FIEC presentation - BCC conference - Sofia

1. Overview of the construction sector in
Europe and FIEC priorities
Jean-Louis Marchand
FIEC President
20/9/2016 – BCC Conference, Sofia

2. ENTERPRISES
• of all sizes
• active in all fields of building
and civil engineering
Full members
Denmark
Netherlands
Germany
France
Spain
Luxembourg
Bulgaria
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Ireland
Belgium
Portugal
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Cyprus
Greece
Hungary
Slovakia
Turkey
Observer
members
Estonia
Romania
Slovenia
Croatia
Lithuania
Co-operation
agreement
United Kingdom
26
Countries
29
Federations
19051 meetingst

3. The construction
market in Europe

4. FIEC annual statistical report

5. Key Figures – activity 2015 (EU)
 Total construction output: 1,241 bln. €
 Variation 2015/ 2014: 2.4 %
 Weight of construction in EU GDP: 8.5 %
 Total construction employment: ≈ 14 mln.
 Weight of construction employment: ≈ 7 %
 Total number of enterprises: ≈ 3 mln.

6. Evolution over 10-year period
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92
94
96
98
100
102
104
'07
'08
'09
'10
'11
'12
'13
'14
2015a
2016b
Investment in construction (2007=100)
Logement - Housebuilding - Wohnungsneubau
Non Résidentiel - Non residential -
Nichtwohnbau
Génie Civil - Civil Engineering - Tiefbau
Total Construction - Bauwesen

7.  New housing market slows a bit compared to 2014
 R&M remains factor of stability
 Non-residential construction suffers from lack of
investment
 Civil engineering makes a surprising rise due to
remarkable increase in the UK
Analysis by segments

8.  North stronger than South
 Amongst the "big 5":
o The UK and Spain "up",
o Germany stable
o France and Italy "down"
 CEEC remain key beneficiaries of EU funds,
in particular in infrastructure (i.e. Poland)
Analysis by countries

9. Main trends and opportunities
 Total construction output 2016: + 2,1%
 Still, uncertain global environment for investors…
→ Refugees’ crisis, Brexit, ECB quantitative easing, oil prices…
 Juncker Investment Plan:
o A great opportunity for infrastructure and energy efficiency of
buildings… to be seized!
o Will be extended and reinforced
- 500 billion euros => 2020
- 630 billion euros => 2022

10. FIEC priorities

11.  Investment gap
 « Construction 2020 » - the competitiveness of
the construction sector
 BIM – Building Information Modelling
 Training and education of construction workers
 Posting of workers
A few FIEC priorities

12. BIM