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Road construction costs up
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Construction cost index for road construction, Q3 2014

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Road construction costs up

Road construction costs increased by 1.3 per cent from the second quarter to the third quarter of 2014. Material costs rose by 2.2 per cent, while labour and machinery costs increased by 1.0 and 0.6 per cent respectively in the same period.

Construction cost index for road constructions. 1st quarter 2004=100Published 17 October 2014
3rd quarter 2014Change in per cent
2nd quarter 2014 - 3rd quarter 20143rd quarter 2013 - 3rd quarter 2014
Road construction, total154.11.32.2
Open air roads154.91.62.1
Concrete bridges157.50.82.4
Rock tunnels148.01.02.3
 
Maintenance of roads, total155.81.22.4
Asphalt work175.62.52.5
Maintenance in wintertime146.40.82.2

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Construction cost index for road constructions and cost index for maintenance of roads. Percentage change from the same quarter the previous year

The construction costs of open air road rose by 1.6 per cent in the third quarter of 2014. In the same period, the costs of rock tunnels and concrete bridges increased by 1.0 and 0.8 per cent respectively. From the third quarter of 2013 to the third quarter of 2014, the total road construction costs rose by 2.2 per cent.

Road maintenance costs increased by 1.2 per cent from the second quarter to the third quarter of 2014, and are 2.4 per cent higher than in the third quarter of 2013.