South African Association for Consulting Engineers Management Information Survey July – December 2005

Firm 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 2.8 SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Consulting Engineering Industry Fee income, Rm Constant 2000 prices (CPI Deflated) Annualised SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Consulting Engineering Industry Real Fee income (CPI deflated), 2000 prices: Annual Change SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

SAACE Confidence Index SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Consulting Engineering Confidence Index by firm size SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Consulting Engineering Industry Real Fee income (CPI deflated) vs confidence SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

SAACE Labour cost indicator SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Consulting Engineering Industry Nominal Fee income vs confidence SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Consulting Engineering Industry Employment vs REAL fee income (CPI / LCI Deflated) SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Consulting Engineering Industry Employment vs Salary / Wage bill SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Consulting Engineering Industry Fee income earned by Sub-disciplines: % Share December 2004 vs December 2005 SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Consulting Engineering Industry Fee income earned by Sub-disciplines: % Share July – December 2005 SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Consulting Engineering Industry Fee income earned by Sub-disciplines: % Share Change in the last 12 months SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Consulting Engineering Industry Fee income earned by Top five disciplines: R mill 2000 prices Annual average: 2000 – 2005 Civil SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Fee income earned by economic sector (NEW) Percentage market share 2005 SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Fee income earned by economic sector (NEW) R mill annualised 2000 prices Average 2005 SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Provincial Market Share: December 2005 Vs change in market share from December 2005 GAIN market share market share LOST SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Provincial Market Share 2002 – 2005 SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Fee income earned by province (larger provincial economies) – Annualised smoothed SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Fee income earned : RSA vs EX-RSA R mill, 2000 prices (Annualised, smoothed) SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Fee income earned in Africa and across borders R mill, 2000 prices (Annualised, smoothed) SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Fee income earned by type of client % Share SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Fee income earned by type of client R mill 2000 prices (Annualised, smoothed - avg over 2 survey periods) SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Competition in tendering SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

% of Firms wanting to increase staff New June 2005 survey SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

% of Firms wanting to increase engineers Shift towards increasing technologists with 83% wanting to increase SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Recruitment problems SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Bursaries % of Salary / Wage bill SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

R mill 2000 prices (Annualised) Bursaries R mill 2000 prices (Annualised) SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Training (Salaries and Direct Training Costs) % of Payroll SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Training (Salaries and Direct Training Costs) Rand millions, Constant 2000 prices SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Training (Direct costs only) % of Payroll SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Training (Direct costs) Rand millions, Constant 2000 prices SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Industry Capacity Utilisation SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

By type of client (excluding foreign clients) Fee income outstanding for longer than 90 days as percentage of total fee income (bankable plus outstanding) By type of client (excluding foreign clients) SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Fees 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 SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Total fee income outstanding for longer than 90 days R mill, (annualised), current prices SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Total fee income outstanding for longer than 90 days % of total fee income earned Survey amended to include foreign clients SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Total fee income outstanding, by client July - December 2004 vs July- December 2005 Exceeding 90 days SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Total fee income outstanding Client: Central Government For longer than 90 days Client: Central Government SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Total fee income outstanding Client: Provincial Government For longer than 90 days Client: Provincial Government SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Total fee income outstanding Client: Local Government For longer than 90 days Client: Local Government SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Total fee income outstanding Client: Private sector For longer than 90 days Client: Private sector SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

90 Days or more Comparison of total fees outstanding As percentage of total potential fee income (excluding 0 – 60 days account and non-payments by foreign clients) SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Escalation trends Year-on-Year % Change Based on headline consumer inflation (CPI) Forecasts provided by ABSA Bank Source: ABSA SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Consulting Engineering Profession Labour unit cost indicator Year-on-Year % Change (Smoothed) SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Consulting Engineering Profession Labour unit cost indicator Annual Average: Year-on-Year % Change SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

New Employment Breakdown January – June 2005 SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

New Employment Breakdown July – December 2005 SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Overall Employment Breakdown, by race December 2003 – December 2005 SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Employment distribution by company type: December 2005 SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Employment profile: Black representation of total employment % Share of total employment SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Employment of black professionals (Partners, directors, associates) % Share of total Black employment SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Black ownership / equity as % of total ownership / equity in the industry: December 2005 SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005

Non-white ownership / equity as % of total ownership / equity in the industry: December 2005 SAACE MIS Survey July- December 2005