State of the Industry Survey | Archive Titles | Building

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Table 1: Respondents’ Areas of Business
	Respondents
Building services consultancy	156
General consulting engineering	29
Multidisciplinary practice	70
M&E specialist contractor	57
General building contractor	12
Public sector	80
Utilities	8
Commercial and industrial firm	36
Other	47
No reply	13
Total	498
NOTE: Readers should bear in mind the wide spread in response rates when comparing The tabulated data in this article

Table 2: personal feelings about the Services industry
	Yes	No	Unsure
Do you intend to stay in the industry	79%	5%	16%
Would you recommend Building Services as a career	47%	30%	24%
Would you say you were well managed	34%	29%	38%

Table 3: Hours worked
	Under 37	37-40	41-45	46-50	51-55	56+	Hours >50
Building services consultancy	5%	12%	28%	36%	12%	8%	20%
General consulting engineering	3%	28%	31%	28%	7%	3%	10%
Multidisciplinary practice	3%	23%	27%	31%	7%	9%	16%
M&E Specialist contractors	5%	12%	30%	16%	16%	21%	37%
General Building contractors	0%	17%	17%	33%	25%	8%	33%
Public Sector 9%	9%	46%	24%	15%	3%	4%	7%
Utilities	0%	13%	50%	13%	0%	25%	25%
Commercial and Industrial Firm	3%	11%	39%	22%	8%	17%	23%
Other	11%	19%	30%	21%	2%	17%	19%

Table 4: Salary by type of work
Type of Company	Salary in £000’s
	Average	Range	<14	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45+
Building Services consultancy	26 573	±874	9%	21%	21%	22%	9%	3%	4%	11%
General Consultancy	27 482	± 2177	4%	25%	25%	21%	0%	4%	7%	14%
MultiDisciplinary Practice	28 015	±1386	3%	21%	25%	25%	6%	1%	1%	18%
M&E Specialist Contractors	26 536	±1334	5%	20%	24%	25%	9%	4%	4%	9%
General Building Contractors	26 833	±2768	0%	17%	42%	17%	8%	0%	8%	8%
Public Sector	24 468	±717	4%	15%	36%	31%	8%	3%	3%	1%
Utilities	28 429	±2618	0%	0%	43%	14%	29%	0%	14%	0%
Commercial/Industrial	31 486	±2202	6%	20%	17%	6%	11%	6%	11%	23%
Other	29 818	±1673	5%	11%	18%	32%	9%	0%	9%	16%

Table 5: Use of CAD by type of Company
	2D Only	3d Only	Both	Neither
Building Services consultancy	51%	0%	7%	42%
General Consultancy	28%	3%	7%	62%
MultiDisciplinary practice	44%	0%	4%	51%
M&E Specialist Contractors	37%	4%	9%	51%
General Building Contractors	8%	0%	0%	92%
Public Sector	31%	3%	17%	49%
Utilities	25%	0%	0%	75%
Commercial/Industrial Firm	53%	3%	3%	41%
Other	26%	2%	4%	67%

Table 6: Communication Trends
	Score¹	Vital	Import	Useful	Irrelevant	Unhelpful
CD-Rom now	3.46	13%	31%	44%	10%	1%
CD-Rom in future	4.02	36%	37%	22%	5%	1%
Internet now	3.43	17%	27%	39%	14%	2%
Internet in future	4.23	49%	31%	15%	4%	1%
Written information now	4.27	49%	33%	15%	3%	0%
Written information in future	4.05	40%	31%	23%	5%	1%
Engineering/construction Helplines now	3.35	11%	32%	39%	16%	2%
Engineering/construction Helplines in future	3.49	17%	33%	35%	14%	1%
¹Score is based on 5 points for vital, 4 for important, 3 for useful, 2 for irrelevant and 1 for unhelpful

Table 7: Information sources ranked by importance
	Score¹	Vital	Import	Useful	Irrelevant	Unhelpful
Technical Publications	4.06	37%	38%	21%	3%	1%
Building Services Journal	3.66	17%	39%	39%	5%	1%
Conferences	2.86	2%	20%	45%	27%	6%
Informal network	3.14	7%	29%	38%	22%	4%
Community of engineers	2.81	6%	18%	34%	34%	8%
Other	3.86	34%	28%	31%	3%	3%
¹Score is based on 5 points for vital, 4 for important, 3 for useful, 2 for irrelevant and 1 for unhelpful