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TowardsMaking sense of the Building-, Construction- and Property-Industry
In the
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Dr. Llewellyn B. LewisSeptember 2013
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Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity will be the order of the day. We can accept that the new normal is also underway in South Africa. It is evident that it is not technical issues bedevilling the Industry. Many Political, Economic and Social issues affect the trends in the Industry, most of which are out of control of the Industry as the following facts and anecdotes illustrate. As Mamphela Ramphele said in 2008, it was astounding that SA’s business sector had remained largely silent, even on failures that directly affected it. “The private sector is too scared to upset (the government) ... but its silence is creating the seeds of social instability.”
she said. (Business Day, 3 December 2008).
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Across every sector of society, decision makers are struggling with the complexity and velocity of change in an increasingly interdependent
world.
The context for decision-making has evolved,
and in many cases has been altered in revolutionary ways. In the decade ahead, our lives will be more intensely shaped by
transformative forces, including economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal and technological seismic shifts.
The signals are already apparent with the
rebalancing of the global economy, the presence of over seven billion people and the societal and environmental challenges linked
to both.
The resulting complexity threatens to overwhelm countries, companies, cultures and communities.
Klaus SchwabFounder and Executive ChairmanWorld Economic Forum
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THE INDUSTRY DASHBOARD: MORTGAGE ADVANCES
YTD Actual YTD FC
-2.43% 4.13%
-3.82% 1.72%
-52.61% -20.70%
-3.50% 3.73%
1.51% 2.70%
0.66% 2.99%
Jul-13 2013 vs 2012
MORTGAGE ADVANCES (VALUE)
Mortgage Advances on Existing Buildings
Mortgage Advances on Construction of New Buildings
Mortgage Advances on Vacant Land
Total Gross New Mortgage Loans and Re-advances
Total Mortgage Loans Outstanding
Mortgage Advances Weighted Average
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL VS FORECAST: MORTGAGE ADVANCES
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THE INDUSTRY DASHBOARD: MORTGAGE ADVANCES, TOTAL GROSS: 2013
CUM GFCF CONSTRUCTION 2008 25 056 54 178 88 986 127 142
CUM GFCF CONSTRUCTION 2012 45 393 90 913 137 498 185 772
CUM GFCF CONSTRUCTION 2013 48 441 96 773 139 035 184 581
CUM Q/Q % CHANGE GFCF CONSTR 2013VS 2012
6.71% 6.45% 1.12% -0.64%
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As we at BMI-BRSCU look ahead to 2013 and on to 2020 it is evident that we will be facing an uncertain Political, Economic and Social environment.
Nevertheless, as we analyse all published data and peruse the anecdotes in the News, we can say with some certainty that the decline in the Building Industry has been arrested and is moving sideways (in physical m2 volume) and strongly upward (in current value, which of course includes price inflation).
BPP & BC Total Residential: 1993-2013 by month: R*1000 (Current Values) (July)(Source: StatsSA; BMI-BRSCU: BC Total RSA by Month and Type of Building1993-2008: TOTAL RES BC&BPP R)
BC TOTAL RESIDENTIAL: R*1000 BPP TOTAL RESIDENTIAL: R*1000
12 per. Mov. Avg. (BC TOTAL RESIDENTIAL: R*1000) 12 per. Mov. Avg. (BPP TOTAL RESIDENTIAL: R*1000)
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The decline in BPP (R*1000) has halted
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The decline in BC (R*1000) has been halted but trend is
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12 per. Mov. Avg. (BC TOTAL NON RESIDENTIAL: R*1000) 12 per. Mov. Avg. (BPP TOTAL NON RESIDENTIAL: R*1000)
BPP & BC Total Building: 1993-2013 by month: R*1000 (Current Values) (July)(Source: StatsSA; BMI-BRSCU: BC Total RSA by Month and Type of Building1993-2008: TOTAL BLDNG BC&BPP R)
BC TOTAL BUILDING: R*1000 BPP TOTAL BUILDING: R*1000
12 per. Mov. Avg. (BC TOTAL BUILDING: R*1000) 12 per. Mov. Avg. (BPP TOTAL BUILDING: R*1000)
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TOTAL BUILDING PLANS PASSED (M2) ENDED 2012 AT + 0,42% COMPARED TO 2011.
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m2 R*1000
40 919 4.72% 191 824 7.09%
387 175 9.97% 2 991 293 14.24%
130 112 8.70% 1 035 711 11.98%
75 312 60.67% 874 354 141.97%
-32 705 -1.05% 339 325 2.14%
600 814 6.33% 5 432 506 11.12%
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132 522 19.61% 1 128 725 23.79%
246 608 32.87% 1 670 531 38.59%
109 285 7.26% 665 489 10.27%
14 107 4.17% 175 214 9.92%
14 325 1.36% 387 602 5.84%
516 847 11.95% 4 027 560 16.81%
1 117 661 8.09% 9 460 066 13.00%TOTAL
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Shopping
Industrial and warehouse
Other buildings
Additions and alterations
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Office and banking
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Dwelling-house => 80 square metres
Flats and townhouses
Other buildings
Additions and alterations
TOTAL
NON RES BUILDING PLANS PASSED (BPP): SOUTH AFRICA: YTD FC 2013 VS 2012
RES BUILDING PLANS PASSED (BPP): SOUTH AFRICA: YTD FC 2013 VS 2012
Numbers m2 R*1000
5.70% 6.75% 5.64%
2.13% 12.49% 20.45%
18.81% 18.27% 31.11%
247.10% 514.17%
0.11% 5.68%
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70.89% 86.39%
50.66% 67.73%
5.34% 9.64%
58.11% 75.48%
16.40% 26.84%
27.76% 41.70%
15.72% 26.80%GRAND TOTAL RES AND NON RES
*July 2013
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Other buildings
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TOTAL NON RESIDENTIAL
NON RES BUILDING PLANS PASSED (BPP): CUM YTD JULY 2013 VS 2012: TOTAL RSA
Office and banking
Flats and townhouses
Other buildings
Add's and alt's
TOTAL RES
* July 2013
RES BUILDING PLANS PASSED (BPP): CUM YTD JULY 2013 VS 2012: TOTAL RSA
Dwelling-house < 80 square metres
Dwelling-house => 80 square metres
YTD Actual YTD FC
10.46% 6.33%
19.96% 11.12%
27.76% 11.95%
41.70% 16.81%
15.72% 8.09%
26.80% 13.00%
15.80% 8.12%
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Total BPP (R)
Building Plans Passed Weighted Average (m2)
BUILDING PLANS PASSED (BPP) (m2 and value)
Building Plans Passed Weighted Average (R)
Non Residential BPP (m2)
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL VS FORECAST: BUILDING PLANS PASSED
Jul-13 2013 vs 2012
Residential BPP (m2)
Residential BPP (R)
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RES BUILDINGS COMPLETED (M2) ENDED 2012 AT – 1,21% COMPARED TO 2011.
THE INDUSTRY DASHBOARD: RES BUILDINGS COMPLETED: YTD FORECAST 2013 VS 2012
RES BUILDINGS COMPLETED (BC): YTD JULY 2013 VS 2012
Total Non Residential BPP (m2) 84.87% 53.55% 63.12% 44.52% 35.51% 22.03% 27.76% 24.95% 21.08% 16.70% 14.37% 11.95%
Total Building BPP (m2) 20.72% 18.20% 21.09% 20.61% 17.69% 13.42% 15.72% 13.84% 13.00% 11.08% 9.11% 8.09%
Cumulative YTD Buildings Completed (BC), Domestic Cement Sales and Local Building Lumber Sales: % Change by Sector: January - Dec 2013
(Source: StatsSA; BMI-BRSCU Workings)
CUM ACTUAL CUM FORECAST
BMI-BRSCU Estimate of Cement Sales
The figures are now released by PPC on behalf of the
major producers, namely PPC, Lafarge, Afrisam, NPC,
Ash Resources, Sephaku Ash and Ulula Ash. The data
do not include exports by these firms or sales by other
cement companies or imports. (30 Aug 2013)
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THIRTY-THREE prominent business figures from several leading South African companies on Sunday boldly called for unity among businesses to arrest a decline in confidence in South Africa’s future, warning the country could "unravel" if challenges in education, corruption and unemployment were left unresolved.
In an open letter published in City Press and the Sunday Times on the eve of the African
National Congress’s (ANC’s) electoral
conference in Mangaung where major policy
decisions on South Africa’s economic trajectory will be made, the chairmen and CEOs offered their assistance to the government but challenged it to implement its policies and the National Development Plan (NDP).(Business Day, 10 Dec 2012)
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INVESTEC boss Stephen Koseff has
rounded on African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa, saying
he is “totally on the wrong bus” when it
came to acknowledging the reality of the country’s economic situation.
What really irked Mr Koseff and other bankers at the summit was Mr Ramaphosa’sview that the parts of the NDP on which everyone agreed should be implemented now, and the rest of it left to “dialogue”.
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AFRICAN National Congress (ANC) deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa told a banking summit that the National Development Plan (NDP) was like a moving caravan and those who did not jump aboard risked being left behind.
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“. . . Even with a relatively narrow focus,
finding common ground would require a change in the way they operated. Rather
than trying to resolve all the issues, the
group sensed that they would need to go through many cycles of seeing the problem, clarifying their purpose and “searching for things we could agree on”. Seek agreement and go became our
mantra. We didn’t want to waste time fighting over all the pieces of the big puzzle
that we disagreed on and spending all our
time arguing who was right. “This proved to be a fundamental learning. It oriented us to action, based on what we could agree on and to get going”. (Senge: The necessary revolution:
2010)
Ramaphosa and Manuel
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PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma has confirmed plans to locate the National Planning Commission (NPC) within the state, while retaining the existing body in an advisory role.
However, Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel was quick to emphasise this does not mean the NPC would be "axed".
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In the past 18 months the South African economy continued to function significantly below full capacity,
although in a number of areas bottlenecks visibly inhibited economic progress. The National Planning Commission released a vision statement and development plan for the country in
November 2011, targeting the elimination of poverty and reduction of inequality by 2030 through
appropriate changes, hard work, leadership and unity. Having identified the key developmental challenges facing the country and its people, the commission developed a plan focusing on
– the creation of jobs;
– improving South Africa’s infrastructure; – appropriate transition to a low-carbon economy; – an inclusive and integrated rural economy; – reversing the spatial effects of apartheid; – improving the quality of education, training and innovation; – providing quality healthcare for all; – social protection; – building safer communities; – reforming the public service to build a capable state; – eliminating corruption; and – transforming society and uniting the country.
Addressing the infrastructure bottlenecks was recognised as of particular importance. In 2011, to ensure timeous and effective implementation in this area, Cabinet created the Presidential Infrastructure Co-ordinating Commission, chaired by the President and including half the members of Cabinet, the nine provincial premiers, and the mayors of the metropolitan areas. The President underlined the need for speeding up the capital programmes of the public sector in his State of the Nation address to Parliament early in 2012, when he unveiled the government’s infrastructure development programme. (SARB, Annual Economic Report: 2012)
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(Source: WEF: Global Risks 2013: Eighth Edition)
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Societal Needs
Take-make-waste solutions
Regenerative solutions – all life
flourishes
Damage to social and environmental
solutions
DELAY
Short-term fixesEasier, faster
Fundamental solutionsHarder, take time
UnintendedSide effects
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Learning Capabilities for Systemic Change
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When asked why he robbed Banks, the infamous Willy Sutton responded simply”, “Because that’s where the money is.”
If global carbon emissions were currency, most of the ”money” could be found in office buildings, malls, hotels, factories, apartment buildings and private homes.
The greatest consumers of energy today – and in turn the largest contributors of greenhouse gases – are our commercial, industrial and residential buildings.
Heating, air-conditioning and electricity for what the industry calls the “built environment” accounts for 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States (almost 60 percent globally), almost twice the emissions of the automotive sector.
Obviously the built environment represents a high leverage point for anyone looking to create energy systems suited for life beyond the Industrial Age Bubble. (Senge: The necessary Revolution: 2010)
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Frustrated for several years by industry consensus processes that seemed to keep devolving to “lowest common denominator
agreements,” David Gottfried, a small-town developer, along with environmental litigator Michael Italiano believed there had to be a better way.
They joined Berkebile and his AIA committee to form a small group of like-minded people who were interested in genuinely addressing the total impact of buildings on the environment, human health and well-being and communities.
Ten years later they had succeeded in establishing the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification system, which has now spread around the country and the world.
Today the USGBC – and its sister Green Building Councils in Countries such as India, China, Brazil and Mexico – has become a powerful and unifying force within the building industry. (Senge: The necessary Revolution: 2010)
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• The first USGBC meeting occurred in Washington DC in 1993;• They shared a simple core vision: transforming how buildings get built;• Knowing that competition and fragmentation thwarted real change, the founding group
resolved to get representatives of the entire system involved from the outset;• Finding common ground was a problem and they identified the areas of agreement;• This proved to be a fundamental learning. It oriented them to action, based on what they
could agree on and to get going;• The group discovered one area of agreement early on: market-based forces were much
more powerful than legal or government action in spurring innovation and genuine commitment;
• This idea of market-based transformation became a second key founding idea;• The introduction of the LEED certification system in 2000 led to explosive growth;• By mid-2007 over 7 500 buildings were registered with LEED worldwide, up from just 635
in 2002;• The value of green building construction starts exceeded $12 Billion in 2008;• Today the GBC has more than 90 regional chapters and projects in 41 countries;• The total cost of designing and building LEED certified buildings now averages < than a
1,8% premium over conventional buildings;• A wave of basic innovation is now transforming the building industry;
• A next generation of “living” (regenerative) buildings is coming – buildings that produce more energy and clean water than they use and function more like trees and forests. (Senge: The necessary Revolution: 2010)
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Alice Lane, Sandton is a 4 Star Green
Star SA rated office, as developer Abland received certification from the
Green Building Council of South Africa
(GBCSA) for the design of their prestigious Sandton project.
No. 2 Silo is a high-end residential development, part of the redevelopment of the Silo area at the
V&A Waterfront. There are two
distinct buildings linked together. No. 1 Silo is office space, and No. 2 Silo
is the residential building.
32 Registered Green Building Projects in South Africa
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Department of Environmental AffairsCity: PretoriaTool: Green Star SA - Office v1 > Design
Rating: 6 Star
Hyundai Automotive SA (Pty) Ltd Head Office City: Johannesburg Rating: 4 Star
The first office building in the South
African automotive industry to achieve a 4 Star Design Certification
setting the precedent for other industry participants to follow
32 Registered Green Building Projects in South Africa
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Typical Clamp kiln operation
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Clamp kiln operation at Langkloof Broken bricks from a fired clamp kiln
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Zig-zag-kiln at Apollo, Western Cape
Zig-zag-kiln at Apollo, Western C
Side view with flue gas duct
Covering green bricks
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Top view of the kilnZig-zag-kiln at Apollo, Western Cape
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So-called „zig-zag-kiln at Apollo, Western Cape
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DENIALCompanies - carry on past “tip”Policy makers – stimulus spending (or austerity, or both)
ANGERImplications of change becomes more obviousNeed to BLAME someone for the disaster
DEPRESSIONReality begins to be confrontedGrowing awareness of what has been lost
ACCEPTANCEFinally people accept what has happened
New opportunities emerge out of extreme pessimism
THE NEW NORMAL
The paradigm of loss model: Elizabeth Kuler-Ross: Source International eChem
THE TIPPING POINT
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STRATEGIC RESPONSES: COMPETING ON THE EDGE OF CHAOSNew order can emerge from chaos. Complexity theory argues that nothing innovative can emerge from systems with a
high degree of order and stability (eg regulated industries); similarly, completely chaotic systems (eg riots) are incapable of functioning or creating anything.
Somewhere on the boundary between order and disorder,
control and chaos, sits creativity, innovation, self-renewal and growth. Pascale (1999) calls this point “the edge of chaos”. (OUBS, Strategy: Unit 8: 28)
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Sustainable Value
Drivers• Disruption• Clean Technology
• Carbon Footprint
Drivers• Pollution
• Material
Consumption
• Waste
Drivers• Climate Change
• Resource
depletion
• Poverty
Drivers• Civil Society
• Transparency
• Connectivity
INTERNAL EXTERNAL
TODAY
TOMORROW
StrategyPollution prevention,Minimise waste and emissions from operations
StrategyProduct Stewardship,Integrate Stakeholder views into business process
StrategySustainability Vision,Create a shared roadmap for meeting unmet needs
StrategyClean Technology,Develop the sustainable competencies for the future
PayoffCost andRisk Reduction
PayoffReputation and Legitimacy
PayoffSustainable GrowthTrajectory
PayoffInnovation andRepositioning
Sustainability Value Framework (Senge: The necessary Revolution: 2010)
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There are many forces compelling businesses toward the regenerative economy, but the Sustainable Value framework helps to categorise them into 4 groupings:
1. Increasing industrialisation of the last two centuries and its side effects, inter alia material
consumption, pollution, and waste generation. Firms can create immediate value by reducing the level of material consumption and pollution associated with their activities.
2. The proliferation of “civil society stakeholders”. As the power of national governments has
eroded in the wake of global trade regimes, NGO’s and other civil society groups stepped into
the breach, assuming the role of monitor (and in some cases enforcer) of social and environmental standards. Companies that operate at greater levels of transparency and
responsiveness to the public’s desire for sustainable practices will see the direct impact of
improved brand image on their bottom line.
3. Emerging “disruptive” technologies that challenge the status quo could render many of today’s
energy- and material-intensive industries obsolete.
4. Global problems like resource depletion, deteriorating ecosystems and climate change; poverty and inequity in the developing world; and an equally broad set of sustainability drivers in
the developed world, including global security issues and their close links to climate, resource
consumption and energy supply and security. Responding to this set of drivers is essential for
the health of the planet, and firms can also create value by pursuing sustainability related
opportunities that are rapidly emerging in all industries.
Global sustainability is so complex that it cannot be addressed by any single corporate action. Therefore companies that hope to thrive in the years to come must address each of the four broad sets of drivers. (Senge: The necessary Revolution: 2010)
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VSBK at Langkloof
For successful transformation to take
place it is important to have something
that people can touch.A lot of talk about climate change and the
whole systems approach are too
theoretical for most people.
While some people can imagine
alternative futures with little help, most
move from the concrete to the abstract – not the other way around.
(Based on Senge: The necessary
Revolution: 2010)
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VSBK at Langkloof VSBK at Langkloof
adding fuel to the green bricksUnloading site with steel bars, hydraulic equipment and cart
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VSBK at Langkloof VSBK at Langkloof
Stacking fired bricks Stacking fired bricks; View from top
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Market-based forces are much more powerful than legal or government action in spurring innovation and genuine commitment.
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VSBK Kilns and burnt bricks at Langkloof.
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Next Investment phase at Langkloof – 18 Kilns
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Langkloof Bricks has been accoladedwith two "Eastern Cape Top Green Organisation" awards by the Institute of Waste Management Southern Africa (IWMSA), in association with the Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT)
These awards were issued in recognition of the innovative practices undertaken by Langkloof Bricks to minimise its impact on the environment by means of reducing and transforming waste into a resource, in addition to contributing toward energy efficiency, air quality and climate change through the successful implementation of the SA-VSBK (Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln) technology.
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Learning Capabilities for Systemic Change
(Source: Senge: The necessary Revolution: 2010)
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And yet few sectors present more difficult challenges for change.
The building industry is highly fragmented and the competitiveness – and even suspicion – between different competing interests is, for most veterans in the industry, just part of the way the business works.
“There was often an adversarial relationship among the three main parties in
any major project: the owner/developer, the architect and the contractors”.
Developers, for example, “. . . tend to set their budget for total building costs a
low as possible to maximise their profit on the project. Architects, engineers
and construction firms then compete to maximise their share of the fixed budget”.
So what you end up with is buildings that have the cheapest heating and air-conditioning systems, as opposed to the most efficient – despite the fact that a higher priced, more efficient system would save the owner money in the long haul (and be better for the environment)
The net result is often a suboptimal conventional design that wastes resources and has double or triple the operating costs of green buildings – costs that are passed on to occupants indefinitely. (Senge: The necessary Revolution: 2010)
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YTD Actual YTD FC
-2.43% 4.13%
-3.82% 1.72%
-52.61% -20.70%
-3.50% 3.73%
1.51% 2.70%
0.66% 2.99%
YTD Actual YTD FC
6.08% 5.78%
6.46% 5.98%
6.31% 5.90%
6.45% -0.64%
6.31% 2.98%
YTD Actual YTD FC
10.46% 6.33%
19.96% 11.12%
27.76% 11.95%
41.70% 16.81%
15.72% 8.09%
26.80% 13.00%
15.80% 8.12%
26.96% 13.03%
YTD Actual YTD FC
11.63% 9.17%
18.31% 12.52%
14.88% 11.32%
20.86% 14.35%
12.66% 9.83%
19.19% 13.13%
12.67% 9.84%
19.13% 13.14%
-0.70% -2.28%
3.31% 4.36%
7.77% 5.01%
13.27% 8.03%
Buildings Completed Weighted Average (R)
OVERALL AVERAGE (R)
Jul-13
Total BC (m2)
Total BC (R)
Buildings Completed Weighted Average (m2)
DOMESTIC CEMENT SALES (Tonnes)
LOCAL BUILDING LUMBER SALES (m3)
2013 vs 2012
OVERALL AVERAGE (m2)
Non Residential BPP (R)
Total BPP (m2)
Total BPP (R)
Building Plans Passed Weighted Average (m2)
BUILDINGS COMPLETED (BC) (m2 and value)
Residential BC (m2)
Residential BC (R)
Non Residential BC (m2)
Non Residential BC (R)
GFCF Residential
GFCF Non Residential
GFCF Total Building
GFCF Construction
Gross Fixed Capital Formation Weighted Average
BUILDING PLANS PASSED (BPP) (m2 and value)
Building Plans Passed Weighted Average (R)
Non Residential BPP (m2)
MORTGAGE ADVANCES (VALUE)
Mortgage Advances on Existing Buildings
Mortgage Advances on Construction of New Buildings
Mortgage Advances on Vacant Land
Total Gross New Mortgage Loans and Re-advances
Total Mortgage Loans Outstanding
Mortgage Advances Weighted Average
GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION (VALUE)
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL VS FORECAST BY INDICATOR
Jul-13 2013 vs 2012
Source: BMI-BRSCU
Jul-13 2013 vs 2012
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL VS FORECAST: GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL VS FORECAST BY INDICATOR
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL VS FORECAST: BUILDING PLANS PASSED
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL VS FORECAST: BUILDINGS COMPLETED
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL VS FORECAST: CEMENT SALES
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL VS FORECAST: LOCAL BUILDING LUMBER SALES
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL VS FORECAST: MORTGAGE ADVANCES
Jul-13 2013 vs 2012
Jul-13 2013 vs 2012
Jul-13 2013 vs 2012
Jul-13 2013 vs 2012
Residential BPP (m2)
Residential BPP (R)
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Mortgage Advances on Construction of New Buildings
Mortgage Advances on Vacant Land
Total Gross New Mortgage Loans and Re-advances
Total Mortgage Loans OutstandingMortgage Advances Weighted Average
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL VS FORECAST: GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION
Jul-13
GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION (VALUE)
GFCF Residential
GFCF Non Residential
GFCF Total Building
GFCF Construction
Gross Fixed Capital Formation Weighted Average
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL VS FORECAST: BUILDING PLANS PASSED
Jul-13BUILDING PLANS PASSED (BPP) (m2 and value)
Residential BPP (m2)
Residential BPP (R)
Non Residential BPP (m2)
Non Residential BPP (R)
Total BPP (m2)
Total BPP (R)
Building Plans Passed Weighted Average (m2)
Building Plans Passed Weighted Average (R)
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL VS FORECAST: BUILDINGS COMPLETED
Jul-13BUILDINGS COMPLETED (BC) (m2 and value)
Residential BC (m2)
Residential BC (R)
Non Residential BC (m2)
Non Residential BC (R)
Total BC (m2)
Total BC (R)
Buildings Completed Weighted Average (m2)
Buildings Completed Weighted Average (R)
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL VS FORECAST: CEMENT SALES
Jul-13DOMESTIC CEMENT SALES (Tonnes)
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL VS FORECAST: LOCAL BUILDING LUMBER SALES
Jul-13
LOCAL BUILDING LUMBER SALES (m3)
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL VS FORECAST BY INDICATOR
Jul-13
OVERALL AVERAGE (m2)
OVERALL AVERAGE (R)
PROGNOSIS: YTD ACTUAL AND FORECAST: 2013 VS 2012 BY INDICATOR(Source: SARB; StatsSA; BMI-BRSCU Workings)
YTD Actual
YTD FC
The LEVERAGE POINTS
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� As can be seen from the analysis of Mortgage Advances (Total Mortgage Advances
expected to increase by + 1,72% compared to 2012, but – 44% compared to 2007)
the real-estate market remained in the doldrums during the past 18 months, consistent
with the stagnation in banks’ mortgage advances;
� In contrast the tremendous growth in unsecured lending is partly a result of a shift in lending from home loans into personal loans by the big four banks;
� Their latest results all make this shift in "business mix" abundantly clear.
� The reason is easy to see: unsecured lending is vastly more profitable than home loans;
� This lack of appetite for home loans is clear across the industry. According to June
data, there is just over R1 Trillion worth of home loans in SA, just 1.5% more than a
year ago. Over the same period, total assets in the banking system have grown 7.8%,
with unsecured loans the largest growth area.� What does this shift mean for the country? Anecdotally, the trend need not mean fewer
homes are being financed. Some of the unsecured lending is being used to finance
deposits on homes, with banks only willing to fund at lower loan-to-value ratios. So
the flat growth in mortgage finance does not mean that total property finance is flat, as
some unsecured loans are being used for this;
� The shift has damaged the ability of the average South African to own a home. This entrenches an economic advantage for those who already own their homes,
making it more difficult to transform the patterns of ownership in the economy.
� While there has been a boom in the size of the black middle class, the simultaneous
shift in banking behaviour means this has not translated into a proportional greater
ability for black consumers to buy property. (Business Day, 16 September 2013)
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Mortgage Lending
Unsecured credit
Alternative Financing;
Crowdfunding
Consumption; Home Loan
Deposits
DELAY
Short-term fixesEasier, faster
Fundamental solutionsHarder, take time
UnintendedSide effects
(Source: Senge: The necessary Revolution: 2010)
Real-estate companies that have jumped into the crowdfunding pool are working
within the SEC's guidelines. For example, Fundrise Fund LLC has registered some of
its offerings with the SEC to solicit unaccredited investors for $100 minimum
investments in small, locally based projects. Realty Mogul Co. requires a $5,000 minimum investment, but like
Prodigy, it only allows accredited investors to participate.
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INVESTMENT IN BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION: 2013-2020: LMR SOYUZ SCENARIO
SECTOR AND SEGMENT
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL
Dwelling-houses < 80 m2
Dwelling-houses > 80 m2
Townhouses & Flats
Other (Incl. hotels & casinos)
General government
Public corporations
Private business enterprises
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION
TOTAL BLDNG AND CONSTR
3 years (2013-2015)
5 years (2013-2017)
8 years (2013-2020)
Unrecorded Res Add's and Alt's
Unrecorded Non Res Add's and Alt's
GRAND TOTAL
CONSTRUCTION
General Government
Public Corporations
Private Business Enterprises
TOTAL NON RESIDENTIAL
Shops
Industrial & warehouse
Other
Additions & Alterations
PUBLIC NON-RESIDENTIAL
Public authorities.
Private Business EnterprisesTOTAL RESIDENTIAL
PRIVATE NON-RESIDENTIAL
Offices
Additions & alterations
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The VUCA world is essentially about the transition to a new set of values, which tells us that:
• Consumers no longer define themselves by the size of their car, house or new kitchen.
• Instead, their focus is in five key areas:
� Value for money – they are highly price sensitive
� Simplicity – they are looking for less complex lifestyles� People, not things – family and friends are increasingly important� Values – they value trust, and they are concerned about their carbon foot
print
� Convenience – they want products to last, and to be available locally