Construction industry; productive hours in construction of buildings

Construction industry; productive hours in construction of buildings

Periods Non-productive hours Frost and precipitation delays (hour)
2024 3rd quarter 15
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


These tables show quarterly data of the number of productive hours per employee in the construction of buildings. The number of productive hours is calculated by reducing the number of theoretically available hours with the number of non-productive hours due to holidays, sickness absence, strikes, frost and precipitation delays, etc. All figures are rounded off to the nearest 5 hours.

Data available from: 1st quarter of 1990.

Status of the figures:
The data of all quarters are definite.

Changes as of October 31, 2024:
The figures of the third quarter of 2024 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
Statistics Netherlands usually publishes the first results within five weeks after the reporting period. After the definitive figures are published Statistics Netherlands only adapts the results if large adjustments or corrections are necessary.

Description topics

Non-productive hours
Average number of hours not worked by a full-time employee in a quarter
due to holidays, absence due to sickness, strikes, frost and
precipitation delays, etc. All figures are rounded off to the nearest 5
hours.
Frost and precipitation delays
Non-productive hours due to rain, snow, frost, etc. All figures are
rounded off to the nearest 5 hours.