The increase in the volume of construction work in January-May 2026 compared to January-May 2025 is associated with construction repair of structures (by 41,2%).

By types of construction work (services) performed in January-May 2026, the largest share is occupied by construction of roads, railways and subway (26,3%), non-residential buildings (20,4% in the total volume) and residential buildings (11,9%).

In January-May 2026, the total area of new facilities put into operation amounted to 7876,1 thousand square meters.

The total area of housing commissioned in creased by 4,5% compared to January- May 2025 and amounted to 6293,4 thousand sq.m., of this total 4223,1 thousand sq.m. - multi-apartment and 2050 thousand sq.m. - individual houses. Most of the housing – 6094,7 thousand sq.m. or 96,8% was put into operation by private developers, of which the population is 2136,2 thousand square meters.

In the field of education and healthcare in January-May 2026 23 general education schools for 12480 student places, 22 preschool institutions for 2072 places and 3 clinic for 120 visits per shift were put into operation, a 105-bed hospital annex has also been added.

Construction and installation works - construction work on the construction of buildings and structures, expansion, reconstruction and technical re-equipment; work on the installation of power, technological and other equipment.

Construction object - a separate building or structure with all related equipment.Inventory, tools, galleries, flyovers, internal engineering networks and communications, for the construction (reconstruction. expansion) of which an independent object estimate is compiled.

Construction organizations include all general construction and specialized organizations, including repair and construction organizations. The main activity of construction organizations is to perform work under contracts with customers related to the type of economic activity "Construction" in accordance with the state "General Classifier of types of Economic Activities (GCTEA).

The volume of construction work includes the cost of construction work performed by enterprises engaged in construction activities under concluded construction contracts, which includes construction of new facilities, major and current repairs, reconstruction, modernization of residential and non-residential buildings, engineering structures.

The index of the physical volume of construction works (services) is determined by the ratio of the volumes of completed construction works of the analyzed period to the previous period in actual prices, taking into account the deflator (price index).

The total area of a residential building (residential building) is calculated as the sum of the total areas of all dwellings and the areas of all non-residential premises, as well as the areas of parts of a residential building that are common property.

More detailed methodological explanations are available at the following links:

• Methodology for the formation of construction statistics indicators

• Methodology for determining the gross output for the industry "Construction"