Australia Infrastructure Report Q4 2009: Industry Report

Australia Infrastructure Report Q4 2009

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Business Monitor International
Published: August 2009
Product Code: R302-7585

Description

We have revised our forecasts again this quarter - but this time only slightly - after a heavier revision onthe back of a supplementary budget last quarter. We now anticipate that real output in Australia’sconstruction sector will contract by only 0.8% in 2009, compared with our previous forecast of acontraction of 1.2%. Before the supplementary budget, we had predicted that the sector would contract by3.2% this year. In 2010, we believe that the sector will undergo real growth of 0.2%, before acceleratingto 1.8% real growth in 2011. Upside and downside risks to our forecasts remain in place, although upsiderisks predominate, particularly in 2010. Our core scenario envisages only a modest recovery of the globaleconomy in 2010, and that if the recovery proves to be more pronounced then privately generatedconstruction activity in Australia should be boosted accordingly. That upside risk remains in place,particularly since Australia’s economy appears to be weathering the global downturn better than manyother countries.

Japan-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, one of the world's leading heavy machinery manufacturers,has signed a AUD4.3bn (US$3.4bn) agreement with Australia's ZeroGen Pty, a state-owned company, tostudy a project to build a cleaner-burning coal-fired power plant, reports Bloomberg (June 2009). Underthe agreement, a feasibility study for a 530MW power station, whose commercial operation is scheduledfor September 2015, will be conducted by Mitsubishi Heavy and Mitsubishi Corporation. On June 122009, BMI reported that Mitsubishi was in discussions to co-operate on the project, and the agreementwas signed on June 22 2009. The plant is based on carbon-capture technology, which will reduce carbondioxide emissions by 60-90%.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary
SWOT Analysis: Australia Infrastructure SWOT; Australia Political SWOT; Australia Economic SWOT; Australia Business Environment SWOT; Market Overview; Australia; Global Overview; Governments To The Rescue: The Global Surge In Infrastructure Spending
Table: Infrastructure Stimulus Plans List: Major Infrastructure Developments And Key Projects; Transport Infrastructure Overview; New And Ongoing Projects; Airports; Ports; Roads; Rail; Energy And Utilities Infrastructure Overview; New And Ongoing Projects; Power Plants And Transmission Grids; Pipelines; Water Projects; Construction Overview; New And Ongoing Projects; Residential Construction; Commercial Construction; Industrial Construction; Tourism Construction; Major Projects
Table: Australia - Major Infrastructure Projects - Transport
Table: Australia - Major Infrastructure Projects - Utilities
Table: Australia - Major Infrastructure Projects - Construction: Industry Forecast Scenario
Table: Australia - Economic And Construction Data: Business Environment; Asia Pacific Infrastructure Business Environment Ratings
Table: Regional Infrastructure Business Environment Ratings: Limits Of Potential Returns; Risks To Realisation Of Potential Returns
Table: Design And Construction Rating
Table: Commissioning And Operating Rating
Table: Overall Project Finance Rating: Foreign Direct Investment; Labour Force; Legal Framework; Tax Regime; Macroeconomic Outlook
Table: Australia - Economic Activity: Political Outlook; Company Monitor; WorleyParsons; Maunsell ANZA; Leighton Holdings; Country Snapshot: Australia Demographic Data
Section 1: Population
Section 2: Education And Healthcare
Table: Education, 2002-2005
Table: Vital Statistics
Section 3: Labour Market And Spending Power
Table: Employment Indicators, 2001-2006
Table: Consumer Expenditure, 2000-2012 (US$): BMI Forecast Modelling; How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts; Construction Industry; Sources; Business Environment Ratings; Ratings Overview
Table: Infrastructure Business Environment Indicators: Project Finance Ratings Methodology
Table: Design And Construction Phase: Historical Data & Forecasts
Table: Commissioning And Operating Phase - Commercial Construction
Table: Commissioning And Operating Phase - Energy And Utilities
Table: Commissioning And Operating Phase - Transport

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