The figures from the Federal Statistical Office, Destatis, show that the total price-adjusted value of orders received by building construction and civil and underground engineering enterprises in Germany increased 12.5% in November 2011 from the same month of the previous year. In building, construction demand increased 19.% while the figure for civil and underground engineering was 5.1%.
The number of employees amounted to 745,000 at the end of November 2011. That was an increase of 16,000 (+2.2%) compared with November 2010.
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