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ORGANISER WIFO – AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESE ARCH w w w.w i fo. a c . a t W IF O, fo u n d e d i n 1 9 2 7 b y F r i e d r i c h A u g u s t v o n H ay e k a n d L u d w i g v o n M i s e s fo r t h e p u r p o s e o f b u s i n e s s c y c l e a n a l y s i s , i s t o d ay t h e l e a d i n g i n s t i t u t e fo r a p p l i e d e m p i r i c a l economic research in Austria with a strong commitment a t a Eu r o p e a n l e v e l. T h e i n s t i t u t e i s n o n - p r o f i t a n d independent of politics and business in it s scientif ic a c t i v i t i e s . W IF O ’ s m i s s i o n i s t o b u i l d a b r i d g e b e t w e e n basic academic research and polic y in order to contribute to t ackling socio - economic challenges and to create s o u n d fo u n d a t i o n s fo r d e c i s i o n s i n b u s i n e s s a n d s o c i e t y t h a t r e q u i r e e c o n o m i c i n fo r m a t i o n. A t t h e c o r e o f W IF O ’s bridging func tion are empirical analyses prepared with s c i e n t i f i c d i l i g e n c e a n d i n t e g r i t y. W IF O ’ s b r i d g i n g f u n c t i o n also involves a mediating role bet ween economic polic y institutions, universities and consulting f irms. W IF O i s t h e p o i n t o f c o n t a c t fo r i n t e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i s a t i o n s ( EU, O E C D a n d IM F ) a n d r a t i n g a g e n c i e s r e g a r d i n g n a t i o n a l economic development and the assessment of economic polic y measures.

EVENT SPONSOR AT R A D I U S B O N D I N G g r o u p. at r a d i u s .c o m / b o n d s / A t r a d i u s B o n d i n g, p a r t o f A t r a d i u s N .V., i s a l e a d i n g b o n d s s u p p l i e r i n Eu r o p e. P r e s e n t i n 1 2 Eu r o p e a n c o u n t r i e s , A t r a d i u s B o n d i n g s e r v e s a w i d e p o r t fo l i o o f c u s t o m e r s a c r o s s d i f f e r e n t i n d u s t r i e s , h e l p i n g t h e m s e c u r e t h e i r p e r fo r m a n c e a n d s u p p o r t t h e i r b u s i n e s s d e v e l o p m e n t b o t h l o c a l l y a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y. W ith long st anding bonding e xper tise and deep local m a r k e t k n o w l e d g e, A t r a d i u s B o n d i n g p r o v i d e s t h e i r c u s t o m e r s w i t h t a i l o r- m a d e p r o d u c t s a n d s o l u t i o n s t h a t f i t their needs and strategies. A s p a r t o f A t r a d i u s G r o u p, A t r a d i u s B o n d i n g f i n a n c i a l strength rating has been af f irmed by rating agencies A .M. B e s t a s A (e x c e l l e n t) w i t h a s t ab l e o u t l o o k , a n d M o o d y ’s a s A 2 w i t h a s t ab l e o u t l o o k .

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COPYRIGHT NOTICE All rights reserved © EUROCONSTRUCT, June 2021 Reproduction or distribution of all or parts of the report is strictly forbidden without the prior written authority from WIFO acting on behalf of the EUROCONSTRUCT network. If the buyer purchases this EUROCONSTRUCT report on behalf of an association (or any kind of industrial network), it is strictly forbidden to distribute it to its members, whether physical or juridical persons. EUROCONSTRUCT reserves the right to refuse the selling of any EUROCONSTRUCT product (including conference participation) to those violating the above mentioned copyright rules. EUROCONSTRUCT ® is a registered trademark. The report is provided for informational purposes only and without any obligation, whether contractual or otherwise. No warranty or representation is made as to the correctness, completeness and accuracy of the information supplied or the forecasts made. This Summary Report has been written and prepared by the EUROCONSTRUCT network from the country reports of the 19 EUROCONSTRUCT member institutes. Design by FARM Studio (farm.co.hu) Editing by Buildecon (buildecon.com)

Table Of Contents

The Euroconstruct Network

Macroeconomic outlook

Forecast Tables

Construction market overview

Forecast Tables

Residential market

Forecast Tables

Non-residential market

Forecast Tables

Civil engineering market

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Methodological notes and definitions

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Member Institutes

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The Euroconstruct Network Austria [AT] – WIFO

Hungary [HU] – BUILDECON

Slovakia [SK] – ÚEOS

Belgium [BE] – AQUIEC

Ireland [IE] – EY-DKM

Spain [ES]– ITeC

Czechia [CZ] – STEM/MARK

Italy [IT] – CRESME

Sweden [SE] – Prognoscentret AB

Denmark [DK] – CIFS

Netherlands [NL] – EIB

Switzerland [CH] – KOF ETH Zürich

Finland [FI] – Forecon

Norway [NO] – Prognosesenteret AS

United Kingdom [UK] – EXPERIAN

France [FR] – Le BIPE, member of BDO

Poland [PL] – PAB-PCR&F Institute

Germany [DE] – ifo Institute

Portugal [PT] – TECNINVEST

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European Construction Business Research And Forecasting Group

• Insurances, banks, financial and credit institutions; fund managers and other investors; government departments and national agencies; industry associations; • The Commission of the European Community and other European organisations.

www.euroconstruct.org EUROCONSTRUCT ® is a registered trademark.

Each country member of EUROCONSTRUCT has the project management resources to offer their customers turnkey studies of pan-European scope.

EUROCONSTRUCT was set up in 1974 by specialised research organisations from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and United Kingdom as a study group for construction analysis and forecasting. It has since expanded from the core group to include almost all Western European countries, as well as 4 Central Eastern European countries. At present, EUROCONSTRUCT has member institutes in 19 European countries.

They can guarantee: • Specific know-how and experience in database research and consulting; • A consistent multinational approach; • Expertise in project co-ordination and quality control; • Reports in the languages of the customer‘s choice. • Twice a year, EUROCONSTRUCT organises an international conference on: • Forecasts for the main market segments (housing, non-residential construction, infrastructure and civil engineering, all sub-sectors with a breakdown in new work and renovation/ modernisation activities) in the EUROCONSTRUCT member countries; • A special issue selected for its impact on the construction industry (e.g. demographics, privatisation, lifestyles, technological change, internationalisation of strategies, changes in the demand and supply structure).

EUROCONSTRUCT‘s objective is to provide decision makers in the construction sector and other to the construction industry related markets with information, analyses and forecasts to enable them to plan their business better and more effectively. Furthermore, the activities of the EUROCONSTRUCT network addresses to official institutions like ministries or agencies and to national and international associations. Construction markets are regional or even local. It is, therefore, a great advantage that the analyses and forecasts for these markets are prepared within the EUROCONSTRUCT network by competent national institutes for their respective home markets.

Recent and forthcoming conference venues: • Winter 2019 Warsaw (Poland) • Summer 2020 Stockholm (Sweden) • Winter 2020 Munich (Germany) • Summer 2021 Vienna (Austria) • Winter 2021 (Italy)

EUROCONSTRUCT‘s research and advice focuses on: • Short and medium-term macro-economic forecasts and construction trends in Europe; • Analyses of structural changes, business strategies and competition in the construction industry; • Market studies for industrial goods and services used by the building and infrastructure sectors. • EUROCONSTRUCT‘s research and forecasts are designed to meet the needs of many types of business including: • Construction contractors and developers; housing associations; • Manufacturers and traders supplying construction materials, products, equipment and machines; architects and other construction professionals;

In addition, EUROCONSTRUCT offers special studies for selected national and international clients based on well-founded knowledge of databases, methods, correlations and measures. For details, please contact the EUROCONSTRUCT partner institute in your country.

As a member of ERECO (European Economic Research and Advisory Consortium), WIFO has partner institutes in Birmingham, Bologna, Cambridge, Madrid, Munich, Paris and Rotterdam.

AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH Arsenal Objekt 20 A-1103 Vienna AUSTRIA www.wifo.ac.at

Main Research Fields • Macroeconomics • Perspectives of the Welfare State • Reforms of the Public Sector • Globalisation • Sustainable Development • Knowledge-based Economy

CONTACT PERSONS Michael Klien michael.klien@wifo.ac.at Michael Weingärtler michael.weingaertler@wifo.ac.at Phone +43 17982601 483

The Leading Provider of Economic Analysis and Economic Policy Consulting in Austria WIFO analyses national and international economic trends and supplies short- to medium-term economic forecasts. Together with our studies on European integration, competitiveness and location of industries and services, these trends and forecasts provide the basis for economic policies and corporate strategies. Our activities increasingly include commissioned research and consulting for domestic and international decision-making bodies, the European Commission, OECD, major business and financial institutions.

Regional and Sector Analyses • Agriculture • Industry, innovation and telecommunications • Construction • Transport, Energy • Banking • Tourism, Trade and commerce • Private and Public services WIFO is organised as an association, with membership open to organisations and individuals. Contributions by economic policy institutions provide the foundation for basic research and access to the combined research resources of a pool of about 100 highly qualified staff. Our cooperation with sponsors and members is based on the principles of partnership, project orientation and interactive collaboration.

Modern empirical methods incorporating the most current data available and knowledge of the institutional and political structures – these are the factors that guarantee the quality of our work. The use of international networks as well as our independent and non-partisan approach gives particular weight to our findings.

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• defining the working method, for checking the pertinence of the macro-econometric model that translates the selected hypotheses into “construction prospects” and for advising its managers on the improvements to be made to them; • evaluating, in terms of coherence and probability, the prospects drawn up by the Construction Confederation (currently the only one able to carry out this work in Belgium) on the basis of the framework that it has defined (hypotheses and method); • validating (after a possible correction) the prospects drawn up in this manner.

AQUIEC-VKEBI 34-42 rue du Lombard B-1000 Bruxelles BELGIUM www.euroconstruct.org CONTACT PERSON Jean-Pierre Liebaert belgium@euroconstruct.org Phone +32 2 545 57 40 Fax +32 2 545 59 09

Association pour la qualité des indicateurs économiques de la construction | Vereniging voor kwaliteitsvolle economische bouwindicatoren | Aassociation for the quality of the economic indicators of the construction industry Activities The AQUIEC is active in each of the fields that make it possible to improve the economic information relating to the construction sector. As a general rule, it operates as a Forum, in which the experts coordinate the initiatives relating to the construction statistics: drawing up of statistics, quality control and analysis (of the current and forecast economic situation) and in which they exchange information that can prove useful for the objective achievement of these analyses. As far as the prospects are concerned, it also operates as a Scientific Council responsible for: • defining the hypotheses selected for the drawing up of the “construction prospects”: macro-economic hypotheses and others (national insurance contributions, tax, policies likely to influence the construction industry, etc.);

Status The AQUIEC, Association for the Quality of the Economic Indicators of the Construction Industry, is an association of experts whose areas of expertise cover the economic an legislative environment that determines the development of the construction industry, as well as the specific characteristics of its various sub-sectors. Organisation The AQUIEC operates according to the same principle as the „Institut des Comptes Nationaux“ (an official organisation that draws up the national accounts in Belgium), which means that it is a structure made up of a group of specialists who define a working framework, delegate the practical work, control and validate this work. The experts of the AQUIEC form a pluridisciplinary team that includes economists, jurists and specialists in tax and social matters. Most of them are members of the highest authorities that oversee their areas of expertise: Central Economic Council, Supreme Statistical Council, Economic Club, Supreme Financial Council, Supreme Employment Council, etc.

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STEM/MARK, A.S. Smrčkova 2485/4 180 00 Praha 8 CZECHIA www.stemmark.cz CONTACT PERSONS David Frič fric@stemmark.cz Phone +420 731 039 991 Jan Burianec (business manager) burianec@stemmark.cz Phone +420 225 986 821

STEM/MARK is a full-service agency specializing in market research since 1994. It do research for all kinds of clients in all kinds of areas. It also offers services for both foreign and local research agencies, data collection and sample providing including CAWI. • STEM/MARK helps formulate client‘s research proposal, recommend optimal solutions, collect data, analyse the results and deliver outcomes to the client. • STEM/MARK covers both main types of research. The company conducts qualitative surveys (dig deeper and aim to understand „why“) as well as quantitative ones (statistically evaluated with pre-defined options for questions asking „how many“).

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• In-house training programmes in strategy and development under increasing uncertainty, based on a number of futures-based methods, notably long-term trend analysis and scenario planning. We help organisations build the capacity to develop alternative futures for themselves.

THE COPENHAGEN INSTITUTE FOR FUTURES STUDIES BLOXhub Bryghusgade 8 Entrance C, 3rd floor DK-1473 Copenhagen K DENMARK

Specific to the construction sector, CIFS has programmes on The Future Home and Family, Future Offices, Future Shopping, and Creating Long-term Value in Construction, Future Cities, Regional Development and a wide range of Transportation issues – besides EUROCONSTRUCT. Other CIFS projects cover themes like the future of work, of organisations and the value chain, transformation of modern consumer culture (“the dream society”), rising emphasis on innovation and self-expression (“creative man”), on new forms of economic organisation (“anarconomy”), of trends in financial services, retail, marketing, consumption, leisure and lifestyles, of values, politics, and media, of e-business and of physical products – Designing for the Future.

CONTACT PERSON Anders Bjerre, senior manager abj@cifs.dk

Future-based innovation The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies is an independent research organisation, founded 1970. It functions as consultant and source of inspiration to corporations, government bodies, and other elements of society, globally. The CIFS creates visions of the future, tailor-made to the need of clients in relation to corporate development, product development etc., supported by a staff of 20, and it runs training programmes related to corporate work within trends, uncertainties and innovation for the future.

The CIFS offers a comprehensive membership programme. The membership base of about 60 organisations include leading corporations, government ministries, and a diverse grouping of public and private organisations from several continents. International memberships are highly tailor-made to the needs of the client. Working languages include English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Portuguese and Spanish.

Products include: • Key-note presentations on basically anything related to the future • Tailor-made studies and innovation support for strategic development, product development, organisation development, scenario building and futures awareness in general. Tailor-made studies are based on a dialogue with the client, combining the specific knowledge of the client with the methods as well as the broad perspective of the CIFS. We help organisations to create the future they desire.

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Field of research Forecon Ltd possesses expertise and know-how in the sphere of research and expert services in construction and real estate business environment. Forecon’s services support decision making, strategic planning, annual budgeting, investment decisions and new business concepts. Forecon’s field of research cover both international and Finnish construction markets also on regional level.

FORECON LTD Hermiankatu 6-8 D FIN-33720 TAMPERE FINLAND Phone +358 40 704 1187 Fax +358 20 722 3497 finland@euroconstruct.org www.forecon.fi

Forecon’s essential service portfolio is based on tailor-made construction resource forecasts and market researches for companies and other authors that are created with foresight model developed by Forecon’s research team. Forecast models enables calculation of future demand potential for construction markets and resources in short- and long-term.

CONTACT PERSONS Mr. Markku Riihimäki Markku.riihimäki@forecon.fi Mr. Pekka Pajakkala Pekka.pajakkala@forecon.fi

Forecon’s foresight model development began over 40 year ago in VTT. The foresight activity has obtained broad confidence in construction forecasting and the company acts as an impartial expert facet in evaluating the economic situation and trends and their affect in construction and construction material industries.

Forecon Ltd is 2013 founded company that carries on the construction and real estate market business environment research & forecast and EUROCONSTRUCT® services provided in the past by VTT Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT), the largest R&D institute of the Nordic countries. Forecon’s experts and forecast team has research background in VTT. Forecon Ltd works in the building market and demand forecasting sector in close contact with contractors, material producers, trade, authorities and industry organizations. Based on Forecon’s geo-economic location and long-term co-operation, the construction sector development in Russia and in the Baltic RIM area are Forecon’s areas of expertise. Forecon is improving networks, forecasting methods, databases, tools and reporting concerning the most important economic areas in the Baltic countries and Russia, especially Moscow, St. Petersburg etc. We have also close cooperation with some members of the AsiaConstruct network.

Forecon’s strengths are in managing national and international construction and real estate business intelligence, as well as understanding the internal structure of construction industry and its sub sectors, their interdependencies, analysis, and forecasting. Forecon’s core services are: • Construction and real estate business environment researches, analyses and forecasts. • Tailor-made construction resource foresight reports and consultancy • Analysis of built environment, building stock and construction business • Surveys and barometers • Environment and energy analyses • EUROCONSTRUCT® activities

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LE BIPE, MEMBER OF BDO 43-47, Avenue de la Grande Armée 75116 Paris FRANCE Office +33 1 58 36 04 30 realestate@bipe.fr www.bipe.com CONTACT PERSONS Pascal Marlier Laurent Billès-Garabedian construction@bipe.fr

Our objectives: supporting executives in the definition and implementation of their strategy How? providing objective and independent guidance based on data driven strategy What? • Decision support and advice on business strategy: • Sector trends, forecasts and potential markets; • Advice on economic regulations and technological changes for both companies and public authorities; • Analysis of strategic projects including infrastructure investment, sourcing commodities, employment and skills; • Corporate finance; • Audit; • Forensic Services; • Integrated Report and socio-economical contribution. Who? Le BIPE is member of BDO: 162 countries, one organisation globally connected. 74 000 employees in 1 500 offices. Le BIPE is also one of the Euroconstruct co-founders.

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Setting-up and status The ifo Institute was founded in 1949 in Munich as a non-profit, independent research organisation and has the legal status of a registered society. Since 2002 there is an institutional link to the University of Munich as basis for a strong co-operation. The ifo Institute has around 300 corporate and institutional members, mainly enterprises, associations, as well as chambers for industry and commerce.

ifo INSTITUTE – LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Poschingerstrasse 5 81679 Munich GERMANY Phone +49 89 9224 1343 Fax +49 89 907795 1343 www.ifo.de CONTACT PERSON Ludwig Dorffmeister dorffmeister@ifo.de

Field of Activities The ifo Institute is one of the major German economic research institutes. It examines short-term developments in the overall economy and in individual sectors as well as longer term tendencies and structural changes of the German and European economy. The institute regularly conducts shortterm forecasts, medium-term business cycle perspectives and long-term growth scenarios, both for the economy as the whole and for individual sectors and industries. In its various business surveys the institute gathers and analyses data from many thousand firms monthly. The ifo Institute publishes for about 70 years the main survey findings, e.g. the well-known ifo Business Climate (based on ca. 9,000 survey responses). The institute also analyses current and projected economic policy measures and puts forward its own economic policy recommendations.

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Organisation The ifo Institute is structured in the following eight ifo Centers (research departments): Macroeconomics and Surveys; Public Finance and Political Economy; Labor and Demographic Economics; Economics of Education; Industrial Organization and New Technologies; Energy, Climate and Resources; International Economics; International Institutional Comparisons and Migration Research. In addition, there is one research group for Taxation and Fiscal Policy. Resources With around 200 staff members, the ifo Institute covers the whole spectrum of economic activity. Around two thirds of the Institute’s funds are provided by the government, according to the general agreement on joint financial support of research in Germany. The remaining one third of the funds are mainly raised through contract research, multi-client studies, conference fees and foundation grants. The research contracts are primarily awarded by federal and state ministries, international organisations and the EU Commission, business associations and private companies. Membership fees and the sale of the institute’s various publications contribute also to the funding of the organisation.

BUILDECON Aladár u. 17. 1016 Budapest HUNGARY Phone +36 1 785 4414 info@buildecon.com www.buildecon.com CONTACT PERSON János Gáspár janos.gaspar@buildecon.com

We are an independent research firm specializing in construction market forecasting. As the Hungarian member to EUROCONSTRUCT, we prepare the forecast report on the Hungarian construction market. We are also the founder and research centre to EECFA, an association dealing with construction market forecasting in Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine). In addition, we have launched our latest research jointly with ELTINGA and Ebuild which we publish under the name of EBI Construction Activity Report for Hungary and Romania. We annually participate in The World Bank’s Doing Business research on Dealing with construction permits in Hungary.

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indicators are most relevant to their business. We also assist with business planning by forecasting the economic environment in which future business activity will take place.

EY-DKM ECONOMIC ADVISORY SERVICES Ernst & Young Harcourt Centre Harcourt Street Dublin 2 D02 YA40 IRELAND Phone +353 1 475 0555 www.ey.com/ie/ey-dkm CONTACT PERSON Annette Hughes annette.hughes@ie.ey.com

EY-DKM Economic Advisory Services was formed in January 2018 following the acquisition of DKM Economic Consultants by EY Ireland. DKM, as one of the leading economic consultancies in Ireland, founded in 1981, built up an unparalleled knowledge of and expertise in housing, construction and economic policy analysis over the past three and a half decades. The acquisition by EY Ireland provides the opportunity to build truly unique solutions for our clients across our service offerings. The combined service, EY-DKM Economic Advisory, provides a full suite of economic, financial and business services in the Irish market, helping both public and private sector clients understand the current and future environments they operate in, and enabling vitally important scenario planning and decision-making.

Our services include: • Cost benefit analysis and project appraisal • Economic impact analysis • Sector-specific economic analysis including real estate, construction, creative, energy, environment, health, housing, legal, tourism, transport, utilities, and land • Urban economics, socio-economic and regional development • Market structure and competition • Regulatory and policy economics • Modelling and forecasting, including; national, regional and sub-regional forecasts, CGE modelling, skills and revenue forecasting • Expert witness

The expanded team plays a critical role in EY’s commitment to building a better working world in Ireland and gives us the experience to contribute insights and solutions to some of the most challenging issues we face. EY-DKM Economic Advisory works alongside EY’s global community of more than 180 economic advisory professionals. Our combined experience and in-depth knowledge of the Irish economy together with our strong technical capability in the areas of project appraisal and cost-benefit analysis of major public investments, market analysis and demand forecasts, and economic impact studies across a range of sectors, allow us to help both public and private sector clients. Our team works closely with clients to determine what 176

EY-DKM also prepare a number of regular publications, including the EY Economic Eye, EY-DKM Economy Watch, the quarterly Dublin Economic Monitor, on behalf of the four Dublin local authorities, and the BPFI SME Market Monitor for the Banking and Payments Federation (see: http://www. ey.com/ie/en/services/transactions/ey-dkm-economic-advisory). The firm’s clients include many of the largest companies in Ireland. In addition it has acted as economic consultants to many Government Departments, Local Authorities and State Agencies, and the EU Commission. Its personnel have been members of and advisors to many State boards and councils, including the Industrial Development Authority, the National Competitiveness Council and Solas, and regularly act as expert witnesses in legal cases dealing with complex economic issues. EY-DKM has been the Irish member of Euroconstruct since 1993 and has prepared the Euroconstruct bi-annual, comprehensive Irish Country Report which is included in the network’s international conferences and proceedings. EY-DKM has exceptional knowledge of Ireland’s housing, infrastructure and capital investment framework, having produced numerous construction studies over more than two decades (those in the public domain are available on: http://www.ey.com/ie/en/ services/transactions/ey-dkm-economic-advisory).

During its 40 years of activities, CRESME has acquired and developed both a scientific and cultural experience. This guarantees an accurate and correct supply of information, evolution of methods and instruments of research.

CRESME RICERCHE SPA Piazza Mincio 2 00198 Rome ITALY Phone +39068543623 Fax +39068415795 www.cresme.it CONTACT PERSON Antonella Stemperini stemperini@cresme.it

CRESME is a non-profit association created in 1962 in favour of promotion and information on construction industry and territory transformations. Its purpose is to carry out researches and studies and to favour meetings between public and private operators. Due to numerous and complex requests, the CRESME Research Centre (joint-stock company controlled by the Cresme Association) was created in 1982. CRESME carries out surveys and analyses regarding: • aspects of production and market in the constructions field; • territorial structures and transformations, with relative economic, urban and social implications; • administration in public bodies, also by means of feasibility studies of definite solutions and an active participation to their management; • training of professional profiles within the framework of territorial-transformation and facility-management processes.

• a constant updating of this resource is made possible by means of two strategic bearings, which regulate the Centre‘s activity: • a permanent observation of complexities and changes in both the construction industry and the territorial transformations; • the development of scientific and cultural activities where CRESME acts as a connection link between different operators, experiences and subject-matters which are implied in processes of territorial transformations. • Research studies by thematic area and information systems represent the methods and tools across the whole CRESME research activity. The CRESME activities are mostly addressed to the following fields of action: • Environment and sustainability • Structural analysis • Territorial analysis • Assistance to Public Administrations • Current trend and forecast • Facility management • Training • Strategic marketing • Feasibility studies

CRESME is internally specialised in: statistical, economic, urban, juridical and sociological aspects. These allow interaction between different subject-matters of major interest to the Centre. All this is facilitated by the extent and variety of the association (over 150 share holders representing the whole constructions field) and of interlocutors that normally refer to the CRESME Ricerche S.p.a.

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CRESME has traditionally provided assistance and support especially to local administrations and autonomous associations acting as a coordinator.

Status and organisation The EIB institute was founded in 1956 as an independent, non-profit organisation. A supervisory council, which consists of representatives of the Dutch employers’ organisation, the trade unions in the construction industry and clients, safeguards the interests of the institute and the achievement of its objectives, but without interfering in the scientific research itself.

EIB - ECONOMISCH INSTITUUT VOOR DE BOUW Koninginneweg 20 1075 CX Amsterdam NETHERLANDS Phone +31 20 205 1600 eib@eib.nl, www.eib.nl CONTACT PERSON Thomas Endhoven tendhoven@eib.nl

Aims and activities The EIB foundation is a leading Dutch economic research institute in the field of construction, housing and built environment. Our work aims at fostering, in an independent and scientific way, the knowledge of economic and social questions that are related to, or that are of importance for the Dutch construction industry and the built environment. Research projects are carried out, both on own initiative and in response to outside demand, for clients in the private and the public sectors. The EIB work comprises: • market research, mainly in the areas of the various construction and real estate markets and related industries; • short term forecasts as well as longer term outlooks, scenario building and research about structural changes in the Dutch construction industry; • scientific analyses of developments in the housing market to provide the basis for private and social housing policies, on a national as well as a regional level; • cost-benefit analyses on built-environmental issues to facilitate policies of public or other bodies; • construction labour market and schooling research; • benchmarking of construction firms’ business performance, economic analyses in the field of construction (process) innovation, procurement policies, risk management and corporate strategies.

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The scientific activities of EIB are concentrated in four research programmes. The programmes respectively focus on (1) construction market analysis, including labour market issues, (2) housing studies and project analysis, (3) real estate analysis and research in the field of construction companies and (4) civil engineering and procurement studies. The staff mainly consists of economists and comprises about 20 persons. Financial resources The institute is partly financed by contributions from the Education and Development fund for the construction industry. An increasing part of the institutes’ resources is coming from contract research. A substantial share of these commissions originates from the Dutch government

PROGNOSESENTERET AS Karenslyst Allé 2 NO - 0278 Oslo NORWAY Phone +47 24 11 58 80 Fax +47 24 11 5899 ps@prognosesenteret.no www.prognosesenteret.no CONTACT PERSON Bjørn-Erik Øye bjorn.oye@prognosesenteret.no

PROGNOSCENTRET AB Tulegatan 11 113 53 Stockholm SWEDEN Phone +46 8440 9360 Fax +46 8 440 93 61 info@prognoscentret.se www.prognoscentret.se CONTACT PERSON Christian Brander cb@prognoscentret.se

Prognosesenteret was founded in 1978, as an independent consultancy focusing on market research within the Nordic building and construction markets. Today we work as a cross-border Nordic company. Prognosesenteret AS is Norway‘s repre-sentative in EUROCONSTRUCT and Prognoscentret AB represents Sweden.

About our services: • With needs-based market analyses, we offer our customers fact-based information that makes it easy to make the right decisions. • Nuanced analyses of the operating environment and its driving forces allow us to ensure that organisations have the correct information. We are experts in market analysis and offer customised knowledge to help companies achieve their goals. • Our customised analyses describe the market’s driving forces, size, structure and development. The information can for example be divided into segments, customer type and distribution channels. • We offer knowledge about the entire value chain, from material consumption and distribution flows to performance steps. • We cover everything from detailed information at post code level to assessments of the entire European market or parts thereof. • We quality assure and develop our sampling and analysis methods and we are also responsible for the majority of industry-specific collections of statistics. • Over the years, Prognoscentret has created an extensive and unique database which we combine with external data sources to develop high quality analyses. • Our research describes individuals’ attitudes, goals and needs in order to understand how people act and how they are influenced in different situations. Based on this knowledge, you can predict how your customers will react to different products, services and concepts. This gives you a basis on which to design effective marketing activities and implement customer-oriented product development. • On each occasion, we will address your issue with the method that offers you the best basis for decision. • We have great experience in a variety of analysis and research methods, ranging from interviews to quantitative measurements. In combination with our expertise in the construction and property industries, this means we can draw far-reaching conclusions tailored to your business. • Our employees are macroeconomists, civil economists, social scientists, engineers and statisticians who use interdisciplinary analyses to create unique results.

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• Monitoring: real and permanent processes of searching for changes creation of the construction industry situation, • Construction market research: market capacity, its diversification and opportunities for entering.

PAB-POLISH CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH & FORECASTING INSTITUTE ul. Wspolna 37/39 l.24 PL 00-519 Warszawa POLAND Phone +48 602 791 976 Fax +48 22 629 03 85 PAB@pab.waw.pl www.euroconstruct.pl

PAB supplies top professional research and services on individual orders in the range of: • Analysis of demand, supply and competition on construction and building materials market • Cost and price analysis on construction market and building materials as well • Construction and tendering procedure advisory services, • Research on competition level in the construction and building materials market, • Promotion of small and medium sized firms, i.e. producers and contractors

CONTACT PERSON Mariusz Sochacki sochacki@polishconstruction.waw.pl

PAB – POLISH CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH & FORECASTING is a private scientific and research institute specialising in economic analysis of the construction industry. PAB was established in 2000 by specialists with more than 25 years of experience in activity within the construction industry. Basic aims: • Permanent scientific research on the field of investment and building processes, the construction industry and building market, • Preparation and issuing of reports on scientific research initiated by PAB itself as well as on orders from firms and different Polish and foreign organisations. Activity concentrates on: • Industry forecasting: short, medium and longterm construction and investment forecasts, • Workload surveys: permanent surveys of construction activity by branches and regions, • Economic analysis: research and reports focused on the construction industry network, • Statistics: preparing database and performing data researches and analyses

Monographs – reports • Construction Monitoring: general and specific reports on status and changes in construction activity • Business conditions surveys of construction: analyses of tendencies and development trends – short term prognoses • Rankings of construction companies TOP 400 Polish Contractors • Polish Construction – Key Figures • Prognosis of Construction Development • Polish construction surfaces market • Short-term forecast building surfaces in Poland (for the next two years will be issued by half-years). Journals – newsletters for contractors and investors • Polish Construction Surveys • Polish Building Materials Industry Surveys • Polish Construction Market Review • Housing Construction Surfaces Review In Poland • Non-Residential Construction Surfaces Review In Poland • Polish Building Materials Market Review

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under a pan-European setting in close co-operation with other European colleagues, either in the context of specific ad-hoc consortia or in the framework of the «European Network of Social and Economic Research» (ENSR), of which the firm is the Portuguese member.

TECNINVEST 2 Estudos de Desenvolvimento, Tecnologia e Inovação, Lda R. Padre Américo, 10A – Esc. 2 1600-548 Lisboa PORTUGAL Phone +351 217 159 482 Fax +351 217 159 486 www.tecninvest.com

People and Organisation The people behind Tecninvest 2 research activities are organised into a flexible and cost-effective fashion following the project structure approach and resorting to planning and control tools that facilitate the management of resources, the monitoring of risk variables and the quality control of project deliverables. Each research project is carried out under the direction of a senior staff member (director, division manager, project manager) by a team of experts made up of permanent staff and retained associate consultant/researchers. The latter are drawn from Academia, RTDO and Industry networks Tecninvest 2 can easily activate through long established cordial relationships. Work is planned and supervised in such way to allow the swift integration of the interrelated and interdependent research tasks and to provide sound responses to the research questions. This includes the determination of major research and writing milestones, the scheduling of progress meetings, the review and technical refining of research papers, the employment of technical data and technical advisory personnel, and the liaison with outside advisors, subcontractors and other collaborators.

CONTACT PERSON Antonio Coimbra Antonio.Coimbra@tecninvest.pt Phone: +351 966 967 551

Brief history Tecninvest 2 is a private limited liability company (LLC) formed in 2003 as a spin-off of the Planning and Engineering divisions of Tecninvest SA, a firm incorporated in 1982 in Lisbon, Portugal. The founding company has its roots in the engineering and research centres of CUF group, the largest Iberian conglomerate before it was nationalised in 1975. Tecninvest 2 combined the human and technical resources of 3 divisions of the founder company, which were active in the areas of environmental consulting, technology, and applied economic research. These divisions have been operating since 1982, having a track record of more than 4,000 professional assignments for public and private clients both in Portugal and abroad. In 1993, Tecninvest SA was privatised. After the privatisation in 1993 Tecninvest 2 increased substantially the research content of its range of services in industrial, marketing, economic and social fields. having carried out many research assignments to industry, government, associations and other institutions, covering a wide spectrum of research fields, ranging from R&D strategy in new technologies to social and economic impact studies. A significant part of this work has been conducted

Main research and consulting areas • Industrial and market research • Investment strategy and marketing consulting • Economic & social development • Technology development and transfer • Regulatory review and administrative burden • Energy, environment and natural resources

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At present, ÚEOS – Komercia, a.s. has 8 employees. Research, advisory and consultancy services are performed by approx. 6 experts. In addition we have been working with a circle of external co-operators, university experts and other specialists, who participate on solutions of important tasks and projects.

ÚEOS – Komercia, a.s., Koceľova 9 821 08 Bratislava SLOVAKIA phone +421905134001;+421910990568 ueos@ueos.sk www.ueos.sk

Basic fields of company activities are as follows: • evaluation of property and real estate, • expert opinions in economy – evaluation of enterprises, • applied economical research and development, • public procurement.

CONTACT PERSONS Tomáš Dubovec dubovec@ueos.sk Radovan Kostelnik kostelnik@ueos.sk

ÚEOS – Komercia, a.s. (Joint-stock company) is a private research and consultancy company, established in 1992 by transformation of former Ústav ekonomiky a organizácie stavebníctva, Bratislava (Institute of Building Economics and Organisation) founded in 1963. In August 2017 UEOS-Komercia, a.s. founded Ltd. Institute for Monitoring and Analysis (IMAZ). The scope activity of institue includes, among others, market research in the field of energy and R & D in the energy sector and network industries.

Other activities according to the business register are: • business and economic consulting, • monitoring and field survey, • solving of problems of construction market, the reviving, forming of sectoral, regional politics of construction, international comparisons; habitation and housing construction, regional development, etc., • marketing research of construction market.

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ÚEOS – Komercia, a.s. also executes evaluation of property and real estates in various processes and credit – awarding; deals with problems of public procurement.

Consulting services for manufacturers of construction products ITeC can provide advice to manufacturers that are developing new construction products regarding the different requirements which will eventually constitute the basis for the certification, according to the set of relevant variables (intended uses, installation criteria, destination markets, manufacturing and marketing channels, etc.). The final purpose is to smooth and accelerate as much as possible the market entry of new products and construction techniques.

THE CATALONIA INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY, ITEC Wellington 19 08018 Barcelona SPAIN Phone +34 933 09 34 04 euroconstruct@itec.cat www.itec.cat CONTACT PERSON

Market research services We offer different types of research where we combine the economic approach with our knowledge of the construction market from the technical, legal, environmental and commercial points of view.

Josep Ramon Fontana jrfontana@itec.cat

The Catalonia Institute of Construction Technology, ITeC, is an independent non-profitmaking organisation that carries out its work in the area of operations intended to further the progress of Construction. Since 1978 ITeC is contributing to increase innovation and competitiveness in the construction sector, with a series of technology-based services: Quality ITeC is a technical body specialised in the assessment and certification of non-standardised construction products, with extensive experience in this field in which it was authorised by the Spanish and European authorities in 1996. We offer systems for quality assurance and certification that have been specifically developed for building companies and manufacturers of construction products, both at European level – such as European Technical Approvals and the subsequent CE marking – and also at national level with different quality labels recognised by the Spanish administration – DAU for construction products and ApTO for building processes –.

• Generic market measurement: We quantify the rate of production of different construction markets (housing, non-residential, civil engineering) and scenarios of future developments. • Specific market measurement: We carry out market research focused on a specific type of product or on a specific building point where different commercial offers compete for a slice of the market. • Product Competitiveness: Analysis of products and building solutions based on its market potential in terms of cost, design, competitive positioning, and legal compliance. Technological information Our databases are a source of information for every technician involved in the construction business, no matter the stage of the process: project conception, budgeting, execution tracking and maintenance of the built object. Our database is also a reference source for checking the legal status of construction products regarding certification and also includes environmental data.

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Software We have developed a unique collection of applications for the management of the construction process, for the maintenance of built objects and for measurement of the environmental impact. They are based in our own TCQ methodology for tracking Time, Cost and Quality.

Regular surveys (in the form of business, investment and innovation tendency surveys) guarantee an up-to-date, comprehensive information system for the short- and medium-term analysis of the overall economy, for individual branches of industry, for the construction sector and for cantonal/regional studies. The main activities of the KOF (analysis and prognostics of the Swiss economy, search for leading indicators, research on political economic questions) are therefore based on the business tendency survey results. Constant research based on modern empirical methods (econometric models for the overall economy and for separate branches of industry, time series analyses) assures that quality is maintained in the analysis and forecasting of cyclical developments and structural change.

ETH ZURICH KOF Swiss Economic Institute LEE G 114 Leonhardstrasse 21 8092 Zurich SWITZERLAND Phone +41 44 632 42 39 Fax +41 44 632 12 18 www.kof.ethz.ch kof@kof.ethz.ch CONTACT PERSONS Yngve Abrahamsen abrahamsen@kof.ethz.ch

At an international level, the institute works together with authoritative organisations like the OECD and the IMF. KOF is an active member of various international academic and research associations (CIRET, AIECE, EUROCONSTRUCT). Since 2000, the CIRET office has been run at KOF.

Siegrist Stefanie siegrist@kof.ethz.ch

Field of activities KOF analyses the development of the Swiss economy from a shorter-term perspective (economic analyses and forecasts) against the backdrop of longerterm developmental trends (growth and structural change). The research projects, products and services provided by the KOF cover a broad spectrum of topics.

Status The Swiss Economic Institute is an institute of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), and as such an independent body.

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Organisation KOF currently employs more than 30 researchers. Some of them also lecture at the ETH and at the Zurich University. The institute is structured in the following three research divisions: Business Cycle Research; International Economics; Structural Change.

Our work falls into the following categories: • Industry forecasting: short, medium and longterm construction forecasts, on a national and broad regional basis. • Workload surveys: regular surveys of construction activity, professional services, and industry structure. • Market research: the use and provision of all relevant information to help clients assess market size, structure, competition and opportunities for entry or diversification. • Economic analysis: research and reports on any aspects or sectors of the construction industry chain. • Statistics: data search, analysis and advice on the use and relevance to clients of macro economic and construction industry statistics. • Corporate research: company finance, profitability and future outlook. • International comparisons: specifically of European construction markets. • Seminars: presentations and lectures relating to any of the above areas

CONSTRUCTION FUTURES, ECONOMICS – DECISION ANALYTICS, EXPERIAN PLC 6th floor, Cardinal Place, 80 Victoria Str London SW1E 5JL Phone +44 (0)207 746 8274 Fax +44 (0)20 7746 8277 www.experian.co.uk/economics CONTACT PERSONS Sadia Sheikh Harvir Dhillon united_kingdom@euroconstruct.org

Construction Futures has for more than a decade focused on economic analysis of the construction and related industries. Construction Futures is part of the economics team at Experian plc, one of the UK‘s leading economic consultancies.

Our work is rooted in three fundamental areas:

Construction Futures works with clients in the private and public sectors, providing a better understanding of the industry in the context of the wider economic environment. We have a thorough and detailed knowledge of the factors that influence the various markets, types of work in the sector and its operational aspects. Our major strength lies in the location and analysis of construction related information to support clients’ need for insight on past trends and forecasts of future developments. We have a portfolio of well-known and respected publications, including the industry-standard national construction forecasts and the ‘Foresight’ regional forecasts. We also collaborate with our fellow EUROCONSTRUCT members to produce compatible forecasts for nineteen European countries on a six monthly basis. Our survey unit carries out a detailed monthly state of trade of survey in the UK for the European Commission.

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Individuals: we have exhaustive information on, and insight into, the demographic and socio-economic circumstances of individual consumers in every market that we research. We have over 30 years’ experience in consumer segmentation and have built more consumer classification systems than any other organisation, globally. Markets: we have a detailed understanding of markets defined geographically, by product and by consumer or business type, which we use to help our clients benchmark and maximise their performance. Economies: we model the current position and future prospects of local, national and global economies in terms of employment, output, consumer spending, investment, propety and asset markets. We advise companies on which economies to operate in, and public policy makers on how to improve economic performance and raise social inclusion.

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