Outdoor Noise Barriers

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

II, MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• General
• Macroeconomic Overview
• Demographic Trends
  • Population
  • Households
• Construction Trends
  • Building Construction
    • New Housing
    • Nonresidential Buildings
  • Nonbuilding Construction
    • Highways & Roads
    • Public Highway Spending
  • Construction Stock
• Pricing Issues
• Technological Issues
  • Measurement of Noise Reduction
    • Decibel Scale
    • Noise Reduction Coefficient
    • Transmission Loss
    • Sound Transmission Class
    • Insertion Loss
  • Other Issues
• Legislation & Regulatory Considerations
• Alternative Strategies
  • Land Use Planning
  • Noise Mitigation at Source
  • Noise Mitigation at Receiver
• Environmental & Aesthetic Issues

III. MATERIALS

• General
  • Demand by Area
  • Demand by Value
• Concrete
  • Precast
  • Concrete Masonry Units
  • Formed in Place
• Metal
• Wood
• Composite & Other

IV. MARKETS

• General
• Highway
• Aviation
• Other Transportation
• Other Nonbuilding Construction

V. DEMAND BY REGION

• General
• Regional Demographic & Economic Trends
  • Population Patterns
  • Economic Outlook
  • Construction Activity
  • Urban Highway Mileage
  • Housing Trends
• Regional Demand for Noise Barriers
  • Northeast
    • New England
    • Middle Atlantic
  • Midwest
    • East North Central
    • West North Central
  • South
    • South Atlantic
    • East South Central
    • West South Central
  • West
    • Mountain
    • Pacific

VI. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• Industry Composition
• Market Share
• Manufacturing & Product Development
• Marketing & Distribution
• Cooperative Agreements
• Company Profiles
  • Acotec, see Consolis Oy
  • American Technocrete Corporation
  • Blast Deflectors Incorporated
  • BMD Corporation, see Building Material Distributors
  • Building Material Distributors Incorporated
  • Carsonite International Corporation, see Omega Pultrusions
  • CECCO Trading Incorporated
  • Concrete Precast Systems Incorporated
  • Concrete Solutions Incorporated
  • Consolis Oy AB
  • Cox Industries Incorporated
  • CRH plc
  • CSR Limited
  • Designer Concrete Fences Incorporated, see American Technocrete
  • DuBrook Concrete Incorporated, see Concrete Precast Systems
  • Durisol Incorporated
  • Dynamic Precast Company Incorporated
  • Empire Acoustical Systems Incorporated
  • Faddis Concrete Products
  • Fort Miller Group Incorporated
  • Hanson plc
  • Home Factories Incorporated, see Building Material Distributors
  • Hoover Treated Wood Products Incorporated
  • ICS 3-D Panel Works Incorporated
  • Increte Systems Incorporated
  • Industrial Acoustics Company
  • Industrial Noise Control Incorporated
  • Kinetics Noise Control Incorporated
  • Manning Materials Corporation
  • Oldcastle Precast, see CRH plc
  • Omega Pultrusions Incorporated
  • PCE Elematic Incorporated, see Consolis Oy
  • PremierCrete Products LLC
  • Proudfoot Company Incorporated
  • Quilite International LLC
  • Rinker Group Limited
  • Smith-Midland Corporation
  • Soper�fs Engineered Fabric Solutions
  • Sound Fighter Systems Incorporated
  • Sound Seal, see United Process
  • Sound Zero LLC, see Manning Materials
  • Stonehenge West Limited
  • Superior Concrete Products Incorporated
  • Troy Sound Wall Systems Incorporated
  • United Process Incorporated
  • USG Corporation
  • Vibron, see Kinetics Noise Control
  • Wieser Concrete Products Incorporated
• Additional Outdoor Noise Barrier Companies

LIST OF TABLES

SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Summary Table

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• 1 Macroeconomic Indicators
• 2 Population Trends
• 3 Construction Expenditures
• 4 Housing Indicators
• 5 Nonresidential Building Construction Expenditures
• 6 Nonbuilding Construction Expenditures
• 7 US Highway Mileage
• 8 Public Highway Spending
• 9 Construction Stock
• 10 Average Outdoor Noise Barrier Prices

SECTION III -- MATERIALS

• 1 Outdoor Noise Barrier Demand by Area
• 2 Outdoor Noise Barrier Demand by Value
• 3 Concrete Outdoor Noise Barrier Demand
• 4 Metal Outdoor Noise Barrier Demand
• 5 Wood Outdoor Noise Barrier Demand
• 6 Composite & Other Outdoor Noise Barrier Demand

SECTION IV -- MARKETS

• 1 Outdoor Noise Barrier Demand by Market
• 2 Highway Market for Outdoor Noise Barriers
• 3 Aviation Market for Outdoor Noise Barriers
• 4 Other Transportation Market for Outdoor Noise Barriers
• 5 Other Nonbuilding Construction Market for Outdoor Noise Barriers

SECTION V -- DEMAND BY REGION

• 1 Resident Population by Region
• 2 Regional Gross Domestic Product
• 3 Regional Construction Expenditures
• 4 Urban Highway Mileage
• 5 Regional New Housing Units
• 6 Outdoor Noise Barrier Demand by Region
• 7 Northeast Outdoor Noise Barrier Demand by Subregion & Market
• 8 Midwest Outdoor Noise Barrier Demand by Subregion & Market
• 9 South Outdoor Noise Barrier Demand by Subregion & Market
• 10 West Outdoor Noise Barrier Demand by Subregion & Market

SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• 1 Selected Cooperative Agreements

LIST OF CHARTS

SECTION III -- MATERIALS

• 1 Outdoor Noise Barrier Demand by Value, 2002

SECTION IV -- MARKETS

• 1 Outdoor Noise Barrier Demand by Market

SECTION V -- DEMAND BY REGION

• 1 Outdoor Noise Barrier Demand by Region, 2002