What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| transactional/sales | Contractors' ERP systems, public procurement platforms (TED/EU, national e-procurement) for awarded pipeline and sewer contracts, utility… | Per contract award / per progress invoice or milestone payment | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | Municipal and national planning authorities, road/highway authorities issuing street works permits (e.g. UK Street Manager, Dutch/German… | Per permit / per works site with start-end dates and location | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistical offices (LFS, structural business statistics), sectoral social funds/paritarian bodies (e.g. Belgian Constructiv… | Monthly/quarterly sectoral aggregates; per-worker per-shift on site systems | public |
| financial filings | National company registers (Companies House, Handelsregister, Infogreffe), credit bureaus (Creditsafe, Dun & Bradstreet, Bureau van Dijk)… | Annual per legal entity; segment revenue for listed groups | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Occupational safety regulators (HSE, national labour inspectorates), utility damage/strike registers held by gas and water network… | Per incident (date, site, injury type, cause); per utility strike report | public |
| weather-dependent metrics | National meteorological services, contractors logging weather standdown/delay claims, insurers assessing frost and flood delay | Daily per site (rainfall, ground frost, groundwater level); per delay event | public |
| waste & emissions | Waste transfer/consignment note systems and environmental agencies (excavated soil, contaminated spoil), contractors' carbon accounting… | Per waste consignment/tonne per site; per-project embodied and operational… | public |
| pricing | Construction cost data publishers (RSMeans, BCIS, Sirados/Baukosten), statistical offices publishing civil-engineering construction cost… | Per unit rate (e.g. per metre of DN300 pipe laid), monthly index series | purchasable |
| inventory & supply chain | Pipe and fittings manufacturers/distributors (ductile iron, HDPE, concrete pipe), builders' merchants, contractor procurement systems | Per SKU per depot, per purchase order/delivery | partnership |
| sensor/IoT | Equipment OEMs and telematics providers (Caterpillar VisionLink, Komatsu, Trimble, Leica machine-control), rental fleet operators… | Per machine per second/hour: location, engine hours, fuel, blade/bucket position | partnership |
| geospatial/movement | Utility network owners (water, gas, district heating) and their asset registers, national underground-asset registries (e.g. KLIC in NL… | Per pipe segment / per network node, plus as-built survey point clouds | partnership |
| energy consumption | Fuel card providers and plant fuel suppliers for site diesel, rental firms metering generators and dewatering pumps | Per fuel delivery/refuelling event, per machine per month | partnership |
| logistics & freight movement | Aggregate and pipe hauliers, tipper fleet telematics, abnormal-load permit authorities for large-diameter pipe and boring rig transport | Per load / per haul trip | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Plant hire and specialist equipment rental companies (HDD rigs, trenchers, well-point dewatering), contractor plant departments | Per asset per day on/off hire | partnership |
| production output | Contractors' site progress reporting and client engineers; national statistical offices publishing civil engineering output indices for… | Metres of pipe laid per day per crew (internal); monthly output value indices… | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | Water and gas utilities' asset management systems, sewer CCTV survey contractors (WRc MSCC / EN 13508 coded surveys), leak detection… | Per pipe segment condition grade, per survey run | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Independent testing labs and notified bodies, contractors' QA departments, water utility acceptance regimes (pressure tests, weld… | Per weld / per test section / per pipe run | partnership |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.