Japan Federation of Construction Workers' Handbook Digitized Construction Handbook Released in Early October, Providing More Information

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The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors (Nikkenren, Chairman Yoichi Miyamoto) will digitize the "Construction Industry Handbook" on its website, which summarizes the business conditions and market trends of member companies. The aim is to have more people understand the latest information on the construction industry while improving usability for a wide range of users. Until now, it has been published as a booklet every year, but from now on, it will be limited to the use of electronic handbooks. Scheduled to be released in early October. It will be updated with the latest data on a cycle of about three months.
Commonly known as "dekohan". The initials of the English notation of the construction industry digital handbook (Digital Construction Handbook) are connected.
The posted information has also been further enhanced. Newly ▽Construction investment trends in major countries ▽Composition of public works general account expenditure ▽List of permitted construction industries ▽Changes in the number of new hires and quitters Global Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions ▽ Final Energy Consumption and Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ▽ Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Absorption in Japan ▽ Seismic Improvement of Buildings ▽ Aging Social Infrastructure ▽ Items such as a list of data related to the construction industry were added.
"Decohan is free and available to everyone." The data published by central government ministries and agencies is summarized in a table, and links to the pages of each provider are available. Graph images and data tables can also be downloaded. Considering users of paper media, it also has a print function.

