EBI CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY REPORT

ACTIVITY-START 1 – CONSTRUCTIONS STARTED – COUNTRYWIDE

Activity-Start indicates the number and total construction value of projects whose construction started in the given period. In current prices, the total value of started construction works in Q2 2018 has increased by 10% over Q2 2017. At the same time, the number of projects has shrunk by 24%. Of all subsectors, only the civil engineering has increased. Office construction experienced decrease in Activity-Start in value in the past consecutive 5, while industrial buildings saw shrinkage in the latest 3 consecutive quarters over the relevant period a year earlier. At the same time, multi-unit housing construction fell; this is the 2nd consecutive quarter in the red. Detailed data can be found in the full report.

OUTPUT 1 – AMOUNT SPENT ON CONSTRUCTION – COUNTRYWIDE

NEW CONSTRUCTION | RENOVATION | TOTAL

Output indicates the amount spent on construction in the given period. Over HUF 550bln were spent in Q2 2018 on construction of projects listed in the database, which is 50% more than a year earlier. The expansion of civil engineering has been ongoing for one and a half years. The upswing since the beginning of 2015 has continued in building construction; an increase of over 30% has been recorded for the past six consecutive quarters. Outputs of multi-unit housing construction and office building in Q2 2018 are the highest in the history of the database. Detailed data can be found in the full report.

The EBI Construction Activity Report is made quarter-yearly in English and in Hungarian by processing ibuild.info construction project database, in the cooperation of ELTINGA, Buildecon and ibuild.info. The aggregates calculated from the data of individual construction projects carry up-to-date information about the current performance of the Hungarian construction market.

The full EBI Construction Activity Report contains Activity-Start and Output indicators detailed by building types (residential, office, industrial, road, rail, utilities, etc), regions or new construction – reconstruction.

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