Construction industry is counting on continued growth – NOS

The construction had in the last two years of spectacular growth, and that will continue. The Economic Institute for the Construction writes that in a report about the expectations for the coming years.

Last year, construction growth of 7 percent. Also 2015 was excellent. In those two years increased investment in the housing sector by 50 percent. The residential sector is and will remain the main growth sector in the construction industry. In the coming years, the investments in the infrastructure and in the construction of factories and offices continue to attract.

The growth in the housing sector in 2015 mainly realized by a lot of new construction. In the past years, such growth, but was also more work on the repair and remodel of homes.

In the coming years,

the accent more on new construction. The economic growth in 2018 also in investments in land, water and road construction. After years of austerity, the government there is more money for.

In the years 2019-2022, an annual growth of 2 percent in construction expected. In the still longer term, the construction, the more investment in the infrastructure and commercial construction than from the construction of new buildings, state in the report of the bouwinstituut.