17 September 2015

2015- n° 228
In June 2015, producer cost indices for construction were stable Costs of production indices in construction - June 2015

In June 2015, production costs in construction were stable (after +0.2% in May), being unchanged or virtually unchanged in the different fields of activity. Over a year, the production costs in construction were down (–0.7%) due to a sharp decrease in civil engineering (–3.9%), while they were almost stable in the construction of buildings (–0.1%) and stable in specialised construction works.

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tableautablo1 – Producer cost indices for construction

In %

Producer cost indices for construction (In %)
NAF	Heading	Weights (in %)	June 15/ May 15	June 15/ June 14
F	Construction	100.0	- 0.0	- 0.7
41.2	Construction of buildings	10.1	- 0.1	- 0.1
42	Civil engineering	16.2	+ 0.0	- 3.9
43	Specialised construction works	73.7	- 0.0	- 0.0
43BT	Buildings	64.2	- 0.0	+ 0.4
43BTC	New buildings	24.6	- 0.1	- 0.0
43BTR	Existing buildings	39.6	+ 0.0	+ 0.6
43TP	Specialised works for civil engineering	9.5	- 0.0	- 2.8
BT	Buildings (41.2 + 43BT)	74.3	- 0.0	+ 0.3
TP	Public works (42 + 43TP)	25.7	- 0.0	- 3.5

Source: INSEE

tableautablo2 – Items of producer cost indices for construction

In %

Items of producer cost indices for construction (In %)
Costs		Q1 15 / Q4 14	Q2 15 / Q1 15	June 15/ May 15	June 15/ June 14
Equipment	Buildings - structural works	+ 0.2	+ 0.1	+ 0.3	+ 2.3
	Buildings - finishing	+ 0.3	0.0	+ 0.6	+ 4.4
	Public works	+ 0.5	- 0.1	0.0	- 0.7
Labour	Labour costs in construction	+ 0.7	- 0.4	0.0	+ 1.1
Energy	Buildings	- 5.1	+ 4.3	- 1.3	- 6.9
	Public works	- 4.6	+ 5.7	- 1.6	- 9.1
Material	Construction of buildings	- 0.8	- 0.1	- 0.4	- 1.7
	Existing buildings	- 0.7	- 0.3	- 0.0	- 0.8
	Civil engineering	- 8.9	+ 2.0	+ 0.3	- 9.6
	Specialised works for civil engineering	- 0.4	- 0.1	- 0.4	- 0.8
Services	Construction	+ 0.4	+ 0.2	+ 0.3	+ 0.7
Transport	Buildings	- 1.4	+ 1.3	- 0.3	- 1.0
	Public works	- 1.3	+ 1.0	0.0	- 1.0

Source: INSEE

graphiqueGRCoutUK – Production costs in construction

Materials

In June 2015, materials costs for construction of buildings and specialised works for civil engineering decreased (–0.4%), in particular because of the fall of ready-mixed concrete prices (–0.6%). In civil engineering, materials costs continued to rise (+0.3% after +1.4%) due to higher prices of bitumen (+2.6% in June after +6.5% in May, but –30.0% over a year).

graphiqueGRMUK – Materials costs

Equipment

In June 2015, material costs picked up in finishing (+0.6% after 0.2%) due to higher prices of machine tools. They levelled off in public works.

graphiqueGRKUK – Equipment cost

graphiqueGRtravailUK – Labour cost in construction

Energy

In June 2015, energy cost fell back in construction of buildings (–1.3% after +2.1%, –6.9% over a year), due to the decrease in diesel prices. It slipped a bit more in public works (–1.6% after +1.3%; –9.1% over a year), due to a further decline in the price of heavy fuel oil.

graphiqueGRenergieUK – Energy cost

tableaurevisionUK – Revisions of costs of production indices in construction

In points

Revisions of costs of production indices in construction (In points)
		Mar. 15	Apr. 15	May. 15
F	Construction	///	-0.3	+0.1
41.2	Construction of buildings	///	-0.2	///
42	Civil engineering	///	-0.1	///
43	Specialised construction works	///	-0.3	///

Reading note: producer cost for construction between March and April 2015 published in July 2015 has been updated from +0.1% to –0.2%, that is to say a downward revision by 0.3 point, in line with the dissemination of the last values of the labour cost index.
Source: INSEE