Education Construction Market Report - UK 2011-2015

AMA Research are pleased to announce the publication of the 4th Edition of the report “Education Construction Market Report - UK 2011-2015 Analysis”, which focuses on the major structural and financial changes within the UK education sector and key government capital building programmes.

Key areas in the report:

Key market trends and impact of government spending cuts on education projects and capital programmes
What next after BSF - impact of ‘James Review’ published in July 2011
State and private resource and capital funding in the education sector
Current and forecasts of contractors output in the education market
Education Capital Programmes - Government targets and progress to date (BSF, Academies Programme, Free Schools, PFI)

Areas of particular interest:

Review of education spending priorities for the next 4 years as announced in the 2010 CSR, including a 60% cut to the capital budget.
Recommendations of recent Sebastian James Review of Education Capital, and implications for future education construction work.
What next after BSF? - Key opportunities for construction work in the primary and secondary education sector - the Academies Programme and the recently announced £2bn schools PFI programme - which will partially replace BSF.
Changes in higher education sector, including university funding and tuition fees - will have major impact on the way that university property is procured, funded, developed and managed.
Universities will be increasingly required to manage their estates and secure new models of capital funding - opportunities for partnership agreements between universities and private sector developers and investors, especially in student accommodation sector.
Review of construction activity in the student accommodation sector and forward development pipeline for commercial bed-spaces.
Future direction of education sector  - increased use of PFI, creation of new types of schools, implications for construction industry with an anticipated move away from new build projects towards refurbishment and fit-out.

Contractors included:

Balfour Beatty, BAM Construction, Bovis Lend Lease, Carillion, Costain, Galliford Try, Interserve, ISG, Kier Group, Laing O’Rourke, Leadbitter, Morgan Sindall, Mott MacDonald, Ocon Construction, Robertson Capital Projects, Sir Robert McAlpine, Skanska UK, Taylor Woodrow, VINCI, Wates, Watkins Jones, Willmott Dixon.

Key areas of coverage in the report include:-

PRIMARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE UK

Structure of the state education system in England, Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland.
Types of school in the UK - state and independent sector.
State education funding and spending in the UK.

HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR IN THE UK

Market overview and structure.
Role of private providers in the HE sector.
Student growth and tuition fees.
Higher education funding - sources of funding, funding councils, endowment funds.

EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION IN THE UK

Total construction output - value of new work. Construction output by sector.
Construction output in 2011 and beyond.
Contractors output in the education sector - recent trends.
Outlook for education construction work - prospects for 2011/12 and up to 2015.

CAPITAL EXPENDITURE IN THE SCHOOLS SECTOR

Education capital programmes,  procurement routes and frameworks.
James Review - published July 2011 - implications for BSF, replacement programme etc.
National Contractors Framework.
Building Schools for the Future (BSF) - status, forward pipeline, replacement with £2bn Schools PFI Programme.
Academies Programme - investment, build programmes.
Free Schools - timing, scale of approvals.
Scotland - Schools for the Future Programme - key projects.
Wales - 21st Century Schools Programme.

CAPITAL EXPENDITURE IN HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR

Capital expenditure levels - England, Scotland, Wales.
University estates and capital building programmes, age of estate etc.
University infrastructure - Student Accommodation.
Types of student accommodation.
Regional provision of student accommodation/London market.
Commercial student accommodation market - shares of leading commercial operators of student. accommodation, Student accommodation development pipeline.
Impact of financial constraints on the student accommodation sector.

CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR

Sector overview - National Contractors Framework.
Private sector consortia in the education sector .
Project experience of key contractors in the education sector - key players, projects won, sector strengths etc.