| 1. |
INTRODUCTION |
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| 2. |
SUMMARY AND FUTURE PROSPECTS |
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| 2.1 | SUMMARY |
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| 2.2 | FUTURE PROSPECTS |
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| 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. |
PLANT HIRE 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 Background |
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| 4.3.2 | Future Prospects |
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| 4.4. | KEY MARKET INFLUENCES |
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| 4.4.1 | Overview |
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| 4.4.2 | UK Construction Influences |
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| 4.4.3 | Self-Build Market |
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| 4.4.4 | Prefabricated Buildings – Including ‘Volumetric’ and ‘Frame and Panel’ |
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| 4.4.5 | Non-Structural Cladding |
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| 4.4.6 | Waste |
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| 4.4.7 | Wind Turbines |
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| 4.4.8 | Railway Sector |
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| 4.5 | PLANT HIRE, TOOL HIRE, AND SPECIALISTS |
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| 5. |
PLANT HIRE COMPANIES |
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| 5.1 | MARKET STRUCTURE |
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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 | Construction |
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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 | Others/Non-Mechanical Plant |
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| TABLES AND CHARTS |
| CHART 1 | UK PLANT HIRE MARKET 2002-2012 (£M) |
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| CHART 2 | INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION (CPI) FROM 1992-2012 |
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| CHART 3 | PDI & SAVINGS RATIO AT CURRENT PRICES 1992-2012 |
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| TABLE 4 | EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS 2000-2008 - STERLING TO THE DOLLAR, AND THE EURO, SPOT RATES |
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| CHART 5 | AGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESIDENT UK POPULATION 2001 CENSUS (‘000) |
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| CHART 6 | PLANT HIRE DISTRIBUTION STRUCTURE |
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| TABLE 7 | UK PLANT HIRE MARKET AT HIRE MARKET PRICES 2000-2007 |
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| TABLE 8 | UK TOOL HIRE MARKET 2003-2007 AT HIRE MARKET PRICES |
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| CHART 9 | PLANT HIRE MARKET 2004-2012 |
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| TABLE 10 | CONTRACTORS NON HOUSING OUTPUT - NEW WORK AND RMI – 2004-2008 (£ MILLION) CURRENT PRICES |
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| TABLE 11 | HOUSE BUILDING COMPLETIONS 2004-2012 – UNITED KINGDOM (‘000 DWELLINGS) |
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| CHART 12 | HOUSEBUILDING COMPLETIONS - % MIX BY HOUSES / FLATS GB 2001-2007 |
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| CHART 13 | SELF-BUILD MARKET – COMPLETIONS BY VOLUME 2000-2010 |
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| CHART 14 | UK PREFABRICATED VOLUMETRIC BUILDINGS MARKET 2004-2010 (£M MSP) |
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| CHART 15 | UK PREFABRICATED FRAME AND PANEL BUILDING SYSTEMS MARKET 2005-2012 (£M MSP) |
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| CHART 16 | UK TIMBER FRAME HOUSEBUILDING COMPLETIONS – 2000-2012 BY VOLUME |
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| TABLE 17 | UK WALL CLADDING MARKET AREA INSTALLED SQ M 2003 -2010 |
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| CHART 18 | ESTIMATED WASTE ARISING BY ORIGIN 2006/07 (%) |
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| CHART 19 | BREAKDOWN OF SERVICES NEEDED FOR NUCLEAR PLANT CONSTRUCTION – MIX BY PLANT & EQUIPMENT, CIVIL ENG., AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT |
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| TABLE 20 | ESTIMATED SHARES BY TYPE OF HIRE COMPANY IN HIRE PRODUCT SECTORS 2006 /07 |
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| TABLE 21 | MARKET SHARES OF THE UK PLANT HIRE OPERATORS – 2007 |
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| TABLE 22 | HIRE COMPANY PRODUCT MIX 2007 £M AT HIRE MARKET VALUE |
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| TABLE 23 | HIRE MARKET FOR EARTH MOVING PRODUCTS AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2007 |
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| TABLE 24 | HIRE MARKET FOR LIFTING PLANT AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2007 |
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| CHART 25 | UK MEWP MARKET 2007 MIX BY VOLUME |
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| TABLE 26 | HIRE MARKET FOR CONSTRUCTION PLANT AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2007 |
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| TABLE 27 | HIRE MARKET FOR ROAD MAKING PRODUCTS AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2007 |
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| TABLE 28 | HIRE MARKET FOR COMPRESSORS, GENERATORS ETC AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2007 |
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| TABLE 29 | HIRE MARKET FOR NON-MECHANICAL PLANT: ENVIRONMENTAL, PORTABLE ACCOMMODATION, AND EQUIPMENT AT HIRE MARKET VALUE 2007 |
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| CHART 30 | UK MARKET FOR HEATING, DRYING & COOLING 2007 AT HIRE MARKET PRICES |
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| CHART 31 | MIX OF AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS BY VALUE 1993 TO 2006 |
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