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     Market research is very important with today's market. In the past, there seem to always be plenty of work so very little attention was being paid to the direction of the construction market. The style of market we will be dealing with for some time is full of ups and downs. We are seeing down time when the market is usually busy and possible up times when the market is suppose to slow. A good way to put this is to compare it to running water which we had in the past and slow drips of water we have today. The drips are difficult to predict now and we could be spending lots of money trying to figure out when the drip will drop.

     Maybe you have been doing your own research or paying someone else to keep an eye on it. Now imagine every company doing this the the vast amount of resources being wasted overall. Why not just outsource the research so everyone can use the information and at the same time help out your customers or affiliated companies.

     The data I gather comes from the US Census Bureau, but you can spend much time trying to put all together. Basically I can do this for you and post the information on this page for everyone to keep an eye on. It does not matter who you are because everyone in the construction industry needs this kind of information.

I can do market research for anywhere in the US.

Understand the data

     There is no reason to make this complicated. All you need really is to see the trend and how to understand it's direction. Construction permits are normally gotten ahead of time in most cases and it can demonstrate when the building activity will hit depending on what part of the building process you come in. Therefore, excavating and block work will see the activity the soonest starting roughly a month after the permits, framing can see the activity one to two months  and finishing will see the activity most likely two to three months later.

     It very handy to compare the figures to last year's numbers or the previous years numbers , then take that percentage and put it against your numbers and that how much you can expect. It will also help you compare to see if your gaining or losing market share in an area. So the actual amount of permits don't matter, only what it compares in 2007 or 2006. I will also add any comments to the research of any odd activity I find while packaging the numbers so there easy to understand.

Sample

Morrison County Bookmarks
Includes:  Morrison County, Little Falls and Randall combined
Month Units Value Year to
date units		 Year to
date value
Mar 2008 6 810,538 9 1,037,743
Feb 2008 2 130,005    
Jan 2008 1 97,200    
Mar 2007 4 466,510 17 1,682,109
Mar 2006 19 2,396,021 21 2,764,521
Summary: This area is having a very slow start this year so far typical to the national trend.
Research Courtesy of (Example only)
  1. The bookmarks are handy to quickly move around in the document.
  2. The name of the county and other areas included should be near the top of the table.
  3. Make sure to check to make sure there are no omissions that involve the area
  4. The newest information will be the numbers at the top of the table. They will blink if your using Firefox.
  5. A summary will be at the bottom of the table
  6. If someone made a donation to get numbers researched, their logo will appear at the bottom and will be linkable to their website. If the company has no website, some contact information can be provided in the logo. Or you can get me to build you a website for you.

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  1. I will call you back and get the information you want researched
  2. I will do the research and determine a cost
  3. I will call you back with the cost information and get a PO# from you
  4. If research is public I will post the new research with your logo and link
  5. I will send you the info I researched.