Building and construction (including civil engineering)
5.11
sites (9)
Employment on building and construction
fell by 12% in the first quarter of 1983 compared with the
same quarter last year, suggesting that activity in the
building and construction (including civil engineering) sector
as a whole has slowed down considerably. Investment in
construction machinery also declined. After an increase of
32% in 1982, the value of retained imports of construction
(9)
/machinery
Number of manual workers engaged on building and construction sites
Building sites
Civil engineering sites
Total
1980 Mar
Jun
69 256 (26.8)
15 592 (-14.5)
84 848
(16.4)
74 958
(26.6)
14 755 (-19.2)
89 713
(15.8)
Sep Dec
75 232
(14.2)
14 438
(-15.0)
89 670
(8.2)
75 345
(8.8)
15 153
(-9.1)
90 498
(5.3)
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)
Note: ( ) Percentage change on the same period of
preceding year
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