FM MONITOR MARKET INTELLIGENCE
INSIGHT
The figures on this page have been compiled from several sources and are intended as a guide to trends. FM World declines any responsibility for the use of this information.
ECONOMY
BIM SURVEY 2011 – RESPONDENTS
VAT rates: Standard rate – 20% (from 4 January 2011) Reduced rate – 5% Zero rate – this is not the same as exempt or outside the scope of VAT
At the end of 2011, a survey on Building Information Modeling (BIM) was carried out. The National BIM Survey (NBS) followed up research conducted in 2010, which allowed a comparison of how attitudes had changed over the course of a year. Around 1,000 respondents replied to the online survey, more than double the number of the previous year. As in 2010, architects represented the largest group of respondents (37%), followed by architectural technologists (21%). Respondents came from a range of organisation sizes, with a quarter coming from very small organisations (one or two employees) and 14 per cent coming from very large businesses (over 500 employees). The majority came from organisations with fifteen or fewer employees (52 per cent). Respondents come from a diverse range of services, with a majority offering specification, contract administration, planning, tendering, project management and building regulation services. Three quarters offer a detailed drawing service, while half are now offering 3D computer modelling services.
Source: HM Treasury (hmrc.gov.uk)
Bank of England base rate: 0.5% as of 7 September 2011. The previous change in bank rate was a reduction of 0.5 percentage points to 0.5% on 5 March 2009. Source: Bank of England (bankofengland.co.uk)
Consumer Price Index Annual inflation fell to 3.6% in February, from 4.2% in December. Annual inflation has now fallen by 1.2 percentage points since November 2011; the only time there has been a larger fall over a period of two consecutive months was between October and December 2008. Source: ONS (www.ons.gov.uk)
EMPLOYMENT
National Minimum Wage The following rates came into effect on 1 October 2011: Category of worker
Hourly rate from 1 Oct 2011
Aged 21 and above
£6.08
Aged 18 to 20 inclusive
£4.98
Aged under 18 (but above compulsory school age)
£3.68
Apprentice rate, for apprentices under 19 or 19 or over and in the first year of their apprenticeship
£2.60
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CATERING
Profession Architect Architectural Technologist Other Quantity Surveyor Structural Engineer Building Surveyor Civil Engineer Contractor CAD Technician Engineer: Other Building Services Engineer Landscape Architect Interior designer Manufacturer Facilities Manager Property Developer Building Engineer Chartered Surveyor
% 37% 21% 11% 5% 4% 3% 3% 3% 2% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
Source: National BIM Report 2012
BIM SURVEY 2011 – AWARENESS OF BIM
The survey shows 21% of respondents are still neither aware of nor using BIM. This is down from 43% in 2010, indicating awareness and use of BIM is growing. In parallel, more than double (31%) now say they are aware of and currently using BIM (up from 13% last year).
Words Just aware of BIFM Aware and currentley using BIM Neither aware nor using
2010 45% 13% 43%
2011 48% 31% 21%
Source: National BIM Report 2012
BIFM SURVEY – TAKE-UP OF SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES
The annual BIFM Sustainability in FM survey for 2011 pointed out a marked improvement in facilities managers’ attitudes towards the effectiveness and implementation of sustainability initiatives in their organisations. In the five years since the beginning of the annual audit, there has been a steady increase in the number of FMs who rated their implementation as either ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’. The survey of 410 facilities professionals, authored by Wisdom Kwawu and Abbas Elmualim of the University of Reading, assessed the perception of FM professionals on how and why they were engaging with sustainability agendas within their organisations in terms of sustainability policy, FM responsibilities
concerning sustainability issues and the performance of sustainability activities. Corporate image, legislation and organisational ethos were cited as the three principal reasons for driving sustainability activity. 2011
5 33
2010
5 21
2009
9
2008
2 20
2007
11
36 40 31
11 14
31 15
23 33
25
Adequate
15 24
50% Very good
4
24 32
0 Excellent
21
16
100% Inconsistent
Poor
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