WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1983
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SURVEY COMPLETED
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A SURVEY ON ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGED IN BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION, ARCHITECTURE, SURVEYING, AND PROJECT ENGINEERING HAS RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE SURVEY COLLECTED DATA RELATING TO THE YEAR 1981 AND WAS THE FIRST ANNUAL FOLLOW-UP ENQUIRY AFTER THE BENCHMARK CENSUS FOR 1979.
THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR HAS ALSO BEEN COVERED IN A RELATED SURVEY, THE RESULTS OF WHICH WILL BE RELEASED IN DUE COURSE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY, 4 905 BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS HAD OPERATED DURING 1981 WITH THE VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED AMOUNTING TO $34 860 MILLION. THE ESTABLISHMENTS SPENT $9 005 MILLION ON COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES AND ON HIRING LABOURERS THROUGH THE LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS, $10 489 MILLION ON SUB-CONTRACT WORK RENDERED BY FEE SUB-CONTRACTORS, $11 114 MILLION ON CONSUMPTION OF MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, AND $1 875 MILLION ON MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES.
THE TOTAL NATIONAL ACCOUNTS VALUE ADDED+ GENERATED BY THESE ESTABLISHMENTS WAS $12 096 MILLION, AND THE GROSS SURPLUS WAS $2 747 MILLION.
THE PRINCIPAL STATISTICS OF THE CONSTRUCTION ESTABLISHMENTS DISTINGUISHED INTO DIFFERENT TRADE GROUPS SHOW THAT $22 275 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS PERFORMED BY ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGED IN ARCHITECTURAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES.
THE SPECIAL TRADES OF ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL, GAS AND WATER FITTING ACCOUNTED FOR $5 574 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED.
ANOTHER $2 127 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS PERFORMED BY RENOVATION AND MAINTENANCE
THIS GROUP CONTRACTORS AT ERECTED BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES.
HAD THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS, BEING 1 858 OR 38 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL.
SEPARATE ANALYSES ON SITE STATISTICS SHOW THAT A TOTAL OF 2 495 SITE CONTRACTS WERE CARRIED OUT IN 1981, OF WHICH 680 WERE PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS VIZ. CONTRACTS AWARDED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS, HOUSING DEPARTMENT, OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION. THE OTHER 1 815 CONTRACTS WERE PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. THE TOTAL VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED UNDER THESE CONTRACTS WAS $19 476 MILLION, OF WHICH $7 274 MILLION WERE ATTRIBUTED TO PUBLIC PROJECTS AND $12 202 MILLION TO PRIVATE PROJECTS.
/C0n_mamiS LOVER