International Construction Project: ANCE Report 2016

The 2016 Report from the Italian Association of Contractors shows that international construction projects are a big portion of their revenues. The Report highlights also that this is a trend which involves not only the big companies but also the SME companies.

The analysis of the domestic and international revenues has been conducted on 38 Italian companies (with turnover between €50 Million and above €500 Million) and clearly shows an increase in international construction projects and at the same time a decrease of the revenues generated domestically.

According to the Report the decrease of revenues in the domestic market is mainly attributable to the persistent crisis of the Italian market and to the decrease of financial resources for infrastructural works in Italy.

On the other side, the increase of turnover generated via international construction projects proves the capacity of the Italian contractors to work abroad and to improve the level of their internationalisation process notwithstanding the political and economical instability of certain areas.

The Italian construction SME still encounters certain difficulties in working abroad and this is shown in the table below. Italian construction SME with total turnover below €100 Million generate abroad a percentage between 27% and 44% of their total turnover.

In terms of areas where Italian contractors are more active:

South America is the first region where...

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