15 November 2016

2016- n° 297

In August 2016, producer costs for construction were virtually stable (+0.1%) Costs of production indices in construction - August 2016

In August 2016, producer costs in construction were virtually stable again (+0.1%). They rose slightly in construction of buildings (+0.2% after +0.1%) and were virtually stable in specialised construction works (+0.1% like in the previous month) and in civil engineering (−0.1% after five consecutive months of rise). Over a year, producer costs increased in construction (+0.3 %) for the first time since the spring of 2014 : they rose again in building construction (+0.4% after +0.2%) and in specialised construction works (+0.6% after +0.5%) while they decreased less steeply in civil engineering (−1.4% after −2.0%).

In August 2016, material costs rose in building construction (+0.6% after 0.0%) and in renovation of existing buildings (+0.3% after −0.1%). In civil engineering, these costs declined (−0.4%), after four months of rise, due to the downturn in bitumen prices. In specialised works for civil engineering, they were stable like in July. Material costs remained lower than a year before in all sectors : in construction of buildings (−1.6%) as well as in renovation of existing buildings (−1.0%), in civil engineering (−5.4%) and in specialised works for civil engineering (−1.9%).

In August 2016, equipment cost was stable in building construction after a decline in July (−0.9%). It was stable in public works too (after −0.2% in July).

In August 2016, the cost of energy continued to decline in building construction (−3.2% after −2.3%) and to a lesser extent in public works (−0.9% after −2.9%), because of the decrease in the prices of diesel.

Over a year, the cost of energy decreased in building construction (−2.5%) as well as in public works (−2.6%).