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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