry buyers.
• Predict how the industry will grow, consolidate and where it will stagnate.
• Uncover the business outlook, key challenges and opportunities identified by suppliers and buyers.

Key Highlights
• China, Russia and Brazil are estimated to be the fastest growing regions among developing countries for the European construction industry. The relatively lower levels of public debt in these regions, leading economic growth, expansion of business activities into emerging markets, changing consumer lifestyles and increasing disposable incomes are fueling growth.
• A total of 53% of respondents from the European construction industry expect their companies to keep their procurement expenditure constant over the next 12 months, with 31% looking to increase it.
• Of all buyer respondents, 33% expect suppliers to ‘work harder to reduce costs’ and consider it to be an effective way for suppliers to secure business from buyers.

European Construction Industry

Published: July 2012                        No. of Pages: 93                         Price: US $ 995

     

List of Tables
Table 1: Europe Construction Industry Survey Respondents by Company Type, 2012
Table 2: Buyer Respondents by Job Role (%), 2012
Table 3: Buyer Respondents by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Table 4: Supplier Respondents by Job Role (%), 2012
Table 5: Supplier Respondents by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Table 6: Revenue Growth Optimism Expectations (%), 2012
Table 7: Revenue Growth Optimism by Company Type (%), 2012
Table 8: Revenue Growth Optimism by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Table 9: Key Expected Changes in the Business Structure of Construction Contractors and Developers (%), 2012
Table 10: Key Expected Changes in Business Structure of Construction Industry Suppliers (%), 2012
Table 11: Capital Expenditure Expectations of Construction Contractors and Developers (%), 2012
Table 12: Capital Expenditure Expectations of Construction Industry Suppliers (%), 2012
Table 13: Capital Expenditure Expectations by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Table 14: Planned Change in Staff Recruitment (%), 2012
Table 15: Planned Change in Staff Recruitment by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Table 16: Merger and Acquisition Activity Expectations of Construction Contractors and Developers (%), 2012
Table 17: Merger and Acquisition Activity Expectations of Construction Industry Suppliers (%), 2012
Table 18: Merger and Acquisition Activity Expectations by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Table 19: Demand in Emerging Markets by Construction Contractors and Developers (%), 2012
Table 20: Demand in Emerging Markets by Construction Industry Suppliers (%), 2012
Table 21: Growth Expectations in Developed Markets by Construction Contractors and Developers (%), 2012
Table 22: Growth Expectations in Developed Markets by Construction Industry Suppliers (%), 2012
Table 23: Leading Business Concerns in the European Construction Industry (%), 2012–2013
Table 24: Leading Business Concerns by Company Type (%), 2012–2013
Table 25: Leading Business Concerns by Company Turnover (%), 2012–2013
Table 26: Actions to Maintain and Secure Business by Buyer and Supplier Responses (%), 2012
Table 27: Actions to Maintain and Secure Business by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Table 28: Key Variations in Operational Costs of Construction Contractors and Developers (%), 2012
Table 29: Key Variations in Operational Costs of Construction Industry Suppliers (%), 2012
Table 30: Key Variations in Operational Costs by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Table 31: Impact of Changing Costs on Product Pricing (%), 2012
Table 32: Annual Procurement Budgets of Buyers (%), 2012
Table 33: Expected Change in Procurement Expenditure of Buyers (%), 2012
Table 34: Future Change in Expenditure by Product and Service Category by Construction Contractors and Developers (%), 2012
Table 35: Expected Changes in Regional Supplier Prices (%), 2012
Table 36: Critical Success Factors for Supplier Selection - Buyers vs. Suppliers (%), 2012
Table 37: Future Procurement Objectives (%), 2012
Table 38: E-Procurement Level of Implementation (%), 2012
Table 39: Full Survey Results – Closed Questions

List of Figures
Figure 1: Revenue Growth Optimism Expectations (%), 2012
Figure 2: Revenue Growth Optimism by Company Type (%), 2012
Figure 3: Revenue Growth Optimism by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Figure 4: Key Expected Changes in the Business Structure of Construction Contractors and Developers (%), 2012
Figure 5: Key Expected Changes in Business Structure of Construction Industry Suppliers (%), 2012
Figure 6: Capital Expenditure Expectations of Construction Contractors and Developers (%), 2012
Figure 7: Capital Expenditure Expectations by Construction Industry Suppliers (%), 2012
Figure 8: Capital Expenditure Expectations by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Figure 9: Planned Change in Staff Recruitment (%), 2012
Figure 10: Planned Change in Staff Recruitment by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Figure 11: Merger and Acquisition Activity Expectations of Construction Contractors and Developers (%), 2012
Figure 12: Merger and Acquisition Activity Expectations of Construction Industry Suppliers (%), 2012
Figure 13: Merger and Acquisition Activity Expectations by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Figure 14: Five Leading Emerging Markets in the Global Construction Industry (%),
Figure 15: Demand in Emerging Markets by Construction Contractors and Developers (%), 2012
Figure 16: Demand in Emerging Markets by Construction Industry Suppliers (%), 2012
Figure 17: Demand in Emerging Markets by Company Turnover (% ''Increase'' Responses), 2012
Figure 18: Five Leading Developed Markets in the Global Construction Industry (%), 2012
Figure 19: Growth Expectations in Developed Markets by Construction Contractors and Developers (%), 2012
Figure 20: Growth Expectations in Developed Markets by Construction Industry Suppliers (%), 2012
Figure 21: Growth Expectations in Developed Markets by Company Turnover (% ''Increase'' Responses), 2012
Figure 22: Five Leading Business Concerns in the Global Construction Industry, 2012–2013
Figure 23: Leading Business Concerns in the European Construction Industry (%), 2012–2013
Figure 24: Leading Business Concerns by Company Type (%), 2012–2013
Figure 25: Actions to Maintain and Secure Business by Buyer and Supplier Responses (%), 2012
Figure 26: Actions to Maintain and Secure Business by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Figure 27: Key Variations in Operational Costs of Construction Contractors and Developers (%), 2012
Figure 28: Key Variations in Operational Costs of Construction Industry Suppliers (%), 2012 (%), 2012
Figure 29: Key Variations in Operational Costs by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Figure 30: Impact of Changing Costs on Product Pricing(%), 2012
Figure 31: Annual Procurement Budgets of Buyers (%), 2012
Figure 32: Expected Change in Procurement Expenditure of Buyers (%), 2012
Figure 33: Five Products and Services with Highest Investment Expectations (%), 2012
Figure 34: Future Change in Expenditure by Product and Service Category of Construction Contractors and Developers (%), 2012
Figure 35: Expected Changes in Regional Supplier Prices (%), 2012
Figure 36: Critical Success Factors for Supplier Selection by Buyers and Suppliers (%), 2012
Figure 37: Critical Success Factors for Supplier Selection – Buyers vs. Suppliers (%), 2012
Figure 38: Future Procurement Objectives (%), 2012
Figure 39: E-Procurement Level of Implementation (%), 2012