| 1. |
INTRODUCTION |
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| 2. | SUMMARY |
9 |
| 3. | ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT |
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| 3.1 | GDP |
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| 3.2 | INFLATION & INTEREST RATES |
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| 3.3 | UNEMPLOYMENT |
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| 3.4 | HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION |
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| 3.5 | HOUSING & CONSTRUCTION |
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| 3.6 | STERLING |
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| 3.7 | POPULATION PROFILE |
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| 3.8 | CONCLUSIONS |
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| 4. | CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RENTAL MARKET |
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| 4.1 | DEFINITION |
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| 4.2 | MARKET STRUCTURE |
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| 4.3 | MARKET SIZE |
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| 4.3.1 | Market Development |
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| 4.3.2 | Future Prospects |
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| 5. | CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RENTAL COMPANIES |
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| 5.1 | MARKET STRUCTURE |
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| 5.2 | PLANT HIRE, TOOL HIRE, SPECIALIST & OTHERS BY PRODUCT SECTOR IN 2006 |
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| 6. | PRODUCTS |
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| 6.1 | PRODUCT MIX |
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| 6.2 | PRODUCT TRENDS |
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| 6.2.1 | Earth Moving Equipment |
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| 6.2.2 | Lifting Plant |
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| 6.2.3 | Pumping, Crushing and Screening Plant |
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| 6.2.4 | Road-Making Equipment |
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| 6.2.5 | Compressors/Generators/Lighting/Welding |
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| 6.2.6 | Hand and Power Tools |
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| 6.2.7 | Lighting, Welding, Power |
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| 6.2.8 | Gardening & Landscaping Equipment |
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| 6.2.9 | Cleaning & Floor Preparation |
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| 6.2.10 | Concreting & Compacting |
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| 6.2.11 | Skips & Rubbish Chutes |
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| 6.2.12 | Access Equipment Hire |
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| 6.2.13 | Primary Construction Equipment |
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| 6.2.14 | Portable Buildings and Environmental Hire Products |
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| 6.2.15 | Transport, Sweepers, Bowsers, Washing Stations |
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| 6.2.16 | Ancillary Hire Products |
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| 7. | KEY MARKET INFLUENCES |
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| 7.1 | UK ECONOMY |
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| 7.2 | CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS OUTPUT AND NEW ORDERS OBTAINED BY CONTRACTORS |
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| 7.3 | PRODUCTION INDUSTRY OUTPUT |
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| 7.4 | SELF-BUILD MARKET |
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| 7.5 | PREFABRICATED BUILDINGS – INCLUDING ‘VOLUMETRIC’ ‘SEMI-FINISHED’ AND ‘STEEL STRUCTURAL FRAMING’ |
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| 7.6 | NON-STRUCTURAL CLADDING |
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| 7.7 | WASTE |
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| 7.8 | LEGISLATIVE INFLUENCES |
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| 7.8.1 | The Aggregates Levy |
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| 7.8.2 | Health & Safety, etc. |
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| 7.9 | RAILWAY SECTOR |
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| 8. | FUTURE PROSPECTS |
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|
TABLES AND CHARTS |
| CHART 1 | UK CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RENTAL MARKET 2005-2010 (£M) |
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| CHART 2 | INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION (CPI) FROM 1990-2009 |
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| CHART 3 | PDI & SAVINGS RATIO AT CURRENT PRICES 1990-2009 |
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| TABLE 4 | EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS 2000-2007 - STERLING TO THE DOLLAR, AND THE EURO, SPOT RATES |
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| CHART 5 | AGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESIDENT UK POPULATION 2001 (‘000) |
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| CHART 6 | CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RENTAL MARKET DISTRIBUTION STRUCTURE |
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| TABLE 7 | UK CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RENTAL MARKET AT HIRE MARKET PRICES 2005-2010 |
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| CHART 8 | CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RENTAL MARKET 2005-2010 |
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| TABLE 9 | BUILDING SCHOOLS FOR THE FUTURE – SUMMARY OF INVESTMENT AND BUILD PROGRAMME |
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| TABLE 10 | MARKET SHARES OF THE UK CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT HIRE OPERATORS – 2006 |
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| TABLE 11 | ESTIMATED SHARES BY TYPE OF HIRE COMPANY IN HIRE PRODUCT SECTORS 2006 |
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| TABLE 12 | OVERALL CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT RENTAL MARKET PRODUCT MIX AT HIRE MARKET VALUE (£M) - 2006 |
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| TABLE 13 | HIRE MARKET FOR EARTH MOVING PRODUCTS AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2006 |
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| TABLE 14 | HIRE MARKET FOR LIFTING PLANT AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2006 |
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| TABLE 15 | HIRE MARKET FOR PUMPING, CRUSHING AND SCREENING PLANT AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2006 |
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| TABLE 16 | HIRE MARKET FOR ROAD MAKING PRODUCTS AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2006 |
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| TABLE 17 | HIRE MARKET FOR COMPRESSORS, GENERATORS ETC AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2006 |
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| TABLE 18 | HIRE MARKET FOR HAND AND POWER TOOLS AT HIRE MARKET VALUE - 2006 |
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| TABLE 19 | HIRE MARKET FOR SMALL GENERATORS, AND ASSOCIATED LIGHTING, WELDING & POWER AT HIRE MARKET PRICES 2006 |
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| TABLE 20 | HIRE MARKET FOR GARDENING AND LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT £M AT HIRE MARKET PRICES 2006 |
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| TABLE 21 | HIRE MARKET FOR CLEANING AND FLOOR PREPARATION AT HIRE MARKET PRICES 2006 |
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| CHART 22 | HIRE MARKET FOR CONCRETING/COMPACTING AT HIRE MARKET PRICES 2006 (£M) |
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| TABLE 23 | HIRE MARKET FOR SKIPS & RUBBISH CHUTES AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2006 |
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| TABLE 24 | HIRE MARKET FOR ACCESS EQUIPMENT AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2006 |
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| CHART 25 | UK MEWP MARKET 2005 MIX BY VOLUME |
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| TABLE 26 | HIRE MARKET FOR PRIMARY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2006 |
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| TABLE 27 | HIRE MARKET FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND PORTABLE ACCOMMODATION AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2006 |
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| CHART 28 | UK MARKET FOR HEATING, DRYING & COOLING 2006 AT HIRE MARKET PRICES |
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| TABLE 29 | HIRE MARKET FOR TRANSPORT, SWEEPERS, BOWSERS, WASHING STATIONS RENTAL MARKET OTHER PRODUCTS AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2006 |
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| TABLE 30 | HIRE MARKET FOR ANCILLARY HIRE PRODUCTS £M, AT HIRE MARKET PRICES 2006 |
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| TABLE 31 | CONTRACTORS OUTPUT - NEW WORK AND RMI NON HOUSING – CURRENT PRICES (£ MILLION) 1995-2006 |
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| TABLE 32 | NEW ORDERS OBTAINED BY CONTRACTORS 1994-2006 CURRENT PRICES |
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| TABLE 33 | OUTPUT OF THE PRODUCTION INDUSTRIES 1999-2005 |
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| CHART 34 | SELF-BUILD MARKET BY VOLUME 2000-2009 |
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| CHART 35 | PREFABRICATED VOLUMETRIC BUILDINGS MARKET 1998-2009 AT £M MSP |
123 |
| CHART 36 | PREFABRICATED SEMI-FINISHED BUILDINGS MARKET 2002-2009 AT £M MSP |
124 |
| TABLE 37 | UK WALL CLADDING MARKET 1998-2008 AT CURRENT PRICES |
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| TABLE 38 | UK WALL CLADDING MARKET- PRODUCT MIX BY TYPE BY VALUE 2004 |
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| CHART 39 |
ESTIMATED WASTE ARISING BY ORIGIN 2005 (%) |
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