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Minor changes in road construction costs
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Construction cost index for road construction, Q2 2014

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Minor changes in road construction costs

Road construction costs increased by 0.5 per cent from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2014. Labour costs rose by 1.0 per cent, while material and machinery costs increased by 0.5 and 0.3 per cent respectively in the same period.

Construction cost index for road constructions. 1st quarter 2004=100Published 4 July 2014
2nd quarter 2014Change in per cent
1st quarter 2014 - 2nd quarter 20142nd quarter 2013 - 2nd quarter 2014
Road construction, total152.10.52.1
Open air roads152.40.41.9
Concrete bridges156.31.02.3
Rock tunnels146.50.42.2
 
Maintenance of roads, total153.90.63.4
Asphalt work171.40.23.3
Maintenance in wintertime145.20.62.9

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 concrete bridges rose by 1.0 per cent in the second quarter of 2014. In the same period, the costs of open air road and rock tunnels both increased by 0.4 per cent. From the second quarter of 2013 to the second quarter of 2014, the total road construction costs rose by 2.1 per cent.

Road maintenance costs increased by 0.6 per cent from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2014, and are 3.4 per cent higher than in the second quarter of 2013.