Press release: 12.003-069/19

Construction costs increased in March 2019 in annual comparison

Vienna, 2019-04-15 – The construction cost index (CCI 2015) for construction of residential buildings reached 107.7 index points in March 2019, according to calculations by Statistics Austria. This represents an increase of 1.5% over March 2018. Compared to February 2019, the index remained unchanged.

The index for road construction increased to 107.8 index points (+3.8% in annual comparison), the index for bridge construction changed to 108.4 points (+1.2% compared to March 2018), and the index for sanitary engineering reached 107.0 points (+2.8% in annual comparison).

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