INTERNATIONAL COSTS

摘要

Construction costs in many parts of the world have frozen or fallen over the past year as the global downturn has continued to hit workload, tender prices and profits.rnEurope remains the most expensive place in the world in which to build and Switzerland tops the league, with construction costs about 60% higher than the UK. The fall in tender prices in the UK - down by almost 10% since this time last year - means that it comes in eighth in the European league, well behind Denmark (41% more expensive) and Finland (35%); Sweden is in fifth place with costs currently running at 15-20% more than the UK.