Scotland cost forecast | Features

Comparative building costs for major cities
City Edinburgh=100	% difference
Glasgow	+4
Dundee	-4
Aberdeen	-13
Greater London	+19
Birmingham	-6
Manchester	-7
Cardiff	-12
Source: Building Cost Information Service

Construction output (new work) 1999–2001
	1999 (provisional) £m	2000 (forecast) £m	2001 (forecast) £m
Public housing	161	171	188
% change	–2	+6	+10
Private housing	789	835	852
% change	+4	+6	+2
Infrastructure	589	629	642
% change	+8	+7	+2
Public non-housing	542	525	488
% change	+19	–3	–7
Private industrial	434	381	381
% change	+3	–12	0
Private commercial	992	1140	1231
% change	+15	+15	+8
All new work	3507	3681	3782
% change	+9	+5	+3
Source: Construction Forecasting and Research