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Higher costs for road construction
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Construction cost index for road construction, Q1 2014

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Higher costs for road construction

Road construction costs increased by 1.2 per cent from the fourth quarter of 2013 to the first quarter of 2014. Machinery costs rose by 1.8 per cent, while material and labour costs increased by 1.4 and 1.1 per cent respectively in the same period.

Construction cost index for road constructions. 1st quarter 2004=100Published 25 April 2014
1st quarter 2014Change in per cent
4th quarter 2013 - 1st quarter 20141st quarter 2013 - 1st quarter 2014
Road construction, total151.31.22.9
Open air roads151.81.33.1
Concrete bridges154.80.92.1
Rock tunnels145.91.22.8
 
Maintenance of roads, total153.01.13.5
Asphalt work171.10.83.3
Maintenance in wintertime144.41.03.2

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 roads rose by 1.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2014. In the same period, the costs of rock tunnels and concrete bridges increased by 1.2 and 0.9 per cent respectively. From the first quarter of 2013 to the first quarter of 2014, the total road construction costs rose by 2.9 per cent.

Road maintenance costs increased by 1.1 per cent from the fourth quarter of 2013 to the first quarter of 2014, and are 3.5 per cent higher than in the first quarter of 2013.