Building and construction (including civil engineering)
5.16
A definitive assessment of the level of activity in the building and construction sector in the first half of this
year cannot be made because statistics on building and civil
engineering output are not yet available. However, the quarterly index of the value of construction work performed by main contractors may give some indication. According to this index, the value of construction work decreased by 2% in the first quarter of 1986 compared
compared with the first quarter of
1985
(11)
5.17
Employment on building and construction
sites also
fell, by 38% over this period (12). While the number of
/manual
(11) The value index of construction work performed by main contractors
(1982 = 100):
% change on the same period of preceding year
Index
1985
1986
2222 2
Q1
95.0
Q2
91.7
Q3
89.3
Q4
98.4
93.4
-1.3
-3.0
-7.5
2.5
-1.7
of manual workers engaged in public and private sector
(12)
Number projects:
Public
Private
Total
1984 Mar
37 766 (-4.5)
33 842 (-8.1)
71 608
(-6.2)
Jun
33 299
(-17.4)
33 741
(-1.0)
67 040
(-9.9)
Sep
33 620
(-17.5)
34 112
(12.1)
67 732
(-4.8)
Dec
32 569
(-16.8)
36 034
(14.6)
68 603
(-2.8)
1985
Mar
30 698
(-18.7)
37 034
(9.4)
67 732
(-5.4)
Jun
28 518
(-14.4)
35 738
(5.9)
64 256
(-4.2)
Sep
28 353
(-15.7)
36 074
(5.8)
64 427
(-4.9)
Dec
28 258
(-13.2)
38 055
(5.6)
66 313
(-3.3)
1986
Mar
27 117
(-11.7)
38 905
(5.1)
66 022
(-2.5)
Note: Figures in brackets represent the percentage change (%) on the
same period of preceding year.
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