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Building Materials Market Report 2011
Key Note Publications Ltd, Jan 2011, Pages: 101
This Market Report analyses the UK building materials market, with particular reference to basic building materials, namely aggregates, cement, concrete products and clay products (bricks and tiles). There is also some coverage of metal products and timber. While the UK has a strong position in the heavy materials market, it is extremely reliant on timber.
This report gives production and market value data for major material categories. Building materials account for an estimated 40% of the value of the construction industry. With the 2009 output of the construction industry recorded as being £106.7bn, this gives an estimated value of £42.7bn for the value of building materials. This report also contains details of the number of enterprises in major material/product categories, analysed by turnover and employment.
Structurally the UK building materials sector is heavily dominated by overseas companies, mainly from other European countries. Most of these foreign companies are large and have extensive international operations.
Important issues face the building materials sector, the most immediate of which is the decline in UK construction output. This is a consequence of the downturn in the UK economy and is having a knock-on effect on the building materials market. Housebuilding has been particularly badly affected. Developments are taking place in the way buildings are constructed, with the aim of reducing material/component cost and assembly time on-site. This is an area in which building materials companies are working. There will be less use of some traditional materials in favour of new approaches to construction. Sustainability is a prominent theme in which building materials companies are expected to play an important role, from material sourcing to end-of-use recycling/disposal. Another key issue is reducing carbon emissions; materials companies are active in this respect, both at manufacturing level and in the environmental performance of materials when incorporated into building.
The future of the market is uncertain owing to continued difficult economic conditions, as well as the effect of the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) of October 2010, which outlines government plans for public-sector cuts worth £81bn and the loss of almost half a million public-sector jobs. Clearly this represents a major challenge to the private sector if the current fragile recovery is to be maintained. The CSR will have both direct and indirect consequences on the construction industry, but details are not yet clear.
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