Industry Insight Project Database

The Industry Insight Database is a comprehensive database designed to help anyone involved in the construction industry to understand trends, prepare in-house budget reports, presentations and reports. It brings together a wide range of statistics; gathered, sourced and collated in an easy to use database. Simply extract the information you need from the system, which is updated directly on the Internet. No delays, no frustration.

How to use the Industry Insight Project Database

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Newsletters

Are you tired of reading through pages and pages of information of which you probably only need about 10%? Industry News is specifically written to eliminate long, expressive reports. It is primarily aimed at informing stakeholders in the industry on relevant issues, trends and topics in the construction industry in a concise manner. Reports are distributed on a weekly basis and cover relevant aspects in the industry. Are you troubled by the high rate of migration in South Africa? How does that affect the construction industry, and ultimately your business? Are you interested in the growing informal sector? Do you need to know how many new organizations join the industry each year or month? And how many are liquidated? ...then this service is just right for you. Refer to the website for some articles previously published.

State of the South African Construction Industry

These quarterly reviews are a comprehensive overview of the past, current and future trends in the construction industry. They include some 60 slides, which can be used for in-house presentations or board reports, as well as statistics for your own in-house analysis and comparisons. The report includes an overview of all four sectors of the construction industry, namely housing, low income housing, non-residential buildings and civil works. For a comprehensive review of the construction industry, including special focus reports, provincial snippets and forecasts, this report will answer most, if not all, of your questions.

Price Monitor

Do you need to understand the fast changing environment of building costs? Are you surprised every time you get a new quote or price in the building industry? The building cost review is aimed at providing ongoing quarterly reviews on trends in building costs and selected building and civil materials. It also comments on how the cost of buildings compares with prices in general, as well as a three rolling forecast. Perhaps you are concerned that you are paying too much for the insurance on your home? The building cost review includes an analysis of building costs per square metre in Gauteng, Kwazulu Natal and the Western Cape, which will prepare you for the next time you approach your insurance company. Price changes on selected materials are also provided, so that you can understand the impact of materials important to your business.

Socio-Economic Impact Assessments

The sustainable development of communities is dependant on positive development of their socio economic environment. For this reason its is becoming increasingly important that socio economic impact assessment together with environmental assessments form an integral part of the planning process for such developments. A socio economic impact assessment will analyse the social and economic benefits and implications of a development on the broader community taking into account its immediate implications (during construction phase) and the longer term implications. Another important aspect of the socio economic impact assessment should be to incorporate the impact on crime.

Forecasting Scenario's

Annual forecasts of investment in construction for each of the three main sub-segments - residential, non-residential and civil works - updated and reviewed on a quarterly basis for a rolling three year period. Scenario's are based on the most likely outcome, a high growth and a low growth scenario. These scenario's are aimed at preparing clients on the possible impact of unpredictable changes in the economic environment that could affect the outcome for the construction industry.

Municipal Budgets

The capital budgets of the 50 high capacity municipalities are obtained each year and added to our website as a value added service to our clients.

Contractor and Supplier Survey

The contractor and supplier survey is a monthly survey conducted amongst contractors to determine the suppliers involved in active projects across the country. Through one-on-one conversations with contractors across the country, (no questionnaires are distributed) information is obtained from the ground up. As at March 2008 the supplier database has grown to over 3200 suppliers.

Customised Reports

Customised reports are subject to quotation and is currently undertaken for the Association of Quantity Surveyors, the South African Association for Consulting Engineers, financial institutions and many more.

Construction in Business Seminar

Twice a year, Industry Insight is host to a "Construction in Business Seminaar" in Sandton, primarily to provide an information and networking platform for our clients. Topics vary pending issues in the construction industry. Subscribing clients are welcome to request special topics they feel need more attention.

Provincial Reviews

Provincial Reviews form part of the Investment Map subscription, and are now available and updated on a monthly basis for the following key provinces: Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Kwazulu Natal and the Western Cape. These focus reports provide an in-depth overview of current developments within these provinces including trends and project developments. This service is valuable for smaller branches or sales teams that are affected by regional developments as opposed to broad national trends.

GeoCrime - Making crime statistics work

Incidences of crime affect our every day life. Through our understanding of the construction environment, construction project locations can be monitored relatively to the crime profile of an area. All the crime statistics released by the South African Police Service has been geocoded to police station level, aggregated to town level for a meaningful comparison of investment in relation to crime and its impact on the area.