INTRODUCTION and OVERVIEW

Key issues covered include: Market Size & Structure – Market value, trends, forecasts for future growth, key influencing factors etc. Product Mix – Cabin/Accommodation units, modular buildings. Key End User Sectors – Analysis of end user sectors, including commercial and industrial, residential, healthcare, education, MoD, hotels, hire, prisons, asylum accommodation centres, etc. Major Suppliers – Market share, market position, relative end user strengths and profiles. Distribution – Major channels of distribution.

AMA Research have published the third edition of the report  “Prefabricated Volumetric Buildings Market – UK 2009-2013”. Incorporating original input and primary research, this new report represents an up-to-date and informed review of this changing and complex market. Prefabricated volumetric buildings have a substantial market potential, with a wide range of end use sectors, and are forecast to demonstrate long term growth. This report excludes pods, frame and panel prefabricated buildings, and prefabricated structural framing which form the subject of other reports in AMA’s series about prefabrication.

Areas of particular interest:

• Future growth prospects – short term prospects in 2009-10 and longer term prospects up to 2013.

• Major suppliers shares of the UK prefabricated volumetric buildings market – changes in market structure.

• Review of key end use markets including the hire sector, housebuilding/growth in flats, MOD, student accommodation, health, education, hotels, etc.

• Comparison of frame and panel, and volumetric prefabrication.

• Trends to productivity improvement – growth of MMC/OSM.

• Value-added development opportunities.

Contractors  included:

Atco Structures Inc, Ayrshire Metal Products, Britspace Modular Buildings, C3S Modular Buildings, Caledonian Building Systems, Clean Modules, Composite Ltd Consafe Engineering Services, Corus Living Solutions, Cosalt Holiday Homes Ltd Eldapoint, Elliott Group, Fusion Building System and Pods, Futureform Design and Build, Gateway Fabrication, GB Industries, Genset Plc Supply, Home Factory, Hunter Building Systems, Kingspan Offsite, Lydney Containers Ltd, McAvoy Group, Metek Building Systems, Modular UK Building Systems, Panaloc Worldwide Manufacturing Ltd, Pathfinder Park Homes, Portakabin, Precast Cellular Structures Ltd, Ravenstock MSG, RB Farquhar (Holdings), Rollalong, SGB Rovacabin, Shepherd Building Group, Sibcas, Spaceover, Stackright Building Systems, Terrapin Ltd, The Forge Company London, The Omar Group, Wernick Group, Thurston Building Systems, Ultra Secure Products, Unite Group, Verbus Systems Ltd, Vision Modular Structures, Waco UK, Western Building Systems. 

Key areas of coverage in the report include:-

THE MARKET

• Total Prefabricated Volumetric Buildings Market 2006-2013 - market analysis by value and forecasts.

• Key influencing factors affecting market growth – level of construction and manufacturing activity, trends to flats, affordable homes, quality issues, trends leading to increased demand for prefabricated volumetric buildings in key sectors e.g. healthcare, education, MoD, prisons, hotels, asylum/immigration centres etc.

• Prefabricated Volumetric Buildings Product Mix - analysis by product type – cabin/accommodation units, and modular buildings – changing trends and future prospects.

• Major channels of distribution – contractor, installer, architect, specifier, etc.

• Key areas of end user growth, and forecasts for product mix in 2013.

END USER SECTORS 

• Mix of key end user sectors by value in 2008.

• Key end user sectors – Reviews of major end user groups and subsectors e.g. Commercial and Industrial, Education, Health Care, residential, MoD, retail, hire, hotel/catering, prisons, asylum centres, etc.

• Key future trends for the usage of prefabricated volumetric buildings, future growth potential of the sector, product issues, forecast product mix in 2013 etc.

• Key suppliers to the various end user sectors.

• Influencing factors of future end user growth potential, e.g. trends in capital expenditure and accommodation requirements, major changes in health and education, impact of PFI/PPP, Olympic Games etc.

MARKET/PRODUCT SPECIFICATION ISSUES 

• General trend towards OSM (Off-site Manufacturing) to improve quality standards and address problems of site-skills shortages.

• Review of fixtures, fittings and components including trends to modularity and sustainability.

• Review of broad levels of specification in end user sectors.

SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION 

• Market shares of the major suppliers in the prefabricated volumetric building market - 2008 by value. Recent changes and future prospects in market structure.

• Profiles of major suppliers including turnover, market positioning, brand names etc.

• Review of the key channels of distribution used by leading suppliers – direct supply, hire etc.

• Key end user sectors of individual suppliers and future growth potential etc.