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1. New work – Maintenance work
1.1 New work
The main principles governing new construction have not changed. Buildings should still be constructed in accordance with the "rules of the art", i.e. in close compliance with existing standards and regulations (Normes, DTU, Eurocodes, etc.).
The client always wants prices to be "well thought-out" and, to achieve this, the project manager must use the techniques and materials best suited to the project, and therefore the most cost-effective.
However, the field of maintenance work has evolved considerably over the last few decades. It no longer has, as it did in the past, the devalued image of secondary work of no interest to a prime contractor.
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New work – Maintenance work
Organizations
FFB (French Building Federation) http://ffbatiment.fr
ANAH (National agency for housing improvement) http://www.anah.fr
Economic data
Maintenance work has been rising steadily since 1985 (figure 1 ).
In 2004, sales in the new-build sector amounted to around 46 billion euros (excluding VAT), and in the renovation/maintenance sector to 52 billion...
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