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Road construction costs up
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Construction cost index for road construction, 15 May 2013

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Road construction costs up

Road construction costs increased by 1.3 per cent from the first to the second quarter of 2013. The machinery costs rose by 3.1 per cent, while labour and materials costs increased by 1.2 and 0.8 per cent respectively in the same period.

Construction cost index for road constructions. 1st quarter 2004=100Published 5 July 2013
2nd quarter 2013Change in per cent
1st quarter 2013 - 2nd quarter 20132nd quarter 2012 - 2nd quarter 2013
Road construction, total149.01.33.0
Open air roads149.51.62.7
Concrete bridges152.80.82.9
Rock tunnels143.31.04.2
 
Maintenance of roads, total148.90.71.4
Asphalt work165.90.1-2.4
Maintenance in wintertime141.10.82.0

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 roads rose the most, by 1.6 per cent. The costs of rock tunnels and concrete bridges increased by 1.0 and 0.8 per cent respectively. From the second quarter of 2012 to the second quarter of 2013, the total road construction costs rose by 3.0 per cent.

Road maintenance costs increased by 0.7 per cent from the first to the second quarter of 2013, and are 1.4 per cent higher than in the second quarter of 2012.