"Germany Infrastructure Report Q4 2014" now available at Fast Market Research

The German construction industry has returned to growth and is in the best sh ape it has been for over a year . As such, we are maintaining our forecast for growth in the industry at 1. 6 % year-on-year in real terms driven largely by continued investment in the renewables sector and an uptick in r esidential building activity . We expect growth to reach 2% in 2015 . Ho wever , we note a lack of investment across the board will keep growth muted over our forecast period to 2023.

Low levels of domestic investment remains are largest concern for the market, which will largely go towards maintaining and upgrading ageing infrastructure rather than major new projects. We highlight that overall investment levels remain muted and major projects will be subject to constrained budgets and strong opposition, as experienced by Stuttgart 21. Over our ten-year forecast period to 2023, the construction industry will average real growth of 1.4%.

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Key Trends And Developments

* The 2015-2018 federal budget has been adopted by the coalition government, which will see spending on transport infrastructure reach EUR11.9bn over the time period. However, pledges to invest a total of EUR23bn after the election seem unlikely to appear as the government aims to keep a tight rein on expenditure.
* Low interest rates have made mortgages affordable and German real estate has been viewed as a safe haven for European investors. As such, there has been significant growth in house prices, which should spur the residential sector.
* Due to unfavourable economics, gas-fired regeneration power plants are becoming unprofitable. Also, EU legislation will hit the coal fired generation project pipeline. As such, it is the renewables sector which will drive growth in the energy and utilities sector, and the industry should experience more sustainable growth as the government has decided to limit subsidies to the first 2.5GW of capacity which are brought online each year -...

The Germany Infrastructure Report features Business Monitor International (BMI)'s market assessment and forecasts covering public procurement and spending on all major infrastructure and construction projects, including transportation and logistics by land, sea and air; power plants and utilities, and commercial construction and property development. The report analyses the impact of regulatory changes and the macroeconomic outlook and features competitive intelligence on contractors and suppliers.

BMI's Germany Infrastructure Report provides industry professionals and strategists, sector analysts, investors, trade associations and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the German infrastructure and construction industry.

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