The construction index contains both civil engineering works and building construction. Between April and October 2021, the cost of building construction (+3.1%) rose more than civil engineering work (+1.3%). Building construction by itself was up 4.6% year on year. Within building construction, work such as masonry (+7.2%), carpentry (+8.5%), installing heating insulation (+10.5%) and heating pipe work (14.4%) rose far more than the average on a year on year basis. No region was untouched by the building construction price increases.

Source: Le News December 25, 2021 07:36 UTC