Table of contents:

Methodology

Macroeconomic environment of the construction industry

Current situation in the construction industry

• Characteristics of the construction industry
• Construction output
• Regional differences
• Construction market breakdown
• Employment and wages in the construction industry
• Number of construction companies
• Prices in construction
• Construction permits and home starts
• Forecast for the construction industry, 2009-2011
• Financial crisis in the Balkans
• Construction output forecast

Civil engineering construction

• Situation in civil engineering construction
• Road network
• Length of roads
• Main corridors and roads
• E-roads
• Road construction in recent years
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Concessions for road construction
• Foreign investors in road construction
• European Investment Bank
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Railway network
• Railway construction projects
• Metro in the Balkans
• Airports
• Number of airports
• Waterways and seaports
• Bridges in the Balkans
• Serbian-Russian energy deal

Non-residential construction

• Situation on the non-residential construction market
• Industrial and warehouse construction
• Commercial and services construction
• Office construction
• Hotel construction

Residential construction

• Situation in residential construction
• Housing stock
• Completed buildings and residences
• Government housing policy
• Housing loans and prices
• Investment possibilities in residential construction

Major companies operating in the Balkans

• Leading civil engineering companies in Serbia
• Profiles of major companies operating in the Balkans
• Alpine Bau
• Konstruktor Inzenjering
• Strabag
• Profiles of major developers operating in the Balkans
• Delta Property
• TriGranit
• GTC
• Plaza Centers

List of graphs

List of tables

About PMR

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List of graphs and Tables:

List of graphs

1. Benchmark of the Western Balkan countries in the Doing Business report, 2009
2. FDI stock per capita in Central and Southern European countries (€), 2007
3. Inflation rate in Balkan countries (%), 2007
4. RSD/EUR in 2008
5. HRK/EUR in 2008
6. CIT rates in Central and Southern Europe, 2008
7. Value of construction output in the Western Balkan countries (€ m), 2003-2007
8. Construction output growth in the Western Balkan countries (%, y-o-y), 2004-2007
9. Value of Building construction in the Western Balkan countries (€ m), 2003-2007
10. Share of Western Balkan construction market, 2007
11. Western Balkan construction market by major subdivisions, 2007
12. Breakdown of Croatian and Serbian construction output, 2007
13. Forecasts of construction output growth in Western Balkan countries (%, y-o-y), 2008-2011
14. Civil engineeing construction in the Western Balkan countries (€ m), 2003-2007
15. Growth of residential construction in the Western Balkan countries (%, y-o-y), 2004-2007
16. Road network of Corridor V
17. Road network of Corridor X
18. Rail network of Corridor V
19. Rail network of Corridor X
20. Non-residential construction in Western Balkan countries (€ m), 2003-2007
21. Growth of non-residential construction in the Western Balkan countries (%, y-o-y), 2004-2007
22. Share of the Western Balkan non-residential market, 2007
23. Industrial and warehouse construction in Serbia (€ m), 2003-2007
24. Industrial and warehouse construction in Federation of BIH (€ m), 2003-2006
25. Construction of commercial and service buildings in Serbia (€ m), 2003-2007
26. Construction of warehouses and retail buildings in Federation of BIH (€ m), 2003-2006
27. European shopping centre pipeline (GLA, ‘000 m2), Autumn 2008
28. Construction of office buildings in Serbia (€ m), 2003-2007
29. Construction of office buildings in the Federation of BiH (€ m), 2003-2006
30. Construction of residential buildings in Western Balkan countries (€ m), 2003-2007
31. Growth of residential construction in the Western Balkan countries (%, y-o-y), 2004-2007
32. Share of the Western Balkan residential construction market, 2006-2007
33. Housing stock in Western Balkan countries, 2007
34. Number of completed dwellings in Western Balkan countries, 2003-2007
35. Useful floor area of residential buldings completed in Serbia and Croatia (m2), 2003-2007
36. Breakdown of average price of new dwellings per m2 in 2007

List of tables

1. General information about Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2009
2. Western Balkan countries en route to the EU
3. Ease of starting a business in the Western Balkan countries, 2009
4. Dealing with construction permits in the Western Balkan countries, 2009
5. The most difficult construction-related procedures in the Western Balkan countries, 2009
6. Registering property in the Western Balkan countries, 2009
7. The most difficult procedures in the Western Balkan countries in terms of registering property, 2009
8. Paying tax in the Western Balkan countries, 2009
9. GDP growth in the Western Balkan countries, 2003-2008
10. Per capita GDP volume indices 2005-2007
11. Per capita GDP in the Western Balkan countries (€), 2003-2007
12. GDP value in the Western Balkan countries (€ bn), 2003-2007
13. Share of construction industry as a proportion of GDP in the Western Balkan countries, 2003-2007
14. FDI value in the Western Balkan countries (€ bn), 2003-2008
15. Western Balkan currencies against €, 2003-2008
16. Western Balkan currencies against $, 2003-2008
17. Rates of property tax in Serbia, 2009
18. Tax exemptions in Croatia, 2009
19. Employment in the construction industry in the Western Balkan countries, 2003-2008
20. Average wages in construction in the Western Balkan countries (€), 2003-2008
21. Number of construction companies in the Western Balkan countries, 2007
22. Average prices in construction in Central and Southern Europe by subdivisions in comparison with the EU average, 2008
23. Number of construction permits in Serbia and Croatia, 2006-2008
24. Building permits in Croatia, 2006 − Jan-Nov 2008
25. GDP growth in the Western Balkan countries, 2003-2010
26. Overall road network in the Western Balkan countries, 2009
27. Road network in the Western Balkan countries by category of road, 2009
28. Trans-European road network in the Western Balkan countries, 2009
29. E-road network in the Western Balkan countries, 2009
30. Value of road construction in Croatia (€ m), 2003-2008
31. Construction work of Strabag in BIH, 2009-2012
32. EBRD loans to the Western Balkan countries (€), end 2007
33. Length of railways in the Western Balkan countries, 2009
34. Forecast of investment in railway construction in Croatia (€ m), 2003-2010
35. Forecast of investment in railway construction in Bosnia and Herzegovina (€ m), 2008-2012
36. Number of international airports in the Western Balkan countries, 2009
37. Air transport in Serbia, 2003-2007
38. Investments of Croatian public sector in airports (€ m), 2003-2010
39. Air-transport in Croatia, 2003-2006
40. Completed industrial buildings and warehouses in Croatia, 2003-2005
41. Completed commercial and service buildings in Croatia, 2003-2005
42. Completed office buildings in Croatia, 2003-2005
43. Housing prices in Serbia (€), 2003-2007
44. Housing prices in Croatia (€), 2003-2007
45. Top 10 construction companies in Croatia, 2008

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