The report by the federal statistical office Destatis found that the total price-adjusted value of orders received by In building construction increased 5.8%, while demand for civil and underground engineering decreased 1.6%. The overal figure of 2.1% combines figures from building construction and civil and underground engineering businesses in Germany.
The number of employees amounted to 702,000 at the end of March 2011. That was a decrease of 1,200, or 0.2%, compared with March 2010.
The total turnover of the construction industry for period January to March 2011 was €15bn (£13bn), an increase of 31.9% above the level of the first three months of 2010. The number of people employed is the three month period rose by an average 1.5%.
Activity in the construction sector in the first quarter was much less affected by winter conditions than in the same quarter in 2010. In the first quarter of 2011, a total of 174.5 million more hours were worked on construction sites than in the corresponding period last year.
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