MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1984
RESULTS OF 1982 SURVEY OF BUILDING,
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE SECTORS
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THERE WERE 5 396 CONSTRUCTION ESTABLISHMENTS OPERATING IN 1982, ENGAGING A TOTAL OF 106 711 PERSONS, ACCORDING TO SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
TOTAL GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY THESE ESTABLISHMENTS AMOUNTED TO $38 082 MILLION, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 12 PER CENT OVER 1981.
BUSINESS RECEIPTS DERIVED FROM SECONDARY ACTIVITIES WERE $535 MILLION. THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES BY THESE ESTABLISHMENTS WERE $35 764 MILLION. THEY COMPRISED $9 826 MILLION ON COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES AND PAYMENT TO LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS; $11 302 MILLION ON CONSUMPTION OF MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES: $12 470 MILLION ON SUB-CONTRACT WORK RENDERED BY FEE SUB-CONTRACTORS; AND $2 167 MILLION ON MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES.
TOTAL VALUE ADDED WAS $13 033 MILLION WHICH WAS 8 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN 1981.
ANALYSED BY TRADE ACTIVITY, OVER ONE-THIRD OF CONSTRUCTION ESTABLISHMENTS WERE ENGAGED IN RENOVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ERECTED BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. THEY WERE MOSTLY SMALL CONCERNS ACCOUNTING FOR $1 782 MILLION OR 5 PER CENT OF TOTAL CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE 896 GENERAL TRADE CONTRACTORS PERFORMING AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES ACCOUNTED FOR $28 206 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT OF TOTAL CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED.
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THE SURVEY ALSO COVERED SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS. THEM, THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL FITTING TRADE WAS THE MOST PROMINENT, ACCOUNTING FOR $5 133 MILLION, OR 13 PER CENT,.OF THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED.
FROM APRIL 1983 TO EARLY 1984 THE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED THE SURVEY OF THE BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE SECTORS IN RESPECT OF THEIR OPERATIONS IN 1982.
THE SURVEY COVERED THE FOLLOWING TRADES :-
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BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION;
* REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT;
* ARCHITECTURAL, SURVEYING AND PROJECT ENGINEERING; AND
* REAL ESTATE LEASING; BROKERAGE AND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT. BESIDES STATISTICS CLASSIFIED BY CONSTRUCTION ESTABLISHMENTS, THE SURVEY ALSO COLLECTED DATA ABOUT CONSTRUCTION SITES.
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