Construction work authorised - Germany

Specification	Physical or quantity unit	2011
		Jan.	Feb.	March	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total	Average
1) New construction and balance from construction work in existing buildings.
Residential buildings (new construction)	Number	7,226	8,101	10,648	9,525	10,977	9,384	9,740	9,871	8,897	9,200	8,521	...	...	...
incl. with 1 or 2 dwellings	"	6,604	7,414	9,802	8,795	10,132	8,547	8,932	8,931	7,994	8,357	7,704	...	...	...
Building volume	1000 m³	7,861	8,728	11,420	10,113	11,606	10,363	10,687	11,155	10,406	10,101	9,538	...	...	...
Useful floor area	1000 m²	1,464	1,615	2,096	1,852	2,145	1,921	1,964	2,065	1,934	1,883	1,774	...	...	...
Estimated costs of the structures	EUR mn	2,023	2,270	2,923	2,585	2,944	2,675	2,774	2,921	2,686	2,616	2,548	...	...	...
Non-residential buildings (new construction)	Number	1,968	2,021	2,613	2,511	3,109	2,710	2,861	2,802	2,849	2,909	2,802	...	...	...
Building volume	1000 m³	13,106	14,513	16,981	15,164	20,147	16,242	17,784	17,290	17,673	22,988	19,218	...	...	...
Useful floor area	1000 m²	1,852	2,004	2,485	2,256	2,837	2,389	2,585	2,560	2,598	2,981	2,678	...	...	...
Estimated costs of the structures	EUR mn	1,441	1,551	1,874	1,774	2,064	1,843	1,850	1,904	2,016	2,481	2,068	...	...	...
Dwellings in residential and non-resid. Buildings1)	Number	14,884	15,712	20,076	17,219	21,788	18,917	19,267	20,279	19,559	18,848	18,186	...	...	...
Rooms (incl. kitchens)	"	69,254	74,556	97,112	85,054	102,176	89,877	91,765	94,751	89,014	87,861	83,853	...	...	...

Specification	Physical or quantity unit	2010
		Jan.	Feb.	March	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total	Average
1) New construction and balance from construction work in existing buildings.
Residential buildings (new construction)	Number	5,377	6,112	7,742	7,198	7,888	8,895	9,262	9,248	8,695	8,824	7,935	7,420	94,596	7,883
incl. with 1 or 2 dwellings	"	4,882	5,573	7,143	6,690	7,281	8,171	8,507	8,475	7,968	8,043	7,162	6,717	86,612	7,218
Building volume	1000 m³	6,147	6,894	8,280	7,500	8,446	9,502	10,014	9,938	9,202	9,345	8,849	8,310	102,427	8,536
Useful floor area	1000 m²	1,140	1,270	1,497	1,381	1,552	1,735	1,862	1,833	1,700	1,744	1,645	1,532	18,891	1,574
Estimated costs of the structures	EUR mn	1,495	1,696	2,073	1,884	2,106	2,345	2,505	2,486	2,299	2,360	2,294	2,133	25,676	2,140
Non-residential buildings (new construction)	Number	1,687	2,030	2,739	2,676	2,945	3,017	2,923	2,749	2,663	2,761	2,482	2,386	31,058	2,588
Building volume	1000 m³	9,752	14,030	15,520	16,189	16,719	15,781	18,829	15,040	20,300	18,399	15,929	15,560	192,048	16,004
Useful floor area	1000 m²	1,465	2,016	2,286	2,336	2,456	2,377	2,701	2,330	2,850	2,594	2,346	2,336	28,093	2,341
Estimated costs of the structures	EUR mn	1,210	1,640	1,712	1,728	1,679	1,661	2,119	1,767	1,941	1,945	1,614	1,988	21,005	1,750
Dwellings in residential and non-resid. Buildings1)	Number	12,226	12,738	14,513	13,354	15,115	16,984	18,787	17,946	16,206	16,936	16,617	16,245	187,667	15,639
Rooms (incl. kitchens)	"	55,648	61,094	71,937	66,241	72,896	83,358	88,465	87,154	79,798	81,147	78,613	73,482	899,833	74,986

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