Revised weight basis from the 1st  quarter 2025

The construction cost index for road construction and cost index for maintenance of roads uses a revised weight basis from the 1st quarter 2025. In addition, the reference period has been changed from the 1st quarter 2004 (2004 Q1 = 100) to the 4th quarter 2024 (2024 Q4 = 100).

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Construction cost index for road construction

The construction cost index measures the quarterly costs of road construction and maintenance of roads. The cost indices are not affected by changes in productivity or changes in profit margins. The indices are used primarily to regulate construction contracts.

Updated: 28 April 2025
Next update: 25 July 2025

Selected figures from the statistics

  • Construction cost index for road constructions. 1st quarter 2004=100
    Construction cost index for road constructions. 1st quarter 2004=100
    1st quarter 2025Change in per cent
    4th quarter 2024 - 1st quarter 20251st quarter 2024 - 1st quarter 2025
    Road construction, total102.02.03.2
    Open air roads102.42.43.3
    Concrete bridges101.31.33.6
    Rock tunnels101.91.92.8
    Maintenance of roads, total102.62.63.5
    Asphalt works103.03.03.7
    Maintenance of roads except asphalt works102.52.5..
    Maintenance in wintertime102.42.42.4
    Maintenance of roads except in wintertime102.52.5..
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About the statistics

The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 21 April 2023.

The construction cost index for roads and the cost index for maintenance of roads measure the changes in the prices of input factors to the construction and maintenance of roads. CCI ignores gains in productivity and changes in profit margins.

Labour cost is divided into two main components, which are calculated separately: wages and salaries for actual worked hours, and other labour costs. Other labour costs include wages and salaries for hours not worked and social security charges.

A Laspeyres price index is a price index where the weights remain fixed. A chained Laspeyres price index is an index linked by Laspeyres indices with different sets of weights.

Price: Actual sales prices to the construction industry. Price on the 15th of the mid-month in the quarter exclusive VAT. Some distributors report a quarterly average price.

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