The impact of crisis recession on the construction sector

Građevinski sektor je važan dio svakog gospodarstva, pa tako i gospodarstva Republike Hrvatske, jer postavlja temelje za razvoj dvaju važnih pravaca – prometnu infrastrukturu i stanogradnju. Taj sektor bio je jedan od najjače krizom pogođenih sektora te su njegovi pokazatelji negativni više godina zaredom. U šest godina u Hrvatskoj je u tom sektoru izgubljeno 53 tisuće radnih mjesta, prepolovio se obujam građevinskih radova, vrijednost izvršenih radova i broj izdanih dozvola. Na temelju provedenog istraživanja putem financijskih pokazatelja na uzorku od šest poduzeća: Hrvatske autoceste d.o.o., Autocesta Rijeka – Zagreb d.d.,Viadukt d.d., INGRA d.d, Hidroelektra niskogradnja d.d. te ZAGREB – MONTAŽA d.o.o. uočen je utjecaj recesije na njihovo poslovanje.As an important part of every economy, including the economies of the Republic of Croatia, as it lay the foundations for the development of two important directions - transport infrastructure and housing construction, the construction sector is one of the strongest crisis affected sectors and its indicators are in a negative territory for a long time in a row. In the six years in Croatia, 53 thousands of jobs were lost in this sector, halted the volume of construction works, the value of the works and the number of permits issued. Based on the conducted research on the six companies surveyed: Hrvatskeautocested.o.o., Autoceste Rijeka - Zagreb d.d., Viaduktd.d., INGRA d.d, Hidroelektraniskogradnjad.d. and ZAGREB - MONTAŽA d.o.o. the lack of investments in the construction sector, the problem of unpaid claims, the departure and / or the dismissal of skilled labor are noteworthy. Therefore, the author thinks that it is necessary to create conditions for new private and public sector investments and to promote the export of construction