Engineering & construction publications

  • Engineering growth: Q1 2013 Engineering growth
    Engineering growth
    Engineering growth is a quarterly analysis of global merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the engineering and construction industry. Each edition includes a review of overall deal activity for the quarter and year-to-date, as well as a summary of large deals.
  • Building confidence: Subject matter specialists in government contracting enhance quality and reduce risk Building confidence: Subject matter specialists in government contracting enhance quality and reduce risk
    Building confidence: Subject matter specialists in government contracting enhance quality and reduce risk
    Engineering and construction companies may find opportunities in purchasing contracts from federal, state or local governments. To achieve success in contracting with governments, companies must comply with regulations. Using construction subject matter professionals in government contracting can help to create a successful outcome to contracting with governments.
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  • Material gains in sustainability: The business case for the construction products sector Material gains in sustainability: The business case for the construction products sector
    Material gains in sustainability: The business case for the construction products sector
    The construction industry must work more closely with government to deliver improvements in energy, resource and carbon efficiency. Much of the industry sees sustainable construction as an opportunity, based on the evidence from this survey.
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  • Under construction: Current financial reporting issues impacting the engineering and construction industry Under construction: Current financial reporting issues impacting the engineering and construction industry
    Under construction: Current financial reporting issues impacting the engineering and construction industry
    An exposure draft released by the FASB and IASB proposes a reporting model that will impact current revenue recognition under both US GAAP and IFRS for the engineering and construction industry in transfer of control, identification of performance obligations, determining the transaction price, and accounting for warranties.
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  • Emergence of new examination approach - joint audits Emergence of new examination approach - joint audits
    Emergence of new examination approach - joint audits
    Industrial companies with multinational operations need to take into account the potential risks and cost-saving rewards with respect to all taxing jurisdictions involved. PwC tax specialists discuss the key points in deciding whether to pursue a joint audit.
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  • Global industrial products tax alert - Green paper on the future of EU VAT Global industrial products tax alert - Green paper on the future of EU VAT
    Global industrial products tax alert - Green paper on the future of EU VAT
    On Dec 1, 2010, the EC issued a “Green Paper on the future of EU VAT – Towards a simpler, more robust and efficient VAT system”. This Green Paper provides a once in a lifetime opportunity for Industrial Products companies to submit comments to help shape future reforms.
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  • Global construction 2020
    Global construction 2020
    Global Construction 2020 provides analysis of long-term forecasts for the global construction industry, including housing, infrastructure and non-housing building construction. The report compares and contrasts major regional construction markets including US and Canada, Central and South America, Western and Eastern European Countries, Japan, Australia, BRIC countries, Asia Pacific and Middle East and Africa.
  • Engineering & Construction Accounting: The application of revenue recognition models in the engineering and construction industry
    Engineering & Construction Accounting: The application of revenue recognition models in the engineering and construction industry
    Engineering and construction companies have alternatives when applying construction contract standards, including a method to calculate percentage of completion (input or output methods) or recognizing revenue, costs of revenue and gross profit (Revenue or Gross Profit method).
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  • Assembling value - Global industrial manufacturing M&A analysis: Q3 2010 Emerging conversations: Global Industrial Products Tax Alert. Changes to the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines Chapters I-III
    Emerging conversations: Global Industrial Products Tax Alert. Changes to the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines Chapters I-III
    In the first of a new series of Global Tax Alerts, we help you to understand the changes to chapters I-III and the impacts we think they will have on global businesses in the industrial sectors.
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  • The Global Economic Crime Survey: Engineering & construction sector summary
    The Global Economic Crime Survey: Engineering & construction sector summary
    PwC's 4th biennial engineering and construction sector summary of the Global Economic Crime Survey scrutinised fraud and associated integrity risks during a period in which most territories around the world experienced either a dramatic economic downturn or at the very least a significant slowdown.
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  • Simplifying Your Industrial Business Simplifying your industrial business
    Simplifying your industrial business
    Many industrial products companies are diverse businesses, with multiple divisions operating in a number of different countries and regions. These businesses often have a wide-ranging, complicated structure of legal entities supporting them.
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  • Corruption prevention in the engineering & construction industry
    Corruption prevention in the engineering & construction industry
    Engineering & construction companies face a disproportionately higher risk of being involved in corruption. Management need to ensure that this risk is both recognised and addressed. The paper outlines the issues, why it is currently a hot topic, suggests a number of questions companies ought to be asking internally, to those who have the responsibility of dealing with corruption, and finally offers ways in which PwC can assist.
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  • Engineering change: Potential impact of revenue recognition on the engineering & construction industry
    Engineering change: Potential impact of revenue recognition on the engineering & construction industry
    The joint IASB/FASB draft discussion paper has potentially significant effects for many of our engineering & construction clients if it were to become a Standard in its present form and replace IAS 11.
    108 KB PDF file | Free download
  • Navigation: Managing commodity risk through market uncertainty
    Navigation: Managing commodity risk through market uncertainty
    Navigation: Managing commodity risk through market uncertainty, provides information on how clients can successfully navigate the current commodity market situation by embedding effective risk management throughout their organizations. In addition to price volatility, the report provides details on changing global trade patterns, geopolitical risk, counterparty and credit risk, and changing US commodity trading regulations.
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  • Infrastructure in India: A vast land of construction opportunity Infrastructure in India: A vast land of construction opportunity
    Infrastructure in India: A vast land of construction opportunity
    In this paper, we examine the opportunities for the engineering and construction (E&C) industry in India, one of the fastest growing economies in the world. We also focus on the structuring opportunities and some of the challenges overseas participants are likely to encounter.
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  • International Mobility in the Engineering & Construction Industry: Analysis and insight on trends and best practice International mobility in the engineering & construction industry: Analysis and insight on trends and best practice
    International mobility in the engineering & construction industry: Analysis and insight on trends and best practice
    In this paper, we take a close look at trends and best practice across the engineering & construction (E&C) industry with regard to moving people to work abroad. We draw on interviews with 24 companies in the sector from around the globe, covering areas such as international assignment policy, compliance, reward, cost effectiveness and talent management.
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  • Building new Europe's infrastructure - Public private partnerships in Central and Eastern Europe Building new Europe's infrastructure - Public private partnerships in Central and Eastern Europe
    Building new Europe's infrastructure - Public private partnerships in Central and Eastern Europe
    In the paper, we outline the opportunities in infrastructure projects in CEE, EU funding, challenges and key success factors on bidding and delivering on projects in CEE – a region requiring a significant infrastructure investment. In addition to providing a backdrop for the CEE region as a whole, the paper includes territory focuses on five major territories where opportunities are the most plentiful – Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and the Czech Republic.
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