US demand for precast concrete products is forecast to rise 6.1 percent annually through 2015. Residential building will be the fastest growing market, led by foundations, basement walls and floors. Architectural components will be the fastest growing products, spurred by decorative facades, door and window surrounds and siding.

This study analyzes the $8.4 billion US precast concrete products industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 2000, 2005 and 2010, and forecasts for 2015 and 2020 by product type (e.g., structural building, architectural building, transportation, water and waste handling, cemetery, agricultural), market and region.

The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market share and profiles 34 industry competitors, including Oldcastle Precast, Coreslab and Gate Petroleum.

				    TABLE OF CONTENTS

     SECTION									    PAGE

		INTRODUCTION							      ix

	I.	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY						       1

	II.	MARKET ENVIRONMENT						       4
		General								       4
		Macroeconomic Environment					       5
		Demographic Trends						       9
		Construction Trends						      14
		   Residential Buildings					      17
		      Housing Starts						      20
		      Housing Stock						      24
		      Improvements & Repairs					      28
		   Nonresidential Buildings					      29
		      New							      30
		      Improvements & Repairs					      32
		      Nonresidential Building Stock				      34
		   Nonbuilding Construction					      36
		   Nonbuilding Construction Stock				      38
		Public Highway Spending						      39
		Water & Sewer Spending						      41
		Agricultural Outlook						      44
		Pricing								      47
		Historical Trends						      49
		Building Code Regulations					      51
		   Building Construction Practices				      54
		   Nonbuilding Construction Practices				      55
		Environmental Issues						      56
		   LEED								      56
		   Other Certification Programs					      58
		   Emissions & Energy Use Reductions				      60
		   Recycling							      61
		American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009			      62
		Foreign Trade							      63
		World Overview							      64

	III.	PRODUCTS							      67
		General								      67
		Supply & Demand							      69
		Demand by Type							      71
		Demand by Product						      73
		   Structural Building Components				      75
		      Floor & Wall Units					      78
		      Prefabricated Building Systems				      82
		      Structural Supports					      85
		      Underground Structural Products				      90
		      Other Structural Building Components			      95
		   Architectural Building Components				      97
		      Decorative Façades					     100
		      Roofing Tiles						     101
		      Door & Window Components					     102
		      Siding							     103
		      Interior Walls						     104
		      Fencing							     104
		      Other Products						     105
		   Transportation Products					     106
		      Bridges							     109
		      Noise Barriers						     111
		      Traffic Barriers						     112
		      Pavement Slabs						     113
		      Other							     114
		   Water & Waste Handling Products				     115
		      Septic Tanks						     118
		      Manholes							     120
		      Other Products						     121
		   Cemetery Products						     122
		      Vaults							     124
		      Mausoleums & Other Products				     125
		   Agricultural Products					     126
		      Feed & Watering						     128
		      Animal Containment & Other				     128

		   Other Precast Concrete Products				     129
		      Retaining Walls						     131
		      Marine							     132
		      All Other							     133

	IV.	MARKETS								     134
		General								     134
		Nonresidential Buildings					     137
		   New								     140
		   Improvement & Repair						     143
		Nonbuilding							     145
		   Transportation						     148
		   Utilities							     150
		   Other							     152
		Residential							     154
		   New								     157
		   Improvement & Repair						     160
		Agricultural							     162

	V.	REGIONS								     165
		General								     165
		Regional Demographic & Economic Trends				     166
		   Population Patterns						     167
		   Economic Outlook						     169
		   Regional Construction					     172
		   Housing Trends						     175
		Regional Demand for Precast Concrete Products			     178
		   Northeast							     181
		      New England						     183
		      Middle Atlantic						     184
		   Midwest							     185
		      East North Central					     188
		      West North Central					     189
		   South							     190
		      South Atlantic						     193
		      East South Central					     195
		      West South Central					     196
		   West								     197
		      Mountain							     200
		      Pacific							     201

	VI.	INDUSTRY STRUCTURE						     203
		General								     203
		Industry Composition						     203
		Market Share							     206
		Manufacturing							     213
		Product Developments						     214
		Competitive Strategies						     217
		Vertical & Horizontal Integration				     219
		Marketing							     221
		Distribution							     222
		Mergers & Acquisitions						     223
		Cooperative Agreements						     224
		Company Profiles						     225
		   Amcon Block & Precast Incorporated				     226
		   Americast Incorporated					     227
		   Ameron International Corporation				     228
		   Boral Limited						     229
		   California Portland Cement, see Taiheiyo Cement
		   CEMEX SAB de CV						     231
		   Clark Pacific Corporation					     233
		   Coreslab International Incorporated				     234
		   Cretex Companies Incorporated				     235
		   CRH plc							     237
		   East Texas Precast Company Limited				     241
		   EnCon Companies						     242
		   Fabcon Incorporated						     244
		   Finfrock Industries Incorporated				     245
		   Florida Precast Industries, see Spancrete Group
		   Foster (LB) Company						     246
		   Gage Brothers Concrete Products Incorporated			     247
		   Gate Petroleum Company					     248
		   Hanson Structural Precast, see HeidelbergCement
		   HeidelbergCement AG						     251
		   High Companies						     254
		   IPC, see Cretex Companies
		   Lafarge SA							     256
		   Metromont Corporation					     257
		   Miller (AC) Concrete Products Incorporated			     259
		   Modern Precast Concrete Incorporated				     260
		   Molin Concrete Products Company				     262
		   MonierLifetile, see Boral
		   New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company Incorporated		     263
		   Oldcastle Precast, see CRH
		   Olson Precast Company					     264
		   Rinker Materials, see CEMEX
		   Royal Concrete Concepts, see Metromont
		   Sidley (RW) Incorporated					     265
		   Smith-Midland Corporation					     266
		   Spancrete Group Incorporated					     267
		   Taiheiyo Cement Corporation					     269
		   Teichert Incorporated					     270
		   Tindall Corporation						     271
		   Unistress Corporation					     272
		   US Concrete Incorporated					     273
		   Westile, see CRH
		   Wieser Concrete Products Incorporated			     274
		Other Companies Mentioned in Study				     276


				      LIST OF TABLES

    TABLE NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
		Summary Table							       3

		SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	Macroeconomic Indicators					       9
	2	Population & Households						      13
	3	Construction Expenditures					      17
	4	Residential Building Construction Expenditures			      20
	5	Housing Starts							      24
	6	Housing Stock by Type						      27
	7	Residential Improvement & Repair Expenditures			      29
	8	Nonresidential Building Construction Expenditures		      32
	9	Nonresidential Building Improvement & Repair Expenditures	      33
	10	Nonresidential Building Stock					      36
	11	Nonbuilding Construction Expenditures				      38
	12	Nonbuilding Construction Stock					      39
	13	Public Highway Spending						      41
	14	Water & Sewer Expenditures					      43
	15	Agricultural Indicators						      47
	16	Precast Concrete Product Market, 2000-2010			      51
	17	Precast Concrete Product Foreign Trade				      64

		SECTION III -- PRODUCTS
	1	Precast Concrete Product Supply & Demand			      71
	2	Precast Concrete Product Demand by Type				      73
	3	Precast Concrete Product Demand by Product			      74
	4	Precast Concrete Structural Building Component Demand		      77
	5	Floor & Wall Unit Demand					      79
	6	Prefabricated Building System Demand				      85
	7	Structural Building Support Demand				      87
	8	Underground Structural Product Demand				      91
	9	Other Structural Building Component Demand			      97
	10	Architectural Building Component Demand by Product		     100
	11	Precast Concrete Transportation Product Demand			     109
	12	Precast Concrete Water & Waste Handling Product Demand		     118
	13	Precast Concrete Cemetery Product Demand			     124
	14	Precast Concrete Agricultural Product Demand			     127
	15	Other Precast Concrete Product Demand				     131

		SECTION IV -- MARKETS
	1	Precast Concrete Product Demand by Market			     136
	2	Nonresidential Building Precast Concrete Product Demand		     140
	3	New Nonresidential Building
		   Precast Concrete Product Demand				     142
	4	Nonresidential Building Improvement & Repair
		   Precast Concrete Product Demand				     145
	5	Nonbuilding Precast Concrete Product Demand			     148
	6	Transportation Market Precast Concrete Product Demand		     150
	7	Utilities Market Precast Concrete Product Demand		     152
	8	Other Nonbuilding Markets Precast Concrete Product Demand	     153
	9	Residential Buildings Precast Concrete Product Demand		     157
	10	New Residential Buildings Precast Concrete Product Demand	     159
	11	Residential Buildings Improvement & Repair
		   Precast Concrete Product Demand				     162
	12	Agricultural Market Precast Concrete Product Demand		     164

		SECTION V -- REGIONS
	1	Population by Region						     169
	2	Gross Domestic Product by Region				     172
	3	Construction Expenditures by Region				     175
	4	Regional Housing Indicators					     177
	5	Precast Concrete Product Demand by Region			     180
	6	Northeast Precast Concrete Product Demand			     183
	7	Midwest Precast Concrete Product Demand				     188
	8	South Precast Concrete Product Demand				     193
	9	West Precast Concrete Product Demand				     200

		SECTION VI -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	US Sales of Selected Precast Concrete
		   Product Manufacturers, 2010					     205
	2	Selected Cooperative Agreements					     225

				      LIST OF CHARTS

    CHART NUMBER								    PAGE


		SECTION VII -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

		SECTION VIII -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT
	1	Year of Construction of Housing Stock, 2010			      27
	2	Precast Concrete Product Pricing, 2000-2020			      49

		SECTION IX -- PRODUCTS
	1	Precast Concrete Product Demand by Product, 2010		      74

		SECTION X -- MARKETS
	1	Precast Concrete Product Demand by Market, 2010			     137

		SECTION XI -- REGIONS
	1	Precast Concrete Product Demand by Region, 2010			     180

		SECTION XII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
	1	US Precast Concrete Product Market Share, 2010			     207