The latest annual market share survey
from Construction Markets confirms
other reports that the construction
market declined in 2019, but steel has
increased its share with gains in the
key sheds market and in multi-storey
offices.
The survey carried out for Steel for
Life is the latest in an unbroken run
of independently produced reports
stretching back to 1980 and shows the
total market for sheds fell 1.4%, with
steel’s share rising slightly to 92.2%.
The total multi-storey buildings market
fell 5.8% but steel increased its share of
offices - which accounts for almost 30% of
multi-storey buildings - by almost 2%.
There was a sharp fall in single storey
conventional braced frames of almost 9%,
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but a wide variance in performance of sub
sectors, with a fall of some 20% in retail
buildings offset by a rise of almost 15% in
public health buildings.
The residential market fell slightly,
by 0.4%, due mainly to a fall in houses
and bungalows, but steel maintained its
market share. There was a small rise in
low rise apartments and steel’s market
share rose by a slightly larger amount. In
the high rise apartments sector there was
a fall in the overall market of 2.7%.
The total market for frames took
in over 41Mm2 of floor area in 2019, a
2.1% fall over 2018. Steel took the largest
market share at over 42%.
The survey which relates to the five
types of structural framing materials -
insitu and precast concrete, load bearing
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
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1995
1996
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2001
2002
2003
2004
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2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
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2015
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2019
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
% Based on Floor Area
Steel Insitu Concrete Precast Concrete Load Bearing Masonry Timber
Market shares, total multi-storey buildings market, 1980 to 2019
masonry, and timber as well as steel - is
based on 750 telephone interviews with
architects, private house builders and
public sector housing designers.
Civil engineering contractor Graham
successfully installed a new pedestrian
and cycle bridge in east London during
the early hours of Christmas Day.
The 66m-long, 7.2m-wide and
350t steel Carpenters Land Bridge
was installed as a key part of the
infrastructure for East Bank, the new
£1.1 billion culture and education
district being created on Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park.
The new bridge will link museums,
theatres, music studios and UAL’s London
College of Fashion with the new business
district at International Quarter London.
While Father Christmas was
busy delivering presents, Graham’s
construction team started their bridge
installation work, which was completed in
time for the Queen’s speech at 3pm.
Taking advantage of the rail network
shutdown to minimise disruption, the
bridge was installed across three Network
Rail lines, two DLR lines and Carpenters
Road.
Leo Martin Managing Director of
Graham’s Civil Engineering Division said:
“Our teams worked incredibly hard on
this new link for East Bank.
“While many people were getting an
early night in anticipation of enjoying
the festivities during Christmas Day, our
dedicated teams worked through the night
to get the bridge in place – minimising
disruption to the people who will reap the
benefits once the work is complete.
“The team put the bridge in place
using a self-propelled modular
transporter rather than a more traditional
crane typically used on similar projects.
This provided greater certainty to the
installation.”
Steelwork contractor for the project
was Briton Fabricators.
Kloeckner Metals UK has announced that
its Leeds, Westok, London and Dudley
sites have obtained BES 6001 certification
for responsible sourcing of construction
products.
The company said this certification will
help it ensure and demonstrate that its
products have been made using materials
that have been responsibly sourced and in
a sustainable manner.
Developed by BRE
(Building Research
Establishment),
the environmental
and sustainability
standard specifies
requirements for organisational
management, supply chain management
and sustainability
issues in order to
allow companies
to demonstrate an
ongoing commitment
to the principles of
responsible sourcing
in relation to the provision of products.
Kevin Maddison Kloeckner Metals
UK Group Quality Manager said:
“We are incredibly proud of this new
certification as it reflects Kloeckner’s
ongoing commitment to improving its
environmental and social impact.
‘The new BES 6001 standard gives
our customers further assurance that
materials are of high-quality and sourced
responsibly from ethical suppliers.”
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