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Continued growth in construction
The turnover in the construction industry was NOK 66.0 billion in the 2nd period of 2016. This corresponds to a growth of NOK 2.2 per cent compared to the same period in 2015.
Turnover (NOK mill.) | Change in per cent | |||
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2nd period 2016 | 2nd period 2015 | 2nd period 2015 - 2nd period 2016 | this year compared with the same period last year (per cent) | |
1Turnover exclusive value added tax | ||||
2More details data found in Statbank Norway, figur number 09347. | ||||
3House building cooperative and Other development and sale of real estate are not included. | ||||
Industry division2 | ||||
Total | 65 995.2 | 64 582.9 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
41.2 Construction of residential and non-residential buildings3 | 26 735.0 | 25 791.2 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
42.1 Construction of roads and railways | 5 785.0 | 5 816.9 | -0.5 | 1.0 |
42.2 Construction of utility projects | 2 051.7 | 1 965.1 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
42.9 Construction of other civil engineering projects | 305.3 | 298.4 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
43.1 Demolition and site preparation | 7 585.4 | 7 626.1 | -0.5 | 0.3 |
43.2 Electrical, plumbing and other construction installation activities | 14 396.3 | 14 131.4 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
43.3 Building completion and finishing | 3 622.2 | 3 537.5 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
43.9 Other specialised construction activities | 5 514.3 | 5 416.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
The total turnover in construction of buildings was NOK 26.7 billion in the 2nd period of 2016 and corresponds to an increase of 3.7 per cent, compared to the 2nd period of 2015.
There was an increase of 0.8 per cent within civil engineering from the 2nd period of 2015 to the 2nd period of 2016. The turnover was NOK 8.1 billion. In the division “Specialised construction activities”, there was an increase of 1.3 per cent in the 2nd period of 2016 compared to the same period in the year before. The turnover was NOK 31.1 billion.
The highest growth in turnover was found in Vestfold and Aust-Agder with a growth of 19.5 and 22 per cent respectively compared with the 2nd period of 2015. The local kind-of-activity units in Rogaland had a decrease of 12.5 per cent.
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