Northern New Jersey Market Share Study 2010
The Northern New Jersey Chapter, NECA is conducting an update to the study of its local market, through a third-party research firm, MCA, Inc. The Chapter leads the nation in having the most updated and in-depth understanding of its market position and trends, and is using this information to develop winning strategies for market share improvement that in turn leads to more work for contractors and union labor. The Chapter is conducting an update through 2009 of the detailed categories that were examined last year, and analysis of (3) additional categories. Your response is essential to the success of this ongoing effort to understand the Chapter’s market position.
Please be assured that any information submitted to MCA, Inc. will be used solely for the completion of this project and will not be shared with anyone outside of this firm or otherwise identified with individual companies.

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During this short survey, you will be asked for sales figures for the 10 sales categories listed below. Please scroll down to begin the survey now.
*Please contact Robby Joseph, MCA, Inc’s survey administrator, at 810-232-9797 or rjoseph@mca.net, if you have any questions regarding this survey

*New Categories for Study
1. Single-family Residential: Includes new houses and town houses built to be sold or rented and units built by the owner or for the owner on contract. The classification excludes residential units in buildings that are primarily nonresidential. It also excludes manufactured housing and houseboats.

2. Warehouse: Warehouses and storage buildings, cold storage plants, grain elevators, and silos located at manufacturing sites are included in the manufacturing category.

3. Power:
*Doesn’t include power for Universities or Colleges
In addition to the types of facilities listed below, it also includes wind and solar energy facilities.
Electric
In addition to the types of facilities listed below, it also includes power plants (nuclear, oil, gas, coal, wood), nuclear reactors, and hydroelectric plants.
Distribution – includes electric distribution systems, electrical substations, switch houses, transformers, and transmission lines.
Gas Includes buildings and structures for the distribution, transmission, gathering, and storage of natural gas.
Oil Includes buildings and structures for the distribution, transmission, gathering, and storage of crude oil.

*2009 Update for Previously Studied Categories
4.Multi-Retail: In addition to the multi-retail establishments listed below, it also includes warehouse-type retail stores.
General merchandise – includes department stores and variety stores.
Shopping center – includes shopping centers, shopping plazas, shopping malls and town centers.

5. Office: In addition to the types of offices listed below, it also includes motion picture, television, and radio offices. Office buildings at manufacturing sites are classified as "manufacturing"; however, an office building owned by a manufacturing company and not located at a manufacturing site is classified as "office."
General- Administration buildings, computer centers, office buildings, professional buildings. State and local and federal also includes city halls, borough halls, municipal buildings, courthouses, state capitol buildings.
Financial- Includes banks, financial institutions, building & loans, saving & loans, and credit unions.

6. Communication: Includes telephone, television, and radio, distribution and maintenance buildings and structures.

7. Food & Beverage:
Food – includes supermarkets, bakeries, dairies, markets, convenience stores, delicatessens.
Dining/drinking – includes liquor stores, bars, nightclubs, cafés, diners, restaurants, cafeterias, taverns, inns (eat & drink only), and bistros. Also includes drive-in restaurants and fast food restaurants.

8. Multi-family Residential: Includes new apartments and condominiums. The classification excludes residential units in buildings that are primarily nonresidential. State and local includes remodeling, additions, and major replacements to multi-family properties subsequent to completion of original building as well as construction of additional housing units in existing residential structures, the addition of swimming pools and garages, and replacement of major equipment items such as water heaters, furnaces, central air-conditioners. Maintenance and repair work is excluded.

9. Educational: In addition to the types of educational facilities listed below, it also includes nursing schools, cosmetology and beauty schools, trade schools, military training facilities, schools for the handicapped, and modeling schools. Schools on Indian reservations are included in federal construction.
Preschool - Includes childcare and day-care centers, nurseries, and preschools.
Primary/secondary - Elementary schools, middle and junior high schools, high schools. It also includes academies, parochial schools, and vocational schools.
Higher education - In addition to the types of higher education facilities listed below, it also includes health centers and clinics located at colleges (including junior and community colleges) and universities. Instructional (includes instructional buildings & laboratories), Parking (includes parking lots & garages), Administration buildings, Dormitory (includes dormitories, living/learning centers, residence halls), Libraries (school), Student union/cafeteria buildings, Sports/recreation (includes gymnasiums, athletic field houses, arenas, coliseums & stadiums, outdoor courts or fields, racquetball courts, rinks, tennis courts, swimming pools), Infrastructure (includes power plants, water supply facilities, sewage and other infrastructure)
Other educational - Art Galleries, cultural centers, museums, Libraries (nonschool) and archives, zoos, arboreta, botanical gardens, planetariums and observatories.

10. Healthcare: Hospital - Includes hospitals, mental hospitals, infirmaries, and infrastructure. Medical building - Includes clinics, medical offices, medical labs, doctor & dentist offices, outpatient clinics, and research labs (non-manufacturing, non-educational, or non-hospital). Special care - Includes nursing homes, hospices, orphan homes, sanatoriums, drug clinics, rehabilitation centers, rest homes, and adult day-care centers.


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