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As globalization intensifies, so do the challenges and opportunities in international construction. Transnational demands for material and services, shifting demographics, and technological improvements continually change the rules of the game.

Construction Custom Solutions helps you navigate these waters by relying on our full complement of datasets, forecasts, and analyses to create strategic solutions for your business needs. With access to more than 325 analysts specializing in over 120 industries in 200 countries, our expert team is well situated to help you tackle the issues of the new millennium. 
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  • Construction Custom Solutions leverages our vast datasets, detailed forecasts, and expert analysis to devise strategic solutions unique to your firm’s needs. Our extensive international reach through the support of 325 analysts who bring their knowledge—covering 120 industries from 200 countries—to the table distinguishes our consultancy service from all others. Read our three case studies to see an example of our work in action.

    Who uses the service?

    • Building materials manufacturers
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    • Construction engineering firms
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    • Housing goods and home improvement retailers
    • Architectural design firms
    • Financial service companies
    • U.S. and foreign governments

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    Construction Custom Solutions enables you to:

    • Size and segment markets
    • Create strategic plans for entering and expanding markets
    • Set regional sales targets
    • Formulate savvy investment strategies
    • Achieve your revenue targets
    • Remove the guesswork from crucial decisions
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    • Plan production and inventories

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    • Determine the size of the equipment, tools, and supplies rental market
    • Forecast future rental revenue and industry investment
    • Develop industry benchmarks for understanding and further analyzing the rental industry's size, structure, and future outlook
    • Compiled revenue and annual investment estimates in rental inventory for 2005
    • Developed forecasts through 2007
    • Conducted analysis using third-party reports, Census and other publicly available data, trade association information, company financial filings, industry expert interviews, and Global Insight's proprietary national and regional economic models

    Construction Equipment Manufacturer
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    • Forecast production of machinery by product line to ensure adequate but not superfluous supply
    • Examine medium-term production expectations to better manage workforce size
    • Created a demand index for each product line, comprising critical drivers (i.e., housing starts, home improvement spending, office construction) for the designated machine
    • Incorporated into the demand indices product pricing, interest rates, corporate profitability
    • Constructed econometric model measuring the relationships among product sales, construction activity by building type, and other economic information
    • Used model to develop product line construction equipment sales forecasts, enabling client to set factory schedules to maximize productivity and minimize inventory overhang

    Building Products Manufacturer
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    • Evaluate market potential by segment and by geography using an unbiased method
    • Set realistic territory sales goals based on forecasted geographic market potential
    • Derived market potential estimate by building segment and usage factor estimates for client's building products by structure type for each product category
    • Benchmarked estimate against national industry sales and created a forecast for each product category by building type and by geography
    • Incorporated into forecast the relationships among product sales, building type activity, and inflation
    • Used model to develop product line construction equipment sales forecasts, enabling client to set factory schedules to maximize productivity and minimize inventory overhang
    • Incorporated into forecast the relationships among product sales, building type activity, and inflation
    • Developed county-level market potential forecasts, enabling client to reassign sales resources and set performance expectations based on market demand
  • Our expert team provides an independent, fact-based view of the construction industry, fully supported by our 325+ economists and analysts worldwide with expertise in over 170 industries and 200 countries.

    IHS Global Insight is the world leader in economic and financial analysis, forecasting, and market intelligence, with more than 40 years' experience and an outstanding record for accuracy.

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