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Construction costs up 0.5 per cent
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Construction cost index for residential buildings, February 2002

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Construction costs up 0.5 per cent

The index of residential buildings rose by 0.5 per cent in February compared with January this year. Material costs increased by 0.2 per cent in the same period.

The construction costs of multi-dwelling houses and detached houses rose by 1.3 and 0.5 per cent respectively last month. In the same period the material costs for carpentering increased the most, by 0.4 per cent for detached houses of wood and 0.3 per cent for multi-dwelling houses.

The construction costs of residential buildings rose by 3.9 per cent during last year. The material costs increased by 2.2 per cent in the same period. Wage statistics for the fourth quarter 2002 are included and contributed to an increase of labour costs by 0.3 per cent in February compared with January this 2003.

Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100
  February 2003 Per cent
  January-February 2003 February 2002-February 2003
Residential buildings1  111.2 0.5 3.9
Residential buildings, labour cost  114.5 0.3 5.4
Residential buildings, materials  108.5 0.2 2.2
       
Detached houses of wood  110.9 0.5 3.7
Detached houses of wood, materials  108.4 0.3 2.2
       
Multi-dwelling houses  112.9 1.3 5.0
Multi-dwelling houses, materials  109.2 0.1 2.2
1  Construction cost index for residential buildings is weighted by index for detached houses of wood and
index for multi-dwelling houses.