Construction Custom Solutions

IHS Markit conducts the market size and growth research for the American Rental Association and the European Rental Association and has engaged with a number of construction equipment OEMs to analyze and forecast their markets.

Problem

A construction equipment dealer wanted to assess the competitive landscape and identify opportunities for its Finnish rental operations.

IHS Markit provided a holistic view of the rental equipment market, providing an assessment of the country’s macroeconomic environment and sector dynamics (i.e. construction, mining, agriculture, etc.). After assessing the underlying drivers, IHS Markit analyzed the equipment market, broken down by key players and equipment types (i.e. earthmoving, power systems, access).

Outcome

Our findings were leveraged to build a strategic 3-year plan for the development of rental activity.

Problem

An international equipment manufacturer wanted to assess the competitive landscape and identify opportunities for its French air compressor operations.

Solution

IHS Markit conducted a two-fold study, assessing the size and dynamics of the specific French equipment markets, broken down by product groups, and of the main end markets, broken down by key sectors, including history and forecasts with a 5-year horizon. This was supported by an analysis and forecast of main macroeconomic data and sectoral factors, leveraging our in-house market intelligence products.

Outcome

Our findings were leveraged to assess the performance of the client compared to the market and to set objectives for a 3-year action plan.

Problem

An international engineering company was considering increasing its project portfolio in Pakistan’s power sector, taking advantage of government need to increase power capacity via the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. The client wanted to understand the macroeconomic and industry context, any political risks (especially given impending elections), and how these might interact to affect power sector prospects.

Solution

IHS Markit provided a compr    ehensive assessment of the existing power sector, with a focus on major power consuming industries and their outlooks. IHS Markit also analyzed previous PPP projects for success or failure and the rationale for that outcome. IHS Markit also outlined expected government actions based on potential election outcomes, and the impact of those actions on PPP contracting as well as Pakistani fiscal and monetary outlooks. IHS Markit made explicit observations on potential risks as well as the potential paths to minimize those risks.

Outcome

Our work involved multiple C-suite meetings with the conclusion that the client did not have the appetite for the potential risks given potential project finances.

• The service offers ongoing analysis of policy, technology, and coverage of key market issues and drivers, helping clients make sense of the emerging energy system that is becoming more complex and interconnected.
• Detailed price and market fundamental forecasts for key components of the equipment for the technologies covered, supporting strategic planning by understanding the supply - demand balance, and the future impacts this has on pricing.
• Scale the viability of market opportunities with access to global and country-level deployment and installations data, combined with competitive environment analysis to assess which technologies to algin new venture strategies to.
• Build an understanding of the regions or companies with the biggest sales pipelines and how the project landscape is developing, as Clean Energy Technology provides the largest project databases globally with individual project level data, including status, analysis of profitability at each stage of the supply chain, and emerging technology monitoring.
• Integration of new, effective technologies plays a critical role as companies innovate, and the Clean Energy Technology service provides visibility of the latest technology trends, with the latest information on the technology landscape, costs, and evolution of existing techs and non-mainstream technologies.
• Clean Energy Technology provides detailed analysis of the various supply chains, helping procurement professionals to identify key players, forecast the development of costs and prices and understand the short-term evolution of the technologies – supporting purchase decisions and purchase timing.