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This class includes the construction of complete residential or non-residential buildings, as well as additions and alterations. Outsourcing parts or the whole construction process is possible. If only specialised parts of the construction process are carried out, the activity is classified in division 43.

  • 41.00.1 Residential buildings
  • 41.00.11 One-dwelling buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • detached houses such as bungalows, villas, chalets, forest lodges, farmhouses, country houses, summer houses, weekend houses etc.

    This subcategory also includes:

    • semi-detached or terraced houses, with each dwelling having its own roof and its own entrance directly from ground surface

    This subcategory excludes:

    • residences for communities, see 41.00.14
    • non-residential farm buildings, see 41.00.22
    • wholesale and retail trade buildings 41.00.24
    • hotels, see 41.00.27
  • 41.00.12 Two-dwelling buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • detached houses, semi-detached or terraced houses, with two dwellings

    This subcategory excludes:

    • semi-detached or terraced houses, with each dwelling having its own roof and its own entrance directly from ground surface, see 41.00.11
    • residences for communities, see 41.00.14
    • wholesale and retail trade buildings 41.00.24
    • hotels, see 41.00.27
    • youth hostels, holiday camps and vacation bungalows, see 41.00.27
  • 41.00.13 Three and more dwelling buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • other residential buildings such as flat blocks, apartment houses, with three or more dwellings

    This subcategory excludes:

    • residences for communities, see 41.00.14
    • hotels, see 41.00.27
    • youth hostels, holiday camps and vacation bungalows, see 41.00.27
  • 41.00.14 Residences for communities

    This subcategory includes:

    • residential buildings for communities, including residences and service residences for older persons, students, children and other social groups, e.g. retirement homes, workers' hostels, fraternity homes, orphanages, hostels for homeless persons etc.

    This subcategory excludes:

    • hospitals and clinics, see 41.00.28
    • institutional buildings with nursing or medical care, see 41.00.28
    • prisons, barracks, see 41.00.29
  • 41.00.2 Non-residential buildings
  • 41.00.21 Industrial buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • covered buildings used for industrial production, e.g. factories, workshops, slaughterhouses, breweries, assembly plants etc.

    This subcategory excludes:

    • non-residential farm buildings, see 41.00.22
    • industrial hen houses, see 41.00.22
    • wine production facilities, see 41.00.22
    • reservoirs, silos and warehouses, see 41.00.26
    • complex industrial installations (power stations, refineries etc.) which do not have the characteristics of a building, see 42.22.13 , 42.99.11
  • 41.00.22 Farm buildings, non-residential

    This subcategory includes:

    • farm buildings and storage buildings used for agriculture farming, e.g. cowsheds, stables, pig houses, sheep-folds, studs, kennels, industrial hen houses, granaries, hangars and agricultural outhouses, cellars, wine making plant, wine vats, greenhouses, agricultural silos etc.

    This subcategory excludes:

    • installations of zoological and botanical gardens, see 42.99.12
  • 41.00.23 Office buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • buildings used as places of business, for clerical and administrative purposes, e.g. banks, post offices, municipal offices, government department offices etc.

    This subcategory also includes:

    • conference and congress centres, law courts, parliament buildings
  • 41.00.24 Wholesale and retail trade buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • shopping centres, shopping malls, department stores, detached shops and boutiques, halls used for fairs, auctions and exhibitions, indoor markets, service stations etc.
  • 41.00.25 Traffic and communication buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • buildings and installations of civil and military airports, rail stations, bus stations and harbour terminals, cablecar and chairlift stations
    • radio and television broadcast buildings, telephone exchange buildings, telecommunication centres etc.
    • garages (overground or underground) and roofed car parks

    This subcategory also includes:

    • airplane hangars, signal-box buildings and engine and wagon sheds
    • telephone booths
    • lighthouse buildings
    • air traffic control buildings (towers)
    • bicycle sheds

    This subcategory excludes:

    • service stations, see 41.00.24
    • reservoirs, silos and warehouses, see 41.00.26
    • airfield runways, see 42.11.10
    • railway tracks, see 42.12.10
    • telecommunication lines and masts, see 42.22.1 1, 42.22.12
    • hydrocarbon terminals, see 42.99.11
  • 41.00.26 Reservoirs, silos and warehouses

    This subcategory includes:

    • reservoirs and tanks
    • reservoirs for oil and gas
    • silos for cereals, cement or other dry aggregates
    • cold stores and specialised warehouses

    This subcategory also includes:

    • storage areas

    This subcategory excludes:

    • agricultural silos and storage buildings used for agriculture, see 41.00.22
    • water towers, see 42.21.13
    • hydrocarbon terminals, see 42.99.11
  • 41.00.27 Hotels and similar buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • hotels, motels, inns, pensions and similar lodging buildings, with or without restaurants
    • youth hostels, mountain refuges, children's or family holiday camps, vacation bungalows, holiday and rest homes and other lodging buildings for holiday makers, not elsewhere classified

    This subcategory also includes:

    • detached restaurants and bars

    This subcategory excludes:

    • restaurants in apartment buildings, see 41.00.13
    • restaurants in shopping centres, see 41.00.24
    • amusement and leisure parks, see 42.99.12
  • 41.00.28 Public entertainment, education, hospital, institutional care or religious buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • cinemas, concert halls, opera houses, theatres etc.
    • meeting halls and multi-purpose halls mainly used for public entertainment
    • casinos, circuses, music halls, dance-halls and discotheques, bandstands etc.
    • museums, art galleries, libraries and resource centres
    • buildings used for pre-primary, primary and secondary education (e.g. nursery schools, kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools, colleges, grammar schools, technical schools etc.), formal education schools, vocational training schools
    • buildings used for higher education and research; research laboratories; higher educational establishments
    • institutions providing medical and surgical treatment and nursing care for ill or injured persons
    • sanatoria, long-stay hospitals and nursing homes, psychiatric hospitals, dispensaries, maternity facilities, maternal and child welfare centres
    • buildings used for indoor sports (basketball and tennis courts, swimming pools, gymnastic halls, skating or ice-hockey rinks etc.) providing facilities for spectators (stands, terraces etc.) and for participants (shower and changing rooms etc.)
    • churches, chapels, mosques, synagogues etc.

    This subcategory also includes:

    • archives buildings
    • special schools for children with disabilities
    • further education colleges
    • weather stations, observatory buildings
    • university hospitals, hospitals of penitentiaries, prisons or armed forces
    • buildings used for thermal treatment, thalassotherapy, functional rehabilitation, blood transfusion, breast milk collection, veterinary treatment etc.
    • institutional buildings with combined residential/lodging services and nursing or medical care. for older persons, for persons with disabilities etc.
    • cemeteries and associated constructions, funeral parlours, crematoriums

    This subcategory excludes:

    • hostels which are detached buildings of boarding schools, see 41.00.14
    • hostels for students, see 41.00.14
    • residences and homes with social assistance (welfare) services for older persons or persons with disabilities etc., see 41.00.14
    • fraternity homes, see 41.00.14
    • radio and television broadcast buildings, see 41.00.25
    • statues and commemorative, artistic or decorative constructions, see 41.00.29
    • amusement and leisure parks, see 42.99.12
    • sports grounds used for open-air sports, e.g. open-air tennis courts, open-air swimming pools etc. see 42.99.12
  • 41.00.29 Non-residential buildings n.e.c.

    This subcategory includes:

    • historic or protected buildings, of any kind, not used for other purposes
    • penitentiaries, prisons and remand centres, barracks for armed forces, police or fire service
    • other non-residential buildings n.e.c.

    This subcategory also includes:

    • protected ruins, archeological excavations and prehistoric sites
    • statues and commemorative, artistic or decorative constructions
    • structures such as bus shelters, public toilets, wash houses etc.

    This subcategory excludes:

    • telephone booths, see 41.00.25
    • museums, see 41.00.28
    • religious buildings, see 41.00.28
    • hospitals of penitentiaries, prisons and armed forces, see 41.00.28
    • military engineering works, see 42.99.19
  • 41.00.3 Construction works for residential buildings

    This category also includes:

    • erection works of prefabricated residential buildings requiring on-site assembly
    • renovation and remodelling works, including additions and alterations, involving several specialised construction activities

    This category excludes:

    • specialised construction works which are carried out only as a part of the construction process, see division 43
  • 41.00.31 Construction works in one-dwelling buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • construction works for detached houses such as bungalows, villas, chalets, forest lodges, farmhouses, country houses, summer houses, weekend houses etc.

    This subcategory also includes:

    • construction works for semi-detached or terraced houses, with each dwelling having its own roof and its own entrance directly from ground surface

    This subcategory excludes:

    • construction works for non-residential farm buildings, see 41.00.42
    • specialised construction works n.e.c., see 43.99.90
  • 41.00.32 Construction works in two-dwelling buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • construction works for detached houses, semi-detached or terraced houses, with two dwellings

    This subcategory excludes:

    • construction works for semi-detached or terraced houses, with each dwelling having its own roof and its own entrance directly from ground surface, see 41.00.31
    • specialised construction works n.e.c., see 43.99.90
  • 41.00.33 Construction works in three and more dwelling buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • construction works for other residential buildings such as flat blocks, apartment houses, with three or more dwellings

    This subcategory excludes:

    • construction works for residences for communities, see 41.00.34
    • construction works for hotels, youth hostels, holiday camps and vacation bungalows, see 41.00.47
    • specialised construction works n.e.c., see 43.99.90
  • 41.00.34 Construction works in residences for communities

    This subcategory includes:

    • construction works for residential buildings for communities, including residences and service residences for older persons, students, children and other social groups, e.g. retirement homes, workers' hostels, fraternity homes, orphanages, hostels for homeless persons etc.

    This subcategory excludes:

    • construction works for hospitals and clinics, institutional buildings with nursing or medical care, see 41.00.48
    • construction works for prisons, barracks, see 41.00.49
    • specialised construction works n.e.c., see 43.99.90
  • 41.00.4 Construction works for non-residential buildings

    This category also includes:

    • erection works for prefabricated non-residential buildings requiring on-site assembly
    • renovation and remodelling works for existing non-residential buildings involving several specialised construction works

    This category excludes:

    • specialised construction works which are carried out only as a part of the construction process, see division 43
  • 41.00.41 Construction works in industrial buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • construction works for covered buildings used for industrial production, e.g. factories, workshops, slaughterhouses, breweries, assembly plants etc.

    This subcategory excludes:

    • construction works for non-residential farm buildings, see 41.00.42
    • construction works for industrial hen houses, see 41.00.42
    • construction works for reservoirs, silos and warehouses, see 41.00.46
    • construction works for complex industrial installations (power stations, refineries etc.) which do not have the characteristics of a building, see 42.22.23 , 42.99.21
    • specialised construction works n.e.c., see 43.99.90
  • 41.00.42 Construction works in non-residential farm buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • construction works for farm buildings and storage buildings used for agriculture farming, e.g. cowsheds, stables, pig houses, sheep-folds, studs, kennels, industrial hen houses, granaries, hangars and agricultural outhouses, cellars, wine making plant, wine vats, greenhouses, agricultural silos etc.

    This subcategory excludes:

    • construction works for installations of zoological and botanical gardens, see 42.99.22
    • specialised construction works n.e.c., see 43.99.90
  • 41.00.43 Construction works in office buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • construction works for buildings used as places of business, for clerical and administrative purposes, e.g. banks, post offices, municipal offices, government department offices etc.

    This subcategory also includes:

    • construction works for conference and congress centres, law courts, parliament buildings

    This subcategory excludes:

    • specialised construction works n.e.c., see 43.99.90
  • 41.00.44 Construction works in wholesale and retail trade buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • construction works for shopping centres, shopping malls, department stores, detached shops and boutiques, halls used for fairs, auctions and exhibitions, indoor markets, service stations etc.

    This subcategory excludes:

    • specialised construction works n.e.c., see 43.99.90
  • 41.00.45 Construction works in traffic and communication buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • construction works for buildings and installations of civil and military airports, rail stations, bus stations and harbour terminals, cablecar and chairlift stations
    • construction works for radio and television broadcast buildings, telephone exchange buildings, telecommunication centres etc.
    • construction works for garages (overground or underground) and roofed car parks

    This subcategory also includes:

    • construction works for airplane hangars, signal-box buildings and engine and wagon sheds
    • construction works for telephone booths
    • construction works for lighthouse buildings
    • construction works for air traffic control buildings (towers)
    • construction works for bicycle sheds

    This subcategory excludes:

    • construction works for service stations, see 41.00.44
    • construction works for reservoirs, silos and warehouses, see 41.00.46
    • construction works for airfield runways, see 42.11.20
    • construction works for railway tracks, see 42.12.20
    • construction works for telecommunication lines and masts, see 42.22.2 1, 42.22.22
    • construction works for hydrocarbon terminals, see 42.99.21
    • construction works for carparks in buildings mainly used for other purposes are classified in accordance with the main use of a building
  • 41.00.46 Construction works in reservoirs, silos and warehouses

    This subcategory includes:

    • construction works for reservoirs and tanks
    • construction works for reservoirs for oil and gas
    • construction works for silos for cereals, cement or other dry aggregates
    • construction works for cold stores and specialised warehouses

    This subcategory also includes:

    • construction works for storage areas

    This subcategory excludes:

    • construction works for agricultural silos and storage buildings used for agriculture, see 41.00.42
    • construction works for water towers, see 42.21.22
    • construction works for hydrocarbon terminals, see 42.99.21
  • 41.00.47 Construction works in hotels and similar buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • construction works for hotels, motels, inns, pensions and similar lodging buildings, with or without restaurants
    • construction works for youth hostels, mountain refuges, children's or family holiday camps, vacation bungalows, holiday and rest homes and other lodging buildings for holiday makers, not elsewhere classified

    This subcategory also includes:

    • construction works for detached restaurants and bars

    This subcategory excludes:

    • construction works for restaurants in apartment buildings, see 41.00.33
    • construction works for restaurants in shopping centres, see 41.00.44
    • construction works for amusement and leisure parks, see 42.99.22
  • 41.00.48 Construction works in public entertainment, education, hospital, institutional care or religious buildings

    This subcategory includes:

    • construction works for cinemas, concert halls, opera houses, theatres etc.
    • construction works for meeting halls and multi-purpose halls mainly used for public entertainment
    • construction works for casinos, circuses, music halls, dance-halls and discotheques, bandstands etc.
    • construction works for museums, art galleries, libraries and resource centres
    • construction works for buildings used for pre-primary, primary and secondary education (e.g. nursery schools, kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools, colleges, grammar schools, technical schools etc.), formal education schools, vocational training schools
    • construction works for buildings used for higher education and research; research laboratories; higher educational establishments
    • construction works for institutions providing medical and surgical treatment and nursing care for ill or injured persons
    • construction works for sanatoria, long-stay hospitals and nursing homes, psychiatric hospitals, dispensaries, maternity facilities, maternal and child welfare centres
    • construction works for buildings used for indoor sports (basketball and tennis courts, swimming pools, gymnastic halls, skating or ice-hockey rinks etc.) providing facilities for spectators (stands, terraces etc.) and for participants (shower and changing rooms etc.)
    • construction works for churches, chapels, mosques, synagogues etc.

    This subcategory also includes:

    • construction works for archive buildings
    • construction works for special schools for children with disabilities
    • construction works for further education colleges
    • construction works for weather stations, observatory buildings
    • construction works for university hospitals, hospitals of penitentiaries, prisons or armed forces
    • construction works for buildings used for thermal treatment, thalassotherapy, functional rehabilitation, blood transfusion, breast milk collection, veterinary treatment etc.
    • construction works for institutional buildings with combined residential/lodging services and nursing or medical care for older persons, persons with disabilities etc.
    • construction works for cemeteries and associated constructions, funeral parlours, crematoriums

    This subcategory excludes:

    • construction works for hostels which are detached buildings of boarding schools, see 41.00.34
    • construction works for hostels for students, see 41.00.34
    • construction works for residences and homes with social assistance (welfare) services for older persons or persons with disabilities etc., see 41.00.34
    • construction works for statues and commemorative, artistic or decorative constructions, see 41.00.49
    • construction works for amusement and leisure parks, see 42.99.22
    • construction works for sports grounds used for outdoor sports, see 42.99.22
  • 41.00.49 Construction works for non-residential buildings n.e.c.

    This subcategory includes:

    • construction works for penitentiaries, prisons and remand centres, barracks for armed forces, police or fire services

    This subcategory also includes:

    • construction works for statues and commemorative, artistic or decorative constructions
    • construction works for structures such as bus shelters, public toilets, wash houses etc.

    This subcategory excludes:

    • construction works for telephone booths, see 41.00.45
    • construction works for museums, see 41.00.48
    • construction works for religious buildings, see 41.00.48
    • construction works for hospitals of penitentiaries, prisons and armed forces, see 41.00.48
    • construction works for military engineering works, see 42.99.29