FIRST RELEASE		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565
YEAR: XLVI.	ZAGREB, 5 NOVEMBER, 2009		NUMBER: 3.1.6.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

CONSTRUCTION WORKS, 2008

Annual Report on Construction Works in the Republic of Croatia,
Legal Entities Employing 5 or More Persons

In 2008, legal entities employing 5 or more persons engaged in construction activities had on the average 8.9% more workers on sites and 10.0% more working hours done on sites than in 2007.

In 2008, the value of construction works done by those workers on sites increased by 14.3%, as compared to 2007.

By types of construction, 52.4% out of the total works were done on buildings and 47.6% on civil engineering works.

By types of works, 68.3% out of the total works were done on new constructions and 31.7% on reconstructions, adaptations, repairs and maintenance works.

1.   CONSTRUCTION WORKS, Legal Entities employing 5 or more persons¹⁾

		Average number of workers on sites	Hours done on sites, '000 hours	Value of construction works done, thousand kuna
				Total	By types of constructions		By types of works
					Buildings	civil engineering works	New constructions	Other works^2)
2007.		62 327	124 663	24 299 155	12 086 622	12 212 533	16 081 744	8 217 411
2008.		67 887	137 144	27 786 783	14 563 110	13 223 673	18 976 496	8 810 287
Indices	2008.   2007.	108,9	110,0	114,3	120,5	108,3	118,0	107,2

1)    Construction works done with own workers (without sub-contractor works)

2)    Reconstructions, adaptations, repairs and maintenance works of existing constructions

2.   VALUE of CONSTRUCTION WORKS DONE, BY TYPES OF CONSTRUCTIONS, 2008

Total	Value of construction works done, by types of constructions
	Buildings			Civil engineering works
	Total	Residential	Non-residential	Total	Transport infrastructure	Pipelines, communication and electricity lines	Complex constructions on industrial sites	Other civil engineering works
Value of construction works done, thousand kuna
27 786 783	14 563 110	5 716 575	8 846 535	13 223 673	9 754 781	2 765 983	468 584	234 325
Composition, %
100,0	52,4	20,6	31,8	47,6	35,1	10,0	1,7	0,8
Indices, 2007 = 100
114,3	120,5	119,5	121,1	108,3	110,2	100,5	109,4	127,6

3.      VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS DONE BY TYPES OF WORKS, 2008

	Total		Value of construction works done, by types of works
			New constructions		Other works
					Reconstructions, adaptations and major repairs		Minor repairs and maintenance works
Thousand kuna	27 786 783		18 976 496		5 713 836		3 096 451
Composition, %	100,0		68,3		20,6		11,1
Indices, 2007 = 100	114,3		118,0		104,9		111,7
Types of works, by types of constructions, thousand kuna
On buildings	14 563 110	11 299 868		2 764 014		499 228
Residential buildings	5 716 575	4 931 019		612 088		173 468
Non-residential buildings	8 846 535	6 368 849		2 151 926		325 760
On civil engineering works	13 223 673	7 676 628		2 949 822		2 597 223
Transport infrastructure	9 754 781	5 379 651		2 091 988		2 283 142
Pipelines, communication and electricity lines	2 765 983	1 940 082		646 412		179 489
Complex construction on industrial sites	468 584	186 129		166 420		116 035
Other civil engineering works	234 325	170 766		45 002		18 557

4.      VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS DONE 2008, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007¹⁾

Divisions and groups in section  F, Construction	Value of construction works done with own workers
	By activity of enterprises or parts thereof		By types of works
	Thousand kuna	Composition, %	Thousand kuna	Composition, %
Total	27 786 783	100,0	27 786 783	100,0
Construction of buildings	10 574 154	38,1	7 426 389	26,7
Development of building projects	-	-	-	-
Construction of residential and non-residential buildings	10 574 154	38,1	7 426 389	26,7
Civil engineering	11 341 844	40,8	11 934 957	42,9
Construction of roads and railways	5 506 920	19,8	7 829 715	28,2
Construction of utility projects	3 538 213	12,7	2 426 243	8,7
Construction of other civil engineering projects	2 296 711	8,3	1 678 999	6,0
Specialised construction activities	5 870 785	21,1	8 425 437	30,4
Demolition and site preparation	377 851	1,4	904 518	3,3
Electrical, plumbing and other construction installation activities	3 382 897	12,2	3 656 517	13,2
Building completion and finishing	1 457 993	5,2	2 685 184	9,7
Other specialised construction activities	652 044	2,3	1 179 218	4,2

1)    Decision on the National Classification of Activities – NKD 2007 (NN, Nos. 58/07 and 72/07)

5.   VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS DONE, by counties, 2008

Thousand kuna

	Total	Buildings		Civil engineering works
		Residential buildings	Non-residential buildings	Transport infrastructure	Pipelines, communication and electricity lines	Complex constructions on industrial sites	Other civil engineering works
Republic of Croatia	27 786 783	5 716 575	8 846 535	9 754 781	2 765 983	468 584	234 325
County of Zagreb	1 953 109	271 861	683 925	785 940	184 133	14 811	12 439
County of Krapina-Zagorje	483 397	29 105	132 496	259 272	55 136	1 417	5 971
County of Sisak-Moslavina	698 132	42 270	161 818	262 620	114 154	116 445	825
County of Karlovac	522 696	45 387	115 525	229 699	52 156	79 385	544
County of Varaždin	885 315	227 731	366 399	214 309	71 843	2 606	2 427
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	421 504	18 194	120 174	167 826	89 632	13 374	12 304
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	373 514	28 973	126 850	169 921	38 958	1 501	7 311
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	2 683 811	348 141	628 667	1 308 542	287 643	80 258	30 560
County of Lika-Senj	597 134	67 319	67 851	377 900	63 986	19 634	444
County of Virovitica-Podravina	224 821	25 181	56 170	105 866	35 015	2 564	25
County of Požega-Slavonia	239 528	45 804	71 624	94 620	26 300	860	320
County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina	656 094	68 489	166 480	311 983	77 734	23 441	7 967
County of Zadar	1 297 699	213 261	480 795	307 086	265 645	2 224	28 688
County of Osijek-Baranja	2 597 382	287 755	774 006	1 246 724	271 626	12 017	5 254
County of Šibenik-Knin	486 725	75 376	173 456	136 190	96 099	2 413	3 191
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	774 579	55 917	299 689	310 654	94 364	8 134	5 821
County of Split-Dalmatia	2 559 916	368 741	837 889	1 186 246	132 700	18 976	15 364
County of Istria	1 495 444	372 629	549 539	360 534	161 282	12 765	38 695
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	1 530 116	143 965	636 553	669 872	63 653	888	15 185
County of Međimurje	494 339	46 640	178 627	168 165	93 325	1 159	6 423
City of Zagreb	6 587 929	2 933 836	2 218 002	882 061	465 751	53 712	34 567
Unclassified^1)	223 599	-	-	198 751	24 848	-	-

1)    Construction spreading out to territories of two or more counties

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Data on construction presented in this publication are collected through reporting methods using the Annual Report on Construction Works (GRAĐ-12 form).

Coverage and comparability

The Annual Report on Construction Works is collected for legal entities and parts thereof employing 5 or more persons classified in the Register of Legal Entities according to the National Classification of Economic Activities under section F - Construction.

Coverage of construction activities is harmonised with section F - Construction in the NKD 2007. (NN, No. 58/07 and 72/07) and data on types of constructions are classified according to the Classification of Types of Construction – KVG (NN, No. 11/98). This Classification is harmonised with the Classification prescribed by the Statistics Office of the European Union (NACE Rev.2., Classifications of Types of Constructions – CC, final version.).

Data refer to all construction works done on the territory of the Republic of Croatia.

Definitions

Value of construction works done is presented in current prices and includes work really done during the reporting year, irrespective of whether they are paid for or not.

Value of construction works done includes the value of work, building material, complete units and structures, propulsion material and electricity, expenses of using construction machinery and equipment and other expenses relating to the work.

Value of construction works done excludes works subcontracted to others in order to avoid the duplicity in presenting works, value added tax, costs of purchase of the land, project cost, surveying of land and supervising of services.

Constructions are structures connected with the ground, for which construction works are carried out, and which are made of construction materials and components.

Buildings are permanent constructions covered with roof and closed with outer walls. They are built as separate useful units that protect from weather and other conditions, intended for dwelling, performing of a certain activity or for placing and keeping of animals, goods, equipment used in various industrial activities and services etc. Buildings are also constructions covered with roof but without (all) walls, e.g. porches, and underground constructions, e.g. underground shelters, underground garages, underground shopping centres and other business premises in subways etc.

Residential buildings are constructions in which 50% or more of useful floor area is intended for dwelling purposes.

Non-residential buildings are constructions without a dwelling area, or in which less than 50% of the overall useful floor area is used for dwelling purposes.

Civil engineering works are all constructions not classified under buildings, e.g., roads, railways, pipelines, bridges, dams, constructions intended for sport and recreation, etc.

New construction works include building of new construction on sites where either no constructions existed before, or they existed, but were removed. It also includes complete reconstruction of buildings (ruined in war, elementary disasters, old age etc.) of which only facades are retained but internal ceilings and walls are entirely fallen in.

Reconstructions and adaptations include construction works  that essentially change the structure of an existing construction in order to increase its capacity or achieve better quality of construction, to adjust it to a new purpose, extend its expected  life span etc.

Value of extensions and additional construction works are presented together with works on new constructions if the new residential or business entirety is concerned.

Major repairs are construction works that comprise renewal (replacement) of significant dilapidated parts of a construction without changing its structural system, size, capacity, use or the arrangement of rooms.

Minor repairs and maintenance works are construction works performed periodically in order to maintain the usable condition of a construction

Abbreviations

e.g.                 for example (from Latin: exempli gratia)

etc.                  and so on (from Latin: et cetera)

mln                 million

NACE             Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in
                        the European Community

NKD 2007.    National Classification of Activities, 2007 version

NN                  Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

‘000                thousand

Symbols

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