Federal Construction Minister Hubertz wants to reduce construction costs

Federal Construction Minister Verena Hubertz (SPD) wants to boost housing construction by reducing construction costs. This is also possible without a reduction in quality, she said, according to a statement at the trade union conference of the Construction-Agrar-Environment Industrial Union (IG BAU) in Kassel. Building has become too expensive, but it is possible to counteract this.

The minister referred to a model project in Hamburg in which everyone involved from business, politics and the various construction trades sat down and examined where each individual could save costs for their area. It’s about “less bells and whistles and a focus on efficient processes”. There would then no longer be an underground car park, walls would be a little less wide and the balcony would no longer be walled up but would be placed next to the building. “We have leverage. We can act,” emphasized Hubertz. But the overall quality has to be right.

The minister emphasized to the trade unionists the importance of the construction industry for Germany. With 2.6 million employees, three times as many people worked in this sector as in the automotive industry. Every second euro invested in Germany goes into construction. There is far too little talk about this.