Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/13/2015 -- The Canadian construction industry will return to a relatively higher level of growth in 2015, due primarily to an uptick in residential construction and a considerable transport project pipeline, especially in the rail sector. Overall, however, our outlook for infrastructure investment remains subdued, with limited annual growth expected throughout the forecast period.

Key Forecasts And Developments

Delays to controversial pipeline projects continue, with TransCanada's Energy East Pipeline recently delayed by a year, while the preferred oil export terminal site was scrapped due to environmental concerns.

The rail segment remains strongest within the transport infrastructure sector, with growth of 5.8% forecast in 2015. This is being driven by a number of high value urban rail projects, such as the USD4bn Eglinton Crosstown.

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Residential construction is off to a strong start in 2015, with a considerable increase in multi-unit permits issued as well as new building starts. Although some regions are seeing a slight housing market downturn, such as Alberta, demand for new construction remains high in key areas such as Ontario and Quebec.

Overall, Canada's infrastructure is expected to expand by 1.5% in 2015 and by, on average, just under 2% between 2016 and 2024.

The Canada Infrastructure Report features BMI Research's market assessment and forecasts covering public procurement and spending on all major infrastructure and construction projects, including transportation and logistics by land, sea and air; power plants and utilities, and commercial construction and property development. The report analyses the impact of regulatory changes and the macroeconomic outlook and features competitive intelligence on contractors and suppliers.

BMI's Canada Infrastructure Report provides industry professionals and strategists, sector analysts, investors, trade associations and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the Canadian infrastructure and construction industry.

Key Benefits

-Benchmark BMI's independent infrastructure industry forecasts for Canada to test other views - a key input for successful budgetary and planning in the Canadian infrastructure market.
-Target business opportunities and risks in the Canadian infrastructure sector through our reviews of latest industry trends, regulatory changes and major deals, projects and investments in Canada.
-Assess the activities, strategy and market position of your competitors, partners and clients via our Company Profiles (inc. SWOTs, KPIs and latest activity).

Coverage

BMI Industry View

Summary of BMI?s key industry forecasts, views and trend analysis covering infrastructure and construction, regulatory changes, major investments and projects and significant national and multinational company developments. These are broken down into construction (social, commercial and residential), transport (roads, railways, ports, airports, etc), and energy & utilities (powerplants, pipelines and so on).

Industry SWOT Analysis

Analysis of the major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats within the infrastructure and construction sectors and within the broader political, economic and business environment.

BMI Industry Forecasts

Historic data series (up to 2012) and forecasts to end-2024 for all key industry indicators, supported by explicit assumptions, plus analysis of key developments in the market and risks to the main forecasts. Indicators include:

Construction: Industry value (USDbn); contribution to GDP (%); total capital investment (USDbn); real growth (%).

Construction industry real growth forecasts (%) and industry value (USDbn) forecasts for industry sectors are split into Residential and Non-residential and Infrastructure sectors. Where the data is available for particular countries the infrastructure is further broken down into indicators for the transport subsectors of roads, railways, airports and ports and the energy and utilities sub-sectors of power plants and transmission grids, oil & gas pipelines and water infrastructure. This dataset is unique to the market.

The reports also include analysis of latest projects across the infrastructure sectors (transport, utilities, commercial construction).

BMI?s Infrastructure Risk Reward Index

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