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Higher wages behind rise in plumbing costs
The construction costs of plumbing works in office and commercial buildings rose by 1.2 per cent from October to November. Increased labour costs were the main reason behind the increase.
Labour costs rose by 3.6 per cent from October to November, while material costs remained unchanged.
The construction costs of plumbing works in office and commercial buildings increased by 5.2 per cent from November 2006 to November 2007.
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per cent1 |
November
2007 |
Change
in per cent |
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October 2007-
November 2007 |
November 2006-
November 2007 |
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Plumbing costs, total | 100.0 | 148.8 | 1.2 | 5.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Administrative expenses | 17.3 | 131.1 | 2.0 | 2.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Labour costs | 26.0 | 143.7 | 3.6 | 6.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Materials | 55.3 | 156.9 | 0.0 | 5.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sanitary installastions | 54.5 | 147.9 | 1.1 | 3.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Materials | 32.7 | 154.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Heating installations | 45.5 | 150.0 | 1.4 | 6.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Materials | 22.6 | 161.1 | 0.0 | 8.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The sum of weights for administrative expenses, labour costs and materials
deviate from 100 because transport costs are excluded. |
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