GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1/09 ASSEMBLEE GENERALE 1/09

Economic Impact Survey April-09

24th April 2009 General Assembly of the ACE - Finlandia Hall - Helsinki www.ace-cae.eu

GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1/09

ASSEMBLEE GENERALE 1/09

Snapshot SurveyOf

Impact of Economic Crisis



Methodology:- Secretariat Prepared Questions with

Assistance from the EB- The ACE Internet Service Provider Created

Online Questionnaire- E-mail Invitation sent to 3,100 E-mail Addresses

of “Volunteers” from Sector Study- Member Organisations Invited to Circulate the

Invitation to all Architect Members- Questionnaire Open for 2 Week Period (Ended

10th April)- 2,066 Responses Received in Total- 2,047 Responses from ACE Member Countries



Breakdown of Responses:

Number of answers per Country

0

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

BelgiumGreeceFinland

Czech Republic

NorwayGermany

TurkeyRomania

MaltaEstonia

Latvia

United Kingdom

AustriaFrancePortugalSweden

DenmarkIrlandePoland

LuxembourgNetherlands

SloveniaCyprusFYROM

ITALYSpain

Switzerland

Countries Number of answers

Belgium 995

Greece 235

Finland 210

Czech Republic 128

Norway 83

Germany 75

Turkey 37

Romania 36

Malta 33

Estonia 25

Latvia 25

United Kingdom 21

Austria 18

France 17

Portugal 17

Sweden 17

Denmark 13

Irlande 13

Poland 12

Luxembourg 11

Netherlands 10

Slovenia 9

Cyprus 3

FYROM 1

ITALY 1

Spain 1

Switzerland 1

TOTAL 2047



Profile of Respondents:

Number of people in the company or practice where respondents work

24.3%

17.9%

24.6%

12.8%

10.4%

10.0%

1 person

2 people

3 to 5 people

6 to 10 people

11 to 30 people

30 or more people

Good Representation from all sizes of

Architectural Practice

Spread Reflects Sector Study Profile

well

No Other Information About Respondents was

Sought



Overall a Pessimistic Outlook

Difficult to Conclude Anything Else as

This is a Baseline Survey

Survey to be Repeated Every 3

Months

Current situation for architectural practice in Europe

9.8%

36.7%

37.7%

12.4%

2.5%

1.0%

Very bad

Bad

Satisfactory

Good

very good

No opinion

Pessimistic 46.5% 14.9% Optimistic



Breakdown by Building Type

Comes Later in the Presentation

Expectation, for the next three months, of architectural workload

16.0%

27.3%

40.4%

12.4%

2.6%

1.4%

Decreasesignificantly

Decrease a little

Stay the same

Increase a little

Increasesignificantly

No opinion




Assumption is That the Economic Crisis

Started to be Felt in September 2008

Net Decrease is 14.6%

Change in staff numbers since September 2008

8.4%

16.2%

63.2%

8.8%

1.2%

2.2%


Decrease a little

Stay the same

Increase a little


No opinion

Decreased 24.6% 10.0% Increased



Net Decrease is Expected to be

12.6%

Combined with Last Slide this Adds up

to 27.2% Net Decrease in a 9-

Month Period!

Expectation, for the next three months, of change in staff numbers

5.5%

15.8%

67.8%

8.4%

0.3%

2.2%


Decrease a little

Stay the same

Increase a little


No opinion




Delegates are Reminded that

Private Housing Accounts for 45% of

the Market for Architects in Europe

Expected Change in Workload Over Next 3 Months:

Private housing

24.2%

33.7%

26.0%

10.8%

1.0%

4.2%

Decrease significantly

Decrease a little

Stay the same

Increase a little

Increase significantly

No opinion




Delegates are Reminded that Public Housing

Accounts for 4% of the Market for

Architects in Europe


Public housing

19.9%

24.7%

27.6%

10.6%

1.9%

15.2%


Decrease a little

Stay the same

Increase a little


No opinion





Commercial Projects Account for

23% of the Market for Architects in

Europe


Commercial (offices, shops, industrial buildings, etc)

34.3%

33.0%

15.8%

4.4%

1.4%

11.1%


Decrease a little

Stay the same

Increase a little


No opinion





Other Private Projects Account for


Europe


Other private (leisure, private schools, medical facilities, etc)

19.0%

31.9%23.3%

5.0%

0.6%

20.2%Decreasedsignificantly

Decrease a little

Stay the same

Increase a little


No opinion





Other Public Projects Account for


Europe


Other public (schools, hospitals, museums, prison, etc)

14.0%

21.0%

30.1%

13.1%

2.3%

19.5%

Decrease significantly

Decrease a little

Stay the same

Increase a little

Increase significantly

No opinion




It is Not Known What the

Percentage of Workload These

Tasks Represent, but This is the Area

that Represents Most Optimism

About Future Workload


Other (consultancy, energy audits, feasibility studies, etc)

9.5%

20.3%

26.4%

20.8%

6.2%

16.8%


Decrease a little

Stay the same

Increase a little


No opinion




Conclusions:

- Important to Repeat the Survey Regularly- Need to Ensure Greater Participation- Anomalies will be “Ironed Out” Over Time- The Profession is, Generally, Badly Affected at the Present

- Opportunity Exists to Collect, Consolidate and Capitalise on Existing Policy Work and to Prepare for the Future

- Need to Share the Experiences and Strategies of Member Organisations as They Cope with the Effects of the Crisis

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