Figures that invite to the optimism, those recorded during the first four months of this year in the construction sector. Certified surfaces have grown in all types of work if compared to the same period in 2015. According to the data provided by the College of architects of Andorra (COAA), from January to April was 34.641 square meters of new construction. This is an increase of 240,5% compared with the first four months of last year, when it recorded 10.172 square meters. In terms of the actions of reform, endorsed surface stood at 14.703 square meters, while from January to April of 2015 were 6.240 square meters, representing a 135,6 percent increase. What grows more, however, are the expansion works. The increase is 472% as it passed 220 square meters visas in 2015 1,260 square meters achieved since the beginning of the year until April. Finally, in proceedings of demolition, the COAA has visa during the first four months of 2016 a total of 3.871 square meters, while in the same period of the previous year was endorsed 3.466 square meters. This is an increase of 11.7%. The Dean of the College of architects, Zaira Nadal, emphasized that "If this trend is maintained during the rest of the year it would be perfect", because that would make it possible to close the 2016 with figures higher than those obtained last year. However, since the Office recalls that by 2015 was obtained the lowest number of endorsed new developments of the last fifteen years. Therefore, with these values so scarce any work that promote can make them grow significantly. It should be remembered that during the past year only was recorded positive figures in the actions of reform, which increased by 1.2% and surpassed those of work new (the first came to 48.674 square meters and the latter to 42.026 square meters). Nadal stressed that until now had always been new developments which had prevailed. But between the descent of this and that rehabilitation has grown in recent years, the difference is becoming smaller. Despite this reduction in activity, the Dean of the College of architects exposes that the entity has not registered any casualties due to lack of work. The works that have been commissioned offices have been reduced, but "for both unsubscribe and fold completely, not", said. Nadal also points out that with the decrease of projects many professionals have used for training and upgrading programs. Also has opted for "opening new doors". Thus, if until the crisis had offices only doing projects now, as it is the field in which there is less work, they have opened up to other plots. "When the main field goes wrong, we must open new ones," said the Dean of the Office. Why there are professionals who "have focused on other activities", such as appraisals, reports, energy certification and partial plans. In recent years also has been the architectural firms occur more often in competitions, although data is not available

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