The construction costs indices for new residential buildings are intended for reviewing or monitoring costs incurred by a construction company in the execution of the construction process of building new residential buildings. The main users of construction costs indices for new residential buildings are construction companies, which refer to the movement of construction costs in calculations when entering a construction contract.
In the first quarter of 2019, in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2018, the construction costs for new residential buildings decreased by 0.6%, the material costs increased by 0.5%, and the labour costs decreased by 3.1%.
In the first quarter of 2019, in comparison with first quarter of 2018, the construction costs for new residential buildings increased by 4.3%, the material costs increased by 1.7% and the labour costs increased by 11.3%.