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SPPI for Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis in Latvia. Nordic Seminar on SPPI Stockholm, May 2014 Baiba Šmite , Statistics Latvia. Content of the presentation. Industry description Classification structure Market conditions The problems identified
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SPPI for Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis in Latvia Nordic Seminar on SPPI Stockholm, May 2014 BaibaŠmite, Statistics Latvia
Content of the presentation • Industry description • Classification structure • Market conditions • The problems identified • Pricing methods • Data collection • Results
Market conditions – size of industry (3) Percentage of enterprises, employees and turnover specified by size of enterprise
The problems identified • Almost 90% from all industry enterprises are small (1-6 employees, coverage rate in terms of turnover was approximately 30%) • Only 2% of the companies have above 50 employees (turnover was approximately 37%) • One major company in Engineering activities • Costs and burden on respondent of statistical surveys • Specific contracts tailored for each client • Many associations, but not willing to cooperate
Pricing methods • Technical testing and analysis (71.2): - Direct use of prices of repeated services - List prices • Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy (71.1): - Time-based method (average hourlyratesfrom Wages Statistics section)
Average hourly rates • Quarterly data from Wages Statistics Section • Hourly labour costs are calculate on all employees on enterprise level • Labour costs contain: • remuneration for the accomplished work; • employers’ compulsory social contributions and other contributions which employer pays for the employees; • employers’ direct social contributions to employees as well as other labour costs; • in calculations the remuneration subsidies are subtracted from the sum of labour costs.
Sample size in group 71.1 • 286 companies for Architectural activities. • Approximately40% from all activity turnover in index 2013 • 307 companies for Engineering activities and related technical consultancy • In index2013 sample was almost 57% from all activity turnover • Weights based on company turnover: - Updated annually
Data collectionfor71.20 • Web-based questionnaire • Prices has been collected since 1st quarter of 2013 • 25 companies and 87 observations in 2013 • 31 companies and 96 observations in2014 • Covers 57% from all activity turnoverinindex 2014 • Weights based on company turnover: - Updated annually
Results Price index for Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis.Still under development