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13 May 2026 · n° 117
Construction of buildings indices, Civil engineering indices and miscellaneous indices
for construction in March 2026 Building indices, Civil engineering indices and Various indices for Construction -
March 2026
Preliminary evolutions of hydrocarbons price indices in April 2026: given the current crisis in the Middle East, the preliminary evolutions between March and April 2026 for several hydrocarbons price indices used in the calculation of some indices are specified at the end of this publication for information purposes only. They are not included in the calculation of the indices for March 2026. These evolutions are preliminary and not final. Revisions may be made before the next publication of the construction indices on 12 June 2026.
tableauBuilding indices
| Heading | January 2026 | February 2026 | March 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BT02 | Earthworks | 137.2 | 137.9 | 143.3 |
| BT03 | Masonry and concrete pipes (except frame, reinforced concrete, tiling, coatings and plastering) | 136.2 | 136.7 | 137.5 |
| BT06 | Framework, reinforced concrete structures | 133.0 | 133.5 | 134.3 |
| BT07 | Framework and metal frames | 144.6 | 144.6 | 146.5 |
| BT08 | Plaster and prefabricated plaster | 129.5 | 130.1 | 130.7 |
| BT09 | Ceramic coatings and tiles | 132.0 | 132.6 | 132.9 |
| BT10 | Plastic coatings | 137.7 | 138.1 | 139.3 |
| BT11 | Textile coatings | 144.1 | 144.6 | 145.0 |
| BT14 | Coatings in cut natural stone plate and similar products | 140.8 | 141.3 | 142.1 |
| BT16b | Wood frame | 141.6 | 142.3 | 143.4 |
| BT18a | Inside wood joinery | 138.2 | 138.7 | 139.6 |
| BT19b | Outside wood joinery | 143.6 | 143.9 | 144.8 |
| BT26 | Plastic bay closing works including PVC window | 133.2 | 133.7 | 136.2 |
| BT27 | Aluminium bay window closing works | 142.9 | 144.2 | 145.8 |
| BT28 | Ferrous metals bay closing works | 133.4 | 134.9 | 135.9 |
| BT30 | Schist slates roofing | 149.9 | 150.3 | 151.5 |
| BT32 | Baked clay tiles roofing | 143.9 | 145.1 | 145.2 |
| BT33 | Concrete tiles roofing | 135.6 | 136.6 | 138.1 |
| BT34 | Zinc and metal roofing (except copper) | 144.7 | 145.3 | 146.1 |
| BT35 | Asphalt shingles roofing | 147.4 | 147.7 | 147.8 |
| BT38 | Sanitary plumbing (including apparatus) | 142.2 | 143.7 | 144.0 |
| BT40 | Central heating (excluding electrical heating) | 131.6 | 131.8 | 132.6 |
| BT41 | Ventilation and air conditioning | 138.2 | 138.0 | 138.3 |
| BT42 | Joinery of steel and locksmiths | 140.4 | 140.6 | 142.6 |
| BT43 | Aluminium alloy joinery | 139.4 | 140.3 | 141.7 |
| BT45 | Glazing works - Mirror works | 151.3 | 150.7 | 151.0 |
| BT46 | Painting, wall hanging, wall coverings | 136.6 | 136.6 | 137.2 |
| BT47 | Electricity | 131.6 | 132.1 | 132.5 |
| BT48 | Elevators | 137.8 | 139.5 | 139.6 |
| BT49 | Ribbed sheet steel roofing and cladding with waterproofing membrane | 141.9 | 143.0 | 144.4 |
| BT50 | All trades maintenance (in existing buildings) | 137.3 | 137.7 | 138.5 |
| BT51 | PVC joinery | 132.4 | 132.7 | 133.8 |
| BT52 | Exterior waterproofing coatings | 140.3 | 140.5 | 142.8 |
| BT53 | Waterproofing works | 132.0 | 131.7 | 133.2 |
| BT54 | Wood framework | 137.5 | 138.2 | 139.1 |
| BT55 | Exterior insulation and finish system | 138.4 | 138.3 | 138.9 |
| BT01 | (Construction of new buildings) All trades works | 134.7 | 135.1 | 135.9 |
- Source: INSEE.
tableauCivil engineering indices
| Heading | January 2026 | February 2026 | March 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TP02 | New civil engineering and structure works, or renovation | 137.5 | 137.5 | 138.9 |
| TP03a | Large-scale excavation works | 135.1 | 135.7 | 141.6 |
| TP03b | Blasting works | 119.7 | 120.1 | 123.3 |
| TP04 | Foundations and geotechnical works | 134.3 | 134.3 | 137.2 |
| TP05a | Traditional underground works | 136.7 | 136.6 | 137.9 |
| TP05b | Underground works in tunnel boring machines | 138.0 | 137.6 | 138.7 |
| TP06a | Large-scale marine dredging | 138.6 | 139.3 | 153.2 |
| TP06b | River dredging and small marine dredging | 133.5 | 134.0 | 143.4 |
| TP07b | Civil works, concrete and steel for maritime and river works | 136.8 | 137.5 | 140.8 |
| TP08 | Roads development works and maintenance in rural and urban areas | 127.8 | 129.2 | 134.1 |
| TP09 | Making and implementation of mixes | 119.5 | 121.7 | 129.1 |
| TP10b | Pipe works, with no supply of pipes | 134.4 | 134.9 | 136.8 |
| TP10c | Rehabilitation of non-visitable pipes | 129.3 | 129.5 | 133.4 |
| TP10d | Heating and cooling networks with supply of pipes | 127.2 | 126.3 | 130.5 |
| TP10e | Pipe works, sanitation and water supply with supply of pipes in cast iron | 130.0 | 130.6 | 133.1 |
| TP10f | Pipe works, sanitation and water supply with supply of multi-material pipes | 131.4 | 132.1 | 134.1 |
| TP11 | Long-distance transport / transfer pipelines, pipes supplied | 130.9 | 131.8 | 134.8 |
| TP12a | Energy and communication networking except fiber optics | 136.4 | 137.6 | 139.9 |
| TP12b | Public lighting Installation works | 129.8 | 127.6 | 132.2 |
| TP12c | Public lighting Maintenance works | 131.2 | 130.8 | 132.8 |
| TP12d | Fiber optic networks | 127.4 | 127.8 | 128.6 |
| TP13a | Carpentry and metal art works | 147.7 | 148.9 | 150.4 |
| TP13b | Structural steelwork excluding supply of steel | 139.7 | 139.6 | 140.8 |
| TP01 | All works General index | 131.4 | 132.2 | 136.3 |
- Source: INSEE.
tableauMiscellaneous indices for construction
| Heading | January 2026 | February 2026 | March 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRBT | Road transport item of Building indices | 131.6 | 132.4 | 138.7 |
| TRTP | Road transport item of Civil Engineering indices | 125.7 | 125.7 | 125.7 |
| MABTGO | Equipment item of building structural works indices | 138.0 | 136.7 | 137.3 |
| MABTSO | Equipment item of building finishing works indices | 126.0 | 126.2 | 126.4 |
| MATP | Equipment item for civil engineering indices | 127.6 | 125.9 | 126.5 |
| FD | Miscellaneous costs item of Building and Civil engineering indices | 118.0 | 119.2 | 119.2 |
| FG | Provision of grains | 151.0 | 125.6 | 125.6 |
| FV | Provision of plants | 124.9 | 125.1 | 125.3 |
| EV1 | Plant covering | 143.4 | 135.1 | 136.8 |
| EV2 | Application of phytosanitary products | 121.7 | 122.9 | 124.1 |
| EV3 | Creation of greens | 134.7 | 134.3 | 134.9 |
| EV4 | Maintenance of greens | 139.0 | 140.0 | 140.7 |
| PMR | Road marking products | 185.0 | 185.9 | 192.2 |
| TSH | Road marking works | 161.0 | 162.0 | 169.9 |
| DRR01 | Supply of road restraint systems | 136.4 | 138.6 | 138.1 |
| DRR02 | Supply and installation of road restraint systems | 135.3 | 137.0 | 138.4 |
| ING | Engineering | 135.9 | 136.3 | 137.4 |
- Note: Indice “FG: Provision of grains” is quarterly.
- Source: INSEE.
tableauIndex for updating material assets in construction
| Heading | January 2026 | February 2026 | March 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IM | Index for updating material assets in construction | 1.4483 | 1.4451 | 1.4433 |
- Note: The IM index goal is to update the value of equipment in absence of an available replacement value for the calculation of equipment use charges. It should not be mistaken for various index for construction “equipment item for civil engineering indices” (MATP) whose purpose is escalating contracts.
- Source: INSEE.
Preliminary evolutions of hydrocarbons price indices in April 2026
Given the current crisis in the Middle East, the preliminary evolutions between March 2026 and April 2026 for several hydrocarbons price indices used in the calculation of some indices are specified below:
- Non-road diesel for civil engineering: +2.7%
- Petroleum bitumen: +28.9%
- Wholesale of gas, on spot markets: +30.1%
These evolutions are provided for information purposes only and are not included in the calculation of the indices for March 2026. These evolutions are preliminary and not final. Revisions may be made before the next publication of the construction indices on 12 June 2026.
Furthermore, the monthly evolution in April 2026 of the Consumer Price Index for diesel is available at the following address: Consumer Price Index - Base 2025 - All households - Metropolitan France - COICOP classification: 07.2.2.1 - Diesel (ND).
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Definition
The Construction of buildings indices, Civil engineering indices, the Miscellaneous indices for construction and the index for updating material assets in construction are producer cost indices of different activities in the construction sector, mainly used for escalating contracts.
Calculation method
The methodological documentation is available on the “Documentation” tab.
Uses
Businesses and local authorities may use these official indices published in the Official Journal for escalating construction work bids, by selecting the activity that is closest to the subject of their bid. In contracts signed before the publication of the indices in the Official Journal of 16 January 2015 the former series have to be used until September 2014 inclusively, and, since October 2014 inclusively, the former series can be expanded by chain-linking it with the latter one. The result is to be rounded off to one decimal place.
Next issue: 12 June 2026 at 12.00 p.m.
Documentation
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