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Small changes in construction costs
The construction costs of residential buildings increased by 0.2 per cent in February 2002 compared with the previous month. Labour costs remained unchanged and material costs rose by 0.2 per cent during the same period.
There were minor changes in material costs within the building industry except for stone, clay and cement work for detached houses. The latter rose by 0.6 per cent.
The construction costs of residential buildings rose by 3.0 per cent in February 2002 compared with February 2001. Material costs increased by 2.6 per cent and labour costs increased by 4.0 per cent in the same period.
Construction cost index for residential buildings. January 2000=100 |
February 2002 | Per cent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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January-February 2002 | February 2001-February 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings1 | 109.0 | 0.2 | 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, labour cost | 110.4 | 0.0 | 4.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential buildings, materials | 108.4 | 0.2 | 2.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood | 108.9 | 0.1 | 2.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Detached houses of wood, materials | 108.2 | 0.1 | 2.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses | 109.5 | 0.4 | 3.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Multi-dwelling houses, materials | 109.3 | 0.3 | 3.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Construction cost index for residential buildings is weighted by index for detached houses of wood and index for multi-dwelling houses. |
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