Austrian Construction Industry: Growing Output, Shrinking Order Volume

IndustrialsConstruction ♦ Published: August 30, 2012; 17:35 ♦ (Vindobona)

Increase in volume of orders by 22.5% in civil engineering and construction of buildings at the end of May 2012.

Austrian Construction Industry: Growing Output, Shrinking Order Volume / Picture: © Vindobona.org

At the end of May 2012, Austrian construction companies (not including construction auxiliary trades) had an order book totalling about €8.7 bn (+22.5% y. o. y.), according to calculations by Statistics Austria.

In civil engineering – which constitutes 56.9% or €4.9 bn of the overall volume of outstanding orders – orders increased by 37.7% compared to the previous…