Spon's European construction costs handbook

Preface. Acknowledgements. How to use this book. Abbreviations. Conversion factors. Davis Langdon & Everest. Construction in Europe. The construction industry in Europe. Introduction Comparison of broad regions The construction market in Western Europe Japan, the USA and the European Union. The construction industries of the former Soviet Block planned economies. Introduction Political and economic change The new map of Eastern and Central Europe The evidence of change Construction output Changes in the construction process The legal context for change Housing Non-residential construction Building materials. Statistical notes. Introduction Gross domestic product, gross national product and other measures of national production The construction industry Sources and methods. Individual countries. Introductory notes to country sections. Introduction Key data The construction industry Construction cost and data Exchange rates and inflation Useful addresses. Individual countries. Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Japan Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America. Multi-lingual descriptions of construction items in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish. Comparative Data. Introductory notes. Key macroeconomic indicators. Population Geography Finance and economics. Construction output indicators. Construction output. Construction output per capita. Construction cost data. Skilled and unskilled labour costs. Materials cost - cements and aggregates for concrete. Materials cost - reinforcing steel and softwood. Approximate estimating - warehouses and offices. Approximate estimating - housing. The European Community Construction Price Study. Summary of results 1988-1993. Index