Commercial Glazing Market - UK 2009-2013

Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION 7

2. SUMMARY 8

3. ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 11

• 3.1 GDP 11
• 3.2 INFLATION & INTEREST RATES 12
• 3.3 UNEMPLOYMENT 13
• 3.4 HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION 13
• 3.5 HOUSING & CONSTRUCTION 14
• 3.6 STERLING 15
• 3.7 POPULATION PROFILE 16
• 3.8 CONCLUSIONS 18

4. THE MARKET 19

• 4.1 MARKET DEFINITION 19
• 4.2 MARKET SIZE AND OVERVIEW 21
  • 4.2.1 Recent Trends 21
  • 4.2.2 Market Outlook 25

5. END USE MARKETS 29

• 5.1 OVERVIEW 29
• 5.2 EDUCATION 29
  • 5.2.1 Schools 29
  • 5.2.2 Universities 32
• 5.3 OFFICES (INCLUDING MIXED USE WITH OFFICES) 34
  • 5.3.1 Central London 35
  • 5.3.2 Other Major Cities 38
  • 5.3.3 Business Parks 40
• 5.4 RETAIL 41
  • 5.4.1 Overview 41
  • 5.4.2 High Street Refurbishment/replacement 41
  • 5.4.3 Grocery Multiples 41
  • 5.4.4 Shopping Centres 42
  • 5.4.5 Warehouse type outlets 43
• 5.5 RESIDENTIAL 43
• 5.6 NHS 46
• 5.7 LEISURE 48
  • 5.7.1 Hotels 49
• 5.8 TRANSPORT 50
• 5.9 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 51
  • 5.9.1 MoD / Defence Estate 51
  • 5.9.2 Ministry of Justice 54

6. PRODUCT MARKETS 56

• 6.1 COMMERCIAL WINDOWS 57
  • 6.1.1 Definition 57
  • 6.1.2 Market Overview 57
• 6.2 GROUND FLOOR TREATMENTS 60
  • 6.2.1 Definition 60
  • 6.2.2 Market Overview 61
• 6.3 CURTAIN WALLING (INCLUDING STRUCTURAL GLAZING) 62
  • 6.3.1 Definition 62
  • 6.3.2 Market Overview 63
• 6.4 ROOF GLAZING 66
  • 6.4.1 Definition 66
  • 6.4.2 Market Overview 67

7. SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION 68

• 7.1 ALUMINIUM FRAMED GLAZING SYSTEMS 69
  • 7.1.1 Aluminium Systems Companies 69
  • 7.1.2 Aluminium Systems Fabricators 73
• 7.2 PVC-U SYSTEMS 78
• 7.3 STRUCTURAL GLAZING 79
• 7.4 STEEL GLAZING SYSTEMS 80
• 7.5 BESPOKE/OWN-DESIGN 80
  • 7.5.1 UK Companies 80
  • 7.5.2 European & Other Foreign Contractors 81
• 7.6 ROOFLIGHT MANUFACTURERS 86
• 7.7 AUTOMATED DOOR SYSTEMS 87
• 7.8 ARCHITECTURAL GLASS MANUFACTURERS 89

TABLES AND CHARTS

• CHART 1 UK COMMERCIAL GLAZING MARKET 2006 -2013 8
• CHART 2 UK MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL GLAZING SYSTEMS BY PRODUCT BY INSTALLED VALUE (£M) 2008 9
• CHART 3 INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION (CPI) FROM 1992-2013 12
• CHART 4 PDI & SAVINGS RATIO AT CURRENT PRICES 1992-2013 14
• TABLE 5 EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS 2002-2009 - STERLING TO THE DOLLAR, AND THE EURO, SPOT RATES 16
• CHART 6 AGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RESIDENT UK POPULATION 2001 CENSUS (' 000) 17
• TABLE 7 UK MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL GLAZING SYSTEMS BY INSTALLED VALUE (£M) AT CURRENT PRICES 2006 - 2013 21
• TABLE 8 PRICE INDICES OF DOOR & WINDOW MATERIALS 2004 - 2009 2005=100 24
• TABLE 9 NEW ORDERS BY SECTOR 2008-2007, Q1 2009-Q1 2008 26
• CHART 10 UK MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL GLAZING BY END USE SECTOR 2008 29
• TABLE 11 CAPITAL FUNDING ALLOCATION FOR SCHOOLS 2008-09 TO 2010-11 (£M) 30
• TABLE 12 EDUCATION CAPITAL ACCELERATION PACKAGE - MARCH 2009 31
• TABLE 13 UK TOP 10 UNIVERSITY CLIENTS BY CAPITAL EXPENDITURE AND CAPITAL ALLOCATION 2008-11 (£M) 33
• CHART 14 CENTRAL LONDON OFFICE MARKET - AREA UNDER CONSTRUCTION (MILLION SQUARE FT) Q4 2007 - Q1 2009 36
• TABLE 15 MAJOR LONDON HIGH-RISE OFFICE DEVELOPMENTS 2009 ONWARDS (20+ FLOORS) 37
• TABLE 16 SUMMARY OF UK BUSINESS PARK DEVELOPMENT 2008 (2007) 40
• TABLE 17 GROCERY STORE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PIPELINE (' 000 SQ M) AS AT Q4 2008 (Q4 2007) 42
• TABLE 18 WAREHOUSE STORE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PIPELINE (' SQ M) Q4 2005 - Q4 2008 43
• TABLE 19 NUMBER OF FLATS BUILT IN UK - 2003-08 (' 000S) 44
• CHART 20 COMPLETIONS OF FLATS BY REGION - ENGLAND 2000 - 2008 45
• CHART 21 FLAT COMPLETIONS BY NUMBER OF STOREYS -ENGLAND 2007 46
• TABLE 22 UK NHS PRIMARY CARE TRUST SPENDING ALLOCATIONS - 2006-2011 (£BN) 47
• TABLE 23 UK PUBLIC HEALTHCARE SPENDING - 2007-2011 (£BN) 48
• TABLE 24 LEISURE SECTOR OVERVIEW 2007 48
• TABLE 25 EST. TOTAL CONTRACTORS OUTPUT - AIRPORTS & PORTS- 2008, 2009 & 2008 (£M) 50
• TABLE 26 CONTRACTORS OUTPUT - CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 2008, 2009 & 2011 (£M) 51
• TABLE 27 CAPITAL SPENDING BY DEFENCE ESTATES £M 52
• TABLE 28 MOD - MAJOR ONGOING ESTATE PROJECTS 2002-2028 (TOTAL CONTRACT VALUES - £M) 53
• TABLE 29 HMCS- CURRENT ESTATE PROJECTS AT JUNE 2009 55
• TABLE 30 UK MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL GLAZING SYSTEMS BY PRODUCT BY INSTALLED VALUE (£M) 2008 56
• TABLE 31 UK MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL WINDOWS BY INSTALLED VALUE (£M) AT CURRENT PRICES 2006 - 2013 57
• CHART 32 UK MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL WINDOWS BY FRAME MATERIAL BY VALUE 2008 58
• CHART 33 UK MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL ALUMINIUM FRAMED WINDOWS AS % OF TOTAL INSTALLATIONS BY APPLICATION BY INSTALLED VALUE 59
• CHART 34 UK MARKET FOR PVC-U FRAMED COMMERCIAL WINDOWS AS % OF TOTAL INSTALLATIONS BY APPLICATION BY INSTALLED VALUE 60
• TABLE 35 UK MARKET FOR GROUND FLOOR TREATMENTS BY INSTALLED VALUE (£M) AT CURRENT PRICES 2006 -2013 61
• TABLE 36 UK MARKET FOR CURTAIN WALLING BY INSTALLED VALUE (£M) AT CURRENT PRICES 2006 - 2013 64
• CHART 37 UK CURTAIN WALLING MARKET BY CONTRACT SIZE BY NUMBER 65
• TABLE 38 UK MARKET FOR ROOF GLAZING BY INSTALLED VALUE (£M) AT CURRENT PRICES 2006 - 2013 67
• CHART 39 COMMERCIAL GLAZING CONTRACTOR SELECTION PROCESS 68
• CHART 40 ALUMINIUM GLAZING SYSTEMS SUPPLY - ESTIMATED MARKET SHARES % 2007 70
• TABLE 41 PRINCIPAL EUROPEAN & OTHER FOREIGN BESPOKE COMMERCIAL GLAZING CONTRACTORS IN THE UK 82