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KEY NOTE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING APRIL 1998

Overview

ISBN 1-87565-807-8

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary

Market Definition

INTRODUCTION

MARKET POSITION

MARKET TRENDS

Table 1: Value of Work Done by Electrical Contractors in Great Britain by Sector (£m), 1993-1997

Market Size

INTRODUCTION

THE TOTAL MARKET

CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT

Table 2: Estimated Value of Electrical Contracting Work Done at Current Prices (£bn), 1993-1997

Table 3: Trends in New Housing Construction Output at Current Prices (£m), 1993-1997

Table 4: Trends in Repair and Maintenance of Housing at Current Prices (£m), 1993-1997

Table 5: Trends in Infrastructure and Other New Works Construction Output at Current Prices (£m), 1993-1997

Table 6: Trends in Repair and Maintenance of Infrastructure and Other New Works at Current Prices (£m), 1993-1997

Industry Background

INTRODUCTION

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS IN GREAT BRITAIN

SIZE ANALYSIS BY TURNOVER

SIZE ANALYSIS BY EMPLOYMENT

COMPARISONS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

TRADE ASSOCIATIONS

Table 7: Electrical Contracting and Other Trades - Contractors in Great Britain by Subsector (number, 000 and £m), 1995

Table 8: Electrical Contractors and Other Trades by percentage Value of Construction Work in Great Britain, 1995

Table 9: Size Analysis of Electrical Contracting Firms by Turnover Size (number of enterprises), 1997

Table 10: Size Analysis of Electrical Contracting Firms by Employment Size (£m and percent), 1995

Table 11: Comparison between Electrical Contracting and Construction Sectors by Turnover Size (number of enterprises and percent), 1997

Table 12: Contractors' Output by Type of Work - Public and Private (£m), 1993-1997

Table 13: New Orders Obtained by Contractors by Type of Work (£m), 1993-1997

Competitor Analysis

INTRODUCTION

SELECTED MAJOR COMPANIES

ADVERTISING

Table 14: Selected Leading Electrical Contracting Firms Classified by Turnover and Pre-Tax Profits (£m and £000), 1996/1997

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT)

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

Buying Behaviour

INTRODUCTION

THE MAIN SECTORS

Table 15: Output of the Construction Industry by Supply Sector (£m), 1993-1997

Outside Suppliers to the Industry

DISTRIBUTION

MANUFACTURERS

Current Issues

ENERGY MANAGEMENT

LIGHTING INSTALLATIONS

SECURITY ALARMS AND FIRE DETECTION

BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

HOUSING

Forecasts

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT 1998 TO 2002

Table 16: Estimated Value of Construction Output in Great Britain (£m at 1997 prices), 1998-2002

Table 17: Estimated Value of Electrical Contractors' Work in Great Britain (£bn), 1998-2002

Company Profiles

INTRODUCTION

DEFINITIONS

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Sources

ASSOCIATIONS

PERIODICALS

DIRECTORIES

GENERAL SOURCES

HBI UK INFORMATION SOURCES

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

OTHER SOURCES

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The total value of electrical contracting services is estimated to have grown to £5.2bn in 1997 compared with £3.7bn in 1993, giving a total increase of around 40 percent over the 5-year period. Most of the work of the electrical contracting industry is derived from supplying the various sectors of the construction industry, namely housing, commercial, industrial and non-commercial building, infrastructure, repair and maintenance, which has steadily recovered from the deep recession of the early 1990s.

Electrical contracting generally includes all the design, installation and repair of electrical engineering equipment which supplies power, lighting, control and communication systems to domestic, commercial, industrial, medical, educational and other establishments. It is the second biggest specialist trade among all the firms involved in supplying the construction industry, with a range of essential services. Employment varies from the one man self-employed electrician to firms employing hundreds. The operating practices of the industry are governed by strict installation and testing regulations to ensure total safety according to officially-approved Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE) standards which are assessed and upgraded for new techniques.

Prospects for the industry are closely tied to the fortunes of the construction industry, whether for new work or repair and maintenance. The general revival in the economy over several years has generated greater investment in housing, commercial and industrial buildings, public buildings and in the infrastructure. Although construction is a cyclical industry, and it would now possibly be due for a downturn in business, the revival has been sustained for a longer period by some major infrastructure developments in transport, a housing boom in the South East, new building in some city centres, and building work connected with the Millennium festivities. A greater contribution can be expected from private investment in public services, especially railways and the water utilities which need to spend more heavily on their assets to improve their operational standards. Despite this additional investment, it is anticipated by Key Note that as demand for electrical contracting services will continue to closely parallel the construction industry, around the year 2000, the pace of new developments will slacken considerably. This will reduce the rate of growth over the 5-year period between 1998 to 2002 to around 4 percent per annum, or a total of 21 percent, with the highest growth in demand concentrated in the earlier years.

Text © 1998 Key Note

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