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Higher costs for road construction
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Construction cost index for road construction, 15 August 2013

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Higher costs for road construction

Road construction costs increased by 1.2 per cent from the second to the third quarter of 2013. Labour costs rose by 2.6 per cent, while materials and machinery costs increased by 0.4 and 0.3 per cent respectively in the same period.

Construction cost index for road constructions. 1st quarter 2004=100Published 18 October 2013
3rd quarter 2013Change in per cent
2nd quarter 2013 - 3rd quarter 20133rd quarter 2012 - 3rd quarter 2013
Road construction, total150.81.23.9
Open air roads151.71.54.0
Concrete bridges153.80.72.8
Rock tunnels144.71.04.9
 
Maintenance of roads, total152.12.13.8
Asphalt work171.43.33.2
Maintenance in wintertime143.21.53.1

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Construction cost index for road constructions and Cost index for maintenance of roads. Percentage change from the same quarter the previous year

The construction costs of open air road rose by 1.5 per cent in the third quarter of 2013. In the same period, the costs of rock tunnels and concrete bridges increased by 1.0 and 0.7 per cent respectively. From the third quarter of 2012 to the third quarter of 2013, the total road construction costs rose by 3.9 per cent.

Road maintenance costs increased by 2.1 per cent from the second to the third quarter of 2013, and are 3.8 per cent higher than in the third quarter of 2012.