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Albania
Construction
In the late 1980s, Albania's construction enterprises, which
concentrated mostly on adding to the country's housing stock and
industrial capacity, built about 14,000 dwellings annually. Uncertainties
about landownership and problems with supplies of building materials,
financing, and wages halted the construction industry in the early
1990s. The government legalized private construction firms, and
private companies and individuals began applying to the Ministry
of Construction for building permits soon after questions concerning
property ownership were resolved. Reports in the national press
included complaints that many people were constructing homes and
buildings on property they did not own or on land better suited
to mechanized agriculture. The government proposed a draft law
to govern zoning and construction standards.
Cement factories were located in Elbasan and Vlorė, and there
was a production facility for prefabricated concrete structures
in Tiranė. Brick kilns were located in Tiranė, Elbasan, Korēė,
Lushnjė, Dibrė, and Fier.
Data as of April 1992
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