Construction, new orders (discontinued), Q1 2004

Orders for new residential buildings continue to increase in 2004. The value of the company reserves of new residential building orders is 26 per cent higher at the end of the first quarter of 2004 compared with the same time last year. In the same period it was a decrease in orders on new commercial buildings. The value of the reserves of all building projects rose by 9 per cent from the end of first quarter 2003 to the end of the first quarter this year.

Increase in civil engineering works

The value of new orders received for civil engineering works increased in the first quarter 2004 and the value of company reserves for civil engineering works rose by 15 per cent during the first quarter this year.

Tables:

• Table 1 New orders received. Value indices, by project groups. 2000=100
• Table 2 Stock of orders, by project groups. Value indices. 2000=100
• Table 3 Stock of orders. Value indices by project groups and district. 2000=100
• Table 4 New orders received. Value indices, trend. 2000=100