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Building and construction (including civil engineering)
Employment on building and
(8)
construction
5.9
sites
fell by 12% in June 1983 compared with June
1982, suggesting that activity in the building and
construction (including civil engineering) sector as a
whole has slowed down considerably. Investment in
construction machinery also fell, with the value of
retained imports of construction machinery being 33% lower
in the first nine months of this year than in the same
(9) period last year
5.10
The reduction of 19% in the number of persons
employed on building sites in June 1983 compared with June
1982 indicates a decline in building works in
in the first
nine months, even when public housing projects are taken
(8)
/ into
Number of manual workers engaged on building and construction sites
Building sites
Civil engineering sites
Total
1981 Mar
76 015
(9.8)
14 249
(-8.6)
90 264
(6.4)
Jun
73 957
(-1.3)
12 825
(-13.1)
86 782
(-3.3)
Sep
70 030
(-6.9)
12 703
(-12.0)
82 733
(-7.7)
Dec
73 192
(-2.9)
15 685
(3.5)
88 877
(-1.8)
1982 Mar
69 254
(-8.9)
17 227
(20.9)
86 481
(-4.2)
Jun
67 860
(-8.2)
16 461
(28.4)
84 321
(-2.8)
Sep
63 922
(-8.7)
17 321
(36.4)
81 243
(-1.8)
Dec
63 800
(-12.8)
18 255
(16.4)
82 055
(-7.7)
1983 Mar
57 220
(-17.4)
19 130
(11.0)
76 350
(-11.7)
Jun
55 067
(-18.9)
19 322
(17.4)
74 389
(-11.8)
(9)
Note: () Percentage change on the same period of
preceding year
Retained imports of construction machinery
Year-on-year growth rate in money terms (%)
$Mn
1979
239
34
1980
265
11
1981
467
76
1982
617
32
1983 Jan-Sep 257
-33
36