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Future of construction Q2 2024
Explore the evolving future in construction sector among European architects in Q2 2024. Delve into the factors driving material preferences and the impact on construction aesthetics and sustainability.
Year
2024
No. of pages
82
Target group
Architectural companies, excluding companies with only 1 employee
Key research topics
Future in construction
Methodology
Based on 926 successful quantitative telephone interviews in native languages
Country scope
Germany, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Poland
Deliverables
Full report in pdf or ppt covering all 8 countries, support from a key account manager in case of questions
Publication frequency
Quarterly
Price
1,850 Euro
What is this report?
This report offers a comprehensive overview of future in construction with a specific focus on European architects. Within the report, you will discover trends that will be in the focus in 2024 and 2025. The report also provides insights into material trend usage development over the years. This information can assist you in refining, enhancing, or developing your business strategies targeted at architects, as architects are often the primary indicators of market conditions. Our research is based on quantitative telephone interviews conducted with 926bregistered architects, each representing firms with one or more employees, distributed across the eight major European markets.
Why do you need this report?
This report will provide key insights into the future of construction industry among European architects. These insights will be particularly valuable for manufacturers and wholesalers targeting this group and with this information, they can optimize their business strategies. Furthermore, understanding architects’ behavior, preferences, and forecasts regarding the future trends will facilitate fact-based internal discussions without the need for custom research.
How was the research conducted?
This report is based on 926 successful quantitative telephone interviews with architects, conducted in the native language in Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, Germany and Poland. The report is based on a representative sample of architects, with companies with less than 1 employee being excluded. This research is conducted quarterly with the reports covering different key marketing topics like media orientation, BIM, prefab, sustainability and many more.
What is included in this report?
The primary focus of this research is to provide key insights into future that is expected in construction industry among European architects. The report examines architects’ intentions in construction industry in 2024 and 2025. It highlights key differences among the 8 European countries covered and provides other valuable insights. The report also includes a detailed view of the turnover and order book developments of the architects, along with background information on their company size.
Architects play a pivotal role in the construction industry, serving as early indicators of both positive and negative changes. The trends and developments within architectural firms serve as valuable predictors for the overall construction market. USP publishes forecasts for building volumes based on insights gained from the experiences of architects (but also all other stakeholders that are regularly interviewed by USP in the construction business value chain) and 11 other market indicators. Our future building volumes predictions have proven accurate and have stood the test of time.
Key questions answered
How did your turnover develop in the past quarter compared to the same period one year ago?
How many projects have been cancelled in the past quarter?
What is the share of order books and in which country is the largest?
What is the development of building permits?
Table of content
- Background of the research
- Economic developments
- Future of construction
- Research background and appendix
Frequently asked questions
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What is the forecast of building volumes in 2024 and 2025 in Germany?
It is expected that building volumes will drop by 4.1% in 2024 and raise by 3 % in 2025.
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How many projects have been cancelled in the past quarter?
In six out of eight countries, there is a spike in the number of architects reporting
cancelled projects in Q2 2024.
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How did theturnover develop in the past quarter compared to the same period one year ago?
In all countries but Spain and Germany, there are more architects that report an
increasing turnover than architects that report a decreasing turnover.
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What are the expectations regarding order book in the coming 12 months?
An increasing number of Italian and French architects are expecting empty order
books in the next twelve months.
What our clients say about us
Anne Marie O’Toole-Deviller
Head of Marketing West at Kingspan
The USP Architectural barometer research has been a great asset for us in this regard and a solid basis for conducting further in-depth research.
Daniel Angelovski
Group insights manager at Velux
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Jan Coerts
European Owens Corning
We use the European architectural barometer reports from USP to get architectural input on items relevant for the building and construction industry in Europe, helping us to set priorities in our innovation agenda.
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Manager Sales & Marketing
Jeroen De Gruijl
Team Leader | Consultant
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