Title: South African Association for Consulting Engineers Management Information Survey July
1South African Association for Consulting
EngineersManagement Information Survey July
December 2005
2Firm distribution based on full / part time
employment
Category of firms of industry employment
A 10.3 61.6
B 36.8 28.1
C 26.5 7.5
D 26.5 2.8
3Consulting Engineering IndustryFee income, Rm
Constant 2000 prices (CPI Deflated)Annualised
4Consulting Engineering IndustryReal Fee income
(CPI deflated), 2000 prices Annual Change
5SAACE Confidence Index
6Consulting Engineering Confidence Indexby firm
size
7Consulting Engineering IndustryReal Fee income
(CPI deflated) vs confidence
8SAACE Labour cost indicator
9Consulting Engineering IndustryNominal Fee
income vs confidence
10Consulting Engineering IndustryEmployment vs
REAL fee income (CPI / LCI Deflated)
11Consulting Engineering IndustryEmployment vs
Salary / Wage bill
12Consulting Engineering IndustryFee income earned
by Sub-disciplines ShareDecember 2004 vs
December 2005
13Consulting Engineering IndustryFee income earned
by Sub-disciplines ShareJuly December 2005
14Consulting Engineering IndustryFee income earned
by Sub-disciplines ShareChange in the last 12
months
15Consulting Engineering IndustryFee income earned
by Top five disciplines R mill 2000
pricesAnnual average 2000 2005
Civil
16Fee income earned by economic sector
(NEW)Percentage market share2005
17Fee income earned by economic sector (NEW)R mill
annualised 2000 pricesAverage 2005
18Provincial Market Share December 2005 Vs change
in market share from December 2005
GAIN market share
LOST market share
19Provincial Market Share 2002 2005
20Fee income earned by province (larger provincial
economies) Annualised smoothed
21Fee income earned RSA vs EX-RSA R mill, 2000
prices (Annualised, smoothed)
22Fee income earned in Africa and across borders R
mill, 2000 prices (Annualised, smoothed)
23Fee income earned by type of client Share
24Fee income earned by type of client R mill 2000
prices (Annualised, smoothed - avg over 2 survey
periods)
25Competition in tendering
26 of Firms wanting to increase staff
New June 2005 survey
27 of Firms wanting to increase engineers
Shift towards increasing technologists with 83
wanting to increase
28Recruitment problems
29Bursaries of Salary / Wage bill
30Bursaries R mill 2000 prices (Annualised)
31Training (Salaries and Direct Training Costs)
of Payroll
32Training (Salaries and Direct Training Costs)
Rand millions, Constant 2000 prices
33Training (Direct costs only) of Payroll
34Training (Direct costs) Rand millions, Constant
2000 prices
35Industry Capacity Utilisation
36Fee income outstanding for longer than 90 days as
percentage of total fee income (bankable plus
outstanding) By type of client (excluding
foreign clients)
37Fees outstanding for more than 90 days R mill,
annualised, nominal prices
Client R mill (annualised) current prices
Central government 63
Provincial 133
Local 142
Parastatal 55
Private sector 267
Foreign 86
Total 744
38Total fee income outstanding for longer than 90
days R mill, (annualised), current prices
39Total fee income outstanding for longer than 90
days of total fee income earned
Survey amended to include foreign clients
40Total fee income outstanding, by client July -
December 2004 vs July- December 2005 Exceeding 90
days
41Total fee income outstanding For longer than 90
days Client Central Government
42Total fee income outstanding For longer than 90
days Client Provincial Government
43Total fee income outstanding For longer than 90
days Client Local Government
44Total fee income outstanding For longer than 90
days Client Private sector
45Comparison of total fees outstanding 90 Days or
more As percentage of total potential fee
income (excluding 0 60 days account and
non-payments by foreign clients)
46Escalation trends Year-on-Year Change
Based on headline consumer inflation
(CPI) Forecasts provided by ABSA Bank
Source ABSA
47Consulting Engineering Profession Labour unit
cost indicator Year-on-Year Change (Smoothed)
48Consulting Engineering Profession Labour unit
cost indicator Annual Average Year-on-Year
Change
49New Employment BreakdownJanuary June 2005
50New Employment BreakdownJuly December 2005
51Overall Employment Breakdown, by raceDecember
2003 December 2005
52Employment distribution by company type December
2005
53Employment profile Black representation of total
employment Share of total employment
54Employment of black professionals (Partners,
directors, associates) Share of total Black
employment
55Black ownership / equity as of total ownership
/ equity in the industry December 2005
56Non-white ownership / equity as of total
ownership / equity in the industry December 2005