The .pdf file summarising the report is available here for download, but here are some fascinating teasers from it.
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Of Europe's 50 largest construction firms, 13 are British. Yet none of them operate in Poland (indeed few do any significant business outside the UK).
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Of Europe's 50 largest construction firms, three are French. Yet those three are among the top five in Europe, and their sales are worth nearly one-third of the entire Top 50.
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Germany has only one construction firm in the European Top 50; Germany is in last place among the countries of origin of the Top 50.
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Poland's construction market grew by 12.1% year-on-year in 2017; much of that growth occurred in Q3 and (especially) Q4. The sudden upturn has left the sector short-handed.
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Spending on road- and rail-sector infrastructure projects in Poland will keep on increasing until reaching a peak in 2020-21; thereafter it will drop.
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Low interest rates, falling unemployment and rising wages were responsible for 2017 being a record year in the number of apartments sold in Poland.
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Because of rising wages and construction material prices, an ever-growing number of Polish public tenders is being cancelled as bids are coming in above budget.
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Low-margin contracts in the Polish rail sector, signed at a time when there was a dearth of projects available, are coming under threat.
*European Powers of Construction 2016 and Polish Construction Companies 2017
