Market and trends

Ongoing recovery – strong drivers for the future

In the near term the market is continuing to recover – in a longer perspective there are powerful structural drivers for sustained growth.

Near-term recovery
The consulting engineering market is late in the business cycle. When the financial crisis reached its peak, it took close to six months before the full impact on Sweco’s activity levels was visible. By the same token, the pace of recovery has lagged somewhat behind that for the economy in general. However, in late autumn 2010 it became clear that demand was on the rise in the majority of Sweco’s markets.

When the economy picks up, this increases the need for new investments across most of Sweco’s market segments. Industrial and energy production increase, the real estate market strengthens and the financing opportunities for public infrastructure projects improve.