Construction

With $500m a week being spent on infrastructure projects in Qatar over the next three to four years, supplying these projects with the materials they need is in itself an epic task. Many have predicted that this volume will produce a price squeeze in the years up to peak construction, ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Although Indonesia is home to one of the fastest-growing construction industries in Asia, with foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to the sector surging between 2013 and 2015, FDI dropped to a seven-year low in 2016, even as the number of new projects increased.

Following several years of robust expansion supported by the launch and implementation of a major public infrastructure programme emphasising significant new transportation, utilities and social infrastructure builds, Indonesia’s construction industry is set to remain on a rapid growth path. State-owned enterprises (SOEs) continue to dominate...

A growing middle class and rising levels of urbanisation have supported rapid real estate growth in Indonesia, and there remains substantial room for expansion in the coming years.

Online property portals were among the first e-businesses to benefit from widespread popular appeal in Indonesia, and new sites and apps serving the Indonesian market have proliferated over the last decade. Recent entrants have sought to move beyond the traditional classified-listing model, with larger property sites increasingly diversifying...

Indonesia has a significant and growing shortfall of affordable housing. Existing supply is in poor condition, with rising demand for new units set to push the deficit beyond 15m units in 2018. Rising urbanisation is exacerbating the problem, and more than one-fifth of the urban population is now living in slums, presenting a major challenge...