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CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT STATISTICS FOR 4TH QUARTER
BY MAIN
THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED CONTRACTORS, INCLUDING GENERAL AND SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS, AMOUNTED TO $18.4 BILLION IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.
IT WAS 8.7% HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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THE INCREASE WAS LARGELY DUE TO MORE ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION PUBLIC SITES AND A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN MISCELLANEOUS NON-SITE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.
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COMPARED WITH THE THIRD
QUARTER OF 1992, THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY MAIN CONTRACTORS INCREASED BY A SIMILAR MAGNITUDE OF 8.4%.
THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED ON PRIVATE SITES TOTALLED $8.3 BILLION AND WAS 6.9% LOWER THAN A YEAR AGO.
THE DECREASE WAS PARTLY DUE TO THE DROP IN THE VALUE OF WORK DONE IN COMMERCIAL BUILDING PROJECTS.
COMPARED WITH THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992, THE VALUE INCREASED
BY 5.1%.
THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED ON PUBLIC SITES WAS $5 BILLION, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 25.6% AND 16.1% OVER THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1991 AND THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992 RESPECTIVELY.
THE INCREASE WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE INTENSIFICATION OF WORKS ON A NUMBER OF MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
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