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Minor changes in plumbing costs
The construction costs of plumbing works in office and commercial buildings increased by 0.1 per cent from July to August this year. The labour costs rose by 0.6 per cent, while material costs remained unchanged in the same period.
Wage statistics for the second quarter of 2011 are included in the index for August, and this is the main reason for the cost increase.
From August 2010 to August 2011 the construction costs of plumbing works in office and commercial buildings rose by 6.6 per cent. The costs of sanitary installations and heating installations increased by 7.1 and 6.1 per cent respectively in the same period.
Weigth per cent1 | August 2011 | Change in per cent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Plumbing costs total | 100.0 | 179.3 | 0.1 | 6.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Administrative expenses | 17.3 | 149.1 | 0.2 | 3.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Labour costs | 26.0 | 159.8 | 0.6 | 4.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Materials | 55.3 | 197.8 | 0.0 | 8.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sanitary installastions | 54.5 | 180.0 | 0.1 | 7.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Materials | 32.7 | 195.7 | 0.1 | 8.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Heating installations | 45.5 | 178.6 | 0.2 | 6.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Materials | 22.6 | 200.9 | 0.0 | 7.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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