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BRICKS AND BLOCKS Market UK 2008-2012

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Introduction/Overview Summary Of Contents List of Contents & Tables  
       

CONTENTS and LIST OF TABLES & CHARTS 

1. INTRODUCTION 5
2. SUMMARY AND FUTURE PROSPECTS 8
2.1SUMMARY 8
2.2FUTURE PROSPECTS 9
3. ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 11
3.1GDP 11
3.2INFLATION & INTEREST RATES 12
3.3UNEMPLOYMENT 13
3.4HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION 13
3.5HOUSING & CONSTRUCTION 14
3.6STERLING 15
3.7POPULATION PROFILE 16
3.8CONCLUSIONS 17
4. CONSTRUCTION REVIEW 19
4.1CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT 19
4.1.1New Orders 21
4.2CONSTRUCTION TRENDS 23
4.2.1Size and Type of Homes 23
4.2.2Sustainability 24
4.2.3Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) 26
4.3HOUSEBUILDING 30
4.3.1Current Market Size and Trends 30
4.3.2Private Sector Housing vs. Public Sector Housing 31
4.3.3Starts and Completions 32
4.4THE SELF-BUILD MARKET 34
4.5HOUSEBUILDERS 36
4.5.1Definitions 36
4.5.2Structure and Trends 36
4.5.3 Housebuilders Market Share 37
5. BRICKS 41
5.1MARKET DEFINITIONS 41
5.1.1Facing Bricks 41
5.1.2Common Bricks 41
5.1.3Engineering Bricks 42
5.2MARKET SIZE AND TRENDS 42
5.2.1Sales /deliveries by volume, value and area installed 42
5.2.2Geographical Trends 45
5.2.3Sustainability 46
5.2.4Prices 48
5.3PRODUCT MIX 49
5.3.1Facing Bricks 50
5.3.2Common Bricks 52
5.3.3Engineering Bricks 52
5.4MATERIAL MIX 53
5.4.1Clay Bricks 54
5.4.2Concrete Bricks 54
5.4.3Calcium Silicate Bricks 55
5.5INTERNATIONAL TRADE 55
5.6FORECAST 56
5.7SUPPLIERS 57
6. PRE-CAST CONCRETE BLOCKS 61
6.1MARKET DEFINITION 61
6.1.1Aggregate Concrete Blocks – Dense 61
6.1.2Lightweight Concrete Blocks 63
6.1.3Aerated Concrete Blocks – Aircrete 63
6.1.4Aggregate Concrete Blocks – Special Blocks 64
6.2MARKET SIZE AND TRENDS 65
6.2.1Overview 65
6.2.2Regional and Seasonal Trends 67
6.2.3Sustainability 68
6.2.4Other trends 69
6.3PRODUCT MIX 69
6.3.1Dense Blocks 70
6.3.2Lightweight Blocks 71
6.3.3Aerated Blocks 72
6.4MARKET BY APPLICATION BY BLOCK TYPE 73
6.4.1External Wall Construction 74
6.4.2Walls below damp proof course (including Basements) 74
6.4.3Suspended (beam and block) floors 75
6.4.4Separating Walls 75
6.4.5Inner Leaves of Cavity Walls 76
6.5INTERNATIONAL TRADE 76
6.6FORECAST 77
6.7SUPPLIERS 78
7. NATURAL AND CAST STONE 81
7.1DEFINITION 81
7.1.1Natural Stone 81
7.1.2Cast Stone 82
7.2MARKET SIZE AND TRENDS 83
7.2.1Natural Stone 83
7.2.2Cast Stone 85
7.3MARKET BY APPLICATION BY BLOCK TYPE 86
7.3.1Facing Blocks 86
7.3.2Special Blocks 87
7.4INTERNATIONAL TRADE 87
7.5FORECAST 88
7.6SUPPLIERS 90
8. DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS 92
8.1GENERAL BUILDERS MERCHANTS 94
8.2FACTORS/SPECIALIST MERCHANTS 96
8.3DIRECT SALES 97
8.4OTHERS 97
                                       TABLES AND CHARTS
TABLE 1UK MARKET FOR BRICKS AND BLOCKS BY VOLUME (2008 – 2012) 10
CHART 2INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION (CPI) FROM 1992-2012 12
CHART 3PDI & SAVINGS RATIO AT CURRENT PRICES 1992-2012 14
TABLE 4EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS 2002-2008 - STERLING TO THE DOLLAR, AND THE EURO, SPOT RATES 16
CHART 5AGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESIDENT UK POPULATION 2001 CENSUS (‘000) 17
CHART 6UK VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT (£BN) BY ALL AGENCIES (1997-2008) 19
TABLE 7UK NEW BUILD WORK (WITH % CHANGES YEAR ON YEAR) - £M AT CURRENT PRICES (2003 – 2008) 20
TABLE 8UK VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION ORDERS FOR NEW WORK AT £M AT CURRENT PRICES (2000 -2008) 22
CHART 9UK HOUSEBUILDING MARKET – MIX BY SECTOR AND BUILD METHOD – 2007 BY VOLUME 29
TABLE 10UK HOUSEBUILDING - CONTRACTORS OUTPUT – PUBLIC / PRIVATE - £BN AT CURRENT PRICES (2000 – 2008) 30
CHART 11UK MIX OF HOUSING STARTS, BY SECTOR, 1980 – 2007 (%) 31
TABLE 12UK HOUSE BUILDING STARTS - PRIVATE, RSLS, LAS (NO. DWELLINGS) 2000 – 2008 32
TABLE 13UK HOUSEBUILDING COMPLETIONS – PRIVATE, RSLS, LAS (NO. DWELLINGS) - 2000-2008 33
TABLE 14TOP 20 HOUSEBUILDERS MARKET SHARES 2007 38
TABLE 15UK MARKET FOR BRICKS BY VALUE (UK MANUFACTURE / IMPORTS) £M MSP (2000 – 2008) 42
TABLE 16UK MARKET FOR BRICKS BY VOLUME (MILLION UNITS) (2000 – 2008) 43
TABLE 17UK MARKET FOR FACING BRICKS BY AREA INSTALLED (‘000 SQ M) (2000 –2008) 44
TABLE 18UK BRICKS SALES/DELIVERIES BY % BY REGION (2003 – 2007) 45
TABLE 19SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION PER TONNE OF OUTPUT (SEC) (2001 – 2006) 47
TABLE 20UK BRICK PRICES (2001 – 2008) 49
CHART 21MIX OF BRICK SALES - SHARE BY PRODUCT TYPE (COMMON AND FACING) - 2007 50
TABLE 22 SALES (DELIVERIES) OF FACING BRICKS (MILLIONS) 2003 - 2008 50
CHART 23UK MARKET FOR FACING BRICKS - SHARE BY END USE SECTOR (HOUSING NEW BUILD, HOUSING RMI, NON-HOUSING NEW BUILD, INDUSTRIAL) - 2007 51
TABLE 24SALES (DELIVERIES) OF COMMON BRICKS (MILLION UNITS) (2002–2008) 52
TABLE 25SALES (DELIVERIES) OF ENGINEERING BRICKS (MILLION UNITS) (2003 – 2007) 53
CHART 26MIX OF BRICK SALES BY MATERIAL - % SHARE BY PRODUCT TYPE 2007 54
TABLE 27INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN CLAY BRICKS (£’000S) % OF TOTAL MARKET (2002 –2007) 56
TABLE 28IMPORTS & EXPORTS OF CLAY BRICKS, BY KEY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (£’000S) (2002 – 2007) 56
TABLE 29UK MARKET FOR BRICKS BY VOLUME (MILLION UNITS) (2008 – 2012) 57
CHART 30UK MARKET FOR CLAY BRICKS - % SUPPLIER MARKET SHARES BY VOLUME 58
TABLE 31UK CONCRETE BLOCK PRODUCTION, DELIVERIES AND STOCKHOLDING (‘000 SQ M) 2000 – 2008 65
TABLE 32UK MARKET FOR CONCRETE BLOCKS BY VALUE £M 2000 – 2008 66
TABLE 33CONCRETE BLOCK PRICES £/TONNE 2000 – 2008* 67
TABLE 34UK BRICKS SALES/DELIVERIES % MIX REGION 2003 – 2007 68
CHART 35UK CONCRETE BLOCK MARKET BY TYPE BY VOLUME 2007 70
TABLE 36UK SALES OF DENSE BLOCKS BY AREA (‘000 M2) 2002 – 2008 70
TABLE 37UK SALES OF LIGHTWEIGHT BLOCKS BY AREA (‘000 M2) 2002 – 2008 71
TABLE 38UK SALES OF AERATED BLOCKS BY AREA (‘000 M2) 2002 – 2008 72
CHART 39APPLICATIONS FOR CONCRETE BLOCKS IN HOUSING NEWBUILD - INNER LEAF, PARTY WALLS, SEPARATING WALLS, BEAM & BLOCK FLOORS ETC. - NO. BLOCKS 2006/07 73
TABLE 40CONCRETE BLOCKS & BRICKS - VALUE OF OVERSEAS TRADE (CURRENT PRICES £’000S – 2002-2007) 76
TABLE 41UK CONCRETE BLOCK DELIVERIES BY AREA (‘000 M2 ) (2008 – 2012) 77
CHART 42UK MARKET FOR DENSE & LIGHTWEIGHT BLOCKS - SUPPLIERS % MARKET SHARES 78
CHART 43UK MARKET FOR AIRCRETE BLOCKS - % SUPPLIERS SHARES BY VOLUME 80
TABLE 44UK MARKET FOR MONUMENTAL/BUILDING STONE BY VALUE £’000 2000 – 2008 84
TABLE 45UK MARKET FOR MONUMENTAL/BUILDING STONE BY VOLUME (KG) 2000 – 2008 85
TABLE 46NATURAL STONE - VALUE OF OVERSEAS TRADE £ ’000 AT CURRENT PRICES 2002 –2007 88
TABLE 47UK SALES OF NATURAL STONE & CAST STONE BLOCKS BY VALUE £’000 (2008 - 2012) 88
TABLE 48UK SALES OF NATURAL STONE & CAST STONE BLOCKS BY VOLUME (2008 - 2012) 89
CHART 49UK MARKET FOR BRICKS - % DISTRIBUTION MIX BY VALUE (BRICK FACTORS, GENERAL MERCHANTS, DIRECT, OTHERS) –2007/08 92
CHART 50UK MARKET FOR PRECAST CONCRETE BLOCKS % DISTRIBUTION MIX BY VALUE – 2007/08 93
CHART 51UK MARKET FORECAST STONE BLOCKS % DISTRIBUTION MIX BY VALUE – 2007/08 94
TABLE 52LEADING DISTRIBUTORS OF BRICKS & BLOCKS 95

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