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Construction costs up 0.4 per cent
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Construction cost index for residential buildings, August 2003

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Construction costs up 0.4 per cent

The index of residential buildings rose by 0.4 per cent in August compared with July 2003. Material costs increased by 0.1 per cent in the same period.

The increase in construction costs is due to the fact that wage statistics for the second quarter 2003 are included in the index of residential buildings for August. This contributed to an increase of labour costs by 1.0 per cent in August compared with July.

The construction costs of residential buildings rose by 2.5 per cent during last year. The material costs increased by 2.0 per cent in the same period.

Construction cost index for residential buildings. 2000=100
  August 2003 Per cent
  July-August 2003 August 2002-August 2003
Residential buildings1  111.7 0.4 2.5
Residential buildings, labour cost  116.3 1.0 4.0
Residential buildings, materials  109.6 0.1 2.0
       
Detached houses of wood  111.6 0.5 2.5
Detached houses of wood, materials  109.4 0.1 2.1
       
Multi-dwelling houses  112.3 0.4 2.7
Multi-dwelling houses, materials  110.3 0.1 2.0
1  Construction cost index for residential buildings is weighted by index for detached houses
of wood and index for multi-dwelling houses.