SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 1985
1983 BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION, REAL ESTATE SURVEY RESULTS OUT *****
THERE WERE 5 870 CONSTRUCTION ESTABLISHMENTS OPERATING IN 1983 ENGAGING A TOTAL OF 96 639 PERSONS, ACCORDING TO SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
TOTAL GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY THESE ESTABLISHMENTS AMOUNTED TO $38 853 MILLION, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF TWO PER CENT OVER 1982.
THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE BY THESE ESTABLISHMENTS WAS $36 643 MILLION WHICH INCLUDED $9 406 MILLION ON COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES AND PAYMENTS TO LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS; $11 304 MILLION ON CONSUMPTION OF MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES;
$13 752 MILLION ON SUB-CONTRACT WORK RENDERED BY FEE SUB-CONTRACTORS; AND $2 181 MILLION ON MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES.
TOTAL VALUE ADDED WAS $12 295 MILLION WHICH WAS SIX PER CENT LOWER THAN IN 1982.
THE SURVEY OF THE BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE SECTORS WAS CONDUCTED FROM APRIL 1984 TO EARLY 1985, COVERING THE IR OPERATION IN 1983.
THE SURVEY COVERED THE FOLLOWING TRADES:
* BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION;
* REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT;
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ARCHITECTURAL, SURVEYING AND PROJECT ENGINEERING; AND
* REAL ESTATE LEASING, BROKERAGE AND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT. ANALYSED BY TRADE ACTIVITY, IT IS NOTED THAT 2 238 OR 35 PER CENT OF CONSTRUCTION ESTABLISHMENTS WERE ENGAGED IN RENOTATIC. AND MAINTENANCE OF ERECTED BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, THEY wc>Ä MOSTLY SMALL CONCERNS ACCOUNTING FOR $2 409 MILLION OR ONLY SIA PER CENT OF TOTAL CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE 886 GENERAL TRADE CONTRACTORS PERFORMING AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES ACCOUNTED FOR 15 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS BUT CONTRIBUTED $28 124 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT OF TOTAL CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED.
THE REST OF THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR CONSISTED OF MOSTLY SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS, SUCH AS THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL FITTING TRADE CONTRACTORS. HOWEVER, THE SURVEY DID NOT COVER LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS WHO MAINLY SUPPLIED LABOUR TO WORK ON A JOB-TO-JOB BASIS.
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