Industry Description

Engineering & Construction Services

The Engineering & Construction Services industry provides engineering, construction, design, consulting, contracting, and other related services that support various building and infrastructure projects. The industry is primarily made up of four major segments: engineering services, infrastructure construction, non-residential building construction, and building sub-contractors and construction-related professional services. The infrastructure construction segment includes companies that design and/or build infrastructure projects such as power plants, dams, oil and gas pipelines, refineries, highways, bridges, tunnels, railways, ports, airports, waste treatment plants, water networks, and stadiums. The non-residential building construction segment includes companies that design and/or build industrial and commercial facilities such as factories, warehouses, data centers, offices, hotels, hospitals, universities, and retail spaces like malls. The engineering services segment includes companies that provide specialized architectural and engineering services such as design and development of feasibility studies for many of the project types listed above. Finally, the building sub-contractors and other construction-related professional services segment includes smaller companies that provide ancillary services such as carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting, waterproofing, landscaping, interior design, and building inspection. The industry’s customers include infrastructure owners and developers in the public and private sectors. Large companies in this industry operate and generate revenue globally and typically specialize in multiple segments.

Source: SASB

Consensus from research

The engineering services market is growing due to companies reorganizing after COVID-19 restrictions and demanding advanced IT solutions such as engineering analytics, IoT, and AI to gain an edge over competitors. The rising prominence of robots in construction for monotonous tasks enhances worker safety and boosts overall productivity. However, sustainability concerns such as workplace health and safety, supply chain safeguarding, and energy-efficient building design are also becoming increasingly important. Construction companies are under pressure to digitize and make sustainability investments in response to these trends.

Industry Characteristics

  • The growth in the engineering services market is mainly due to the companies rearranging their operations and recovering from the COVID-19 impact, which had earlier led to restrictive containment measures involving social distancing, remote working, and the closure of commercial activities that resulted in operational challenges. Source: Business Research Company
  • Moreover, another factor driving the market is the digitization which has triggered organizations to demand advanced IT solutions such as engineering analytics, internet of things (IoT), and artificial intelligence (AI) to gain an edge over their competitors and maintain the momentum of the company. Source: Mordor Intelligence

Sustainability Impact

  • Moreover, another factor driving the market share is the rising prominence of robots in the construction industry for taking up monotonous tasks that enhance worker safety, which helps in increasing the overall productivity, thus boosts the industry share. Source: Mordor Intelligence
  • First, issues such as workplace health and safety, employment-protection measures, supply-chain safeguarding, and the expected drop in order intake have pushed ongoing digitization efforts into the background. Source: McKinsey

Sustainability Investments to watch

  • Architects and engineers are designing more energy-efficient buildings with the help of technology, and that is putting increasing pressure on construction companies to digitize. Source: Forbes

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