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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1994
CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT STATISTICS FOR 2ND QUARTER 1994
BY PERFORMED
MAIN
THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK CONTRACTORS, INCLUDING GENERAL AND SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS, AMOUNTED ΤΟ
BILLION IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, AND $22.1 HIGHER THAN A YEAR EARLIER.
WAS
22.0%
THIS IS REVEALED IN THE RESULTS OF THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF
OUTPUT RELEASED TODAY CONSTRUCTION
(TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
WITH COMPARED
VALUE THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994, THE GROSS
OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY MAIN CONTRACTORS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1994 INCREASED BY 2.1%.
THE
GROSS VALUE
OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED AT PRIVATE SECTOR SITES TOTALLED $9.1 BILLION, AND WAS 31.2% AND 2.9% HIGHER THAN
THE IN
QUARTER SECOND
OF 1993 AND THE FIRST
OF 1994 QUARTER
RESPECTIVELY.
THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED AT PUBLIC SECTOR
7.2% FROM $6.5 BILLION, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF QUARTER OF 1993 BUT A DECREASE OF 3.6% FROM THE FIRST
SITES WAS SECOND OF 1994.
VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK LOCATIONS OTHER THAN
THE
QUARTER
GROSS THE
BY PERFORMED
GENERAL
CONTRACTORS AT
CONSTRUCTION SITES WAS $4.3 BILLION, WHICH WAS 28.0% AND 5.7% HIGHER THAN IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1993 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994 RESPECTIVELY.
THIS INCLUDED MINOR NEW CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AND RENOVATION WORK AT ERECTED BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES.
THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY SPECIAL TRADE
AT LOCATIONS OTHER CONTRACTORS
THAN
SITES, CONSTRUCTION
COMPRISING MAINLY
TOTALLED ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL FITTING WORK, BILLION, AND $2.2
WAS 24.7% AND 10.0% HIGHER THAN IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1993 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994 RESPECTIVELY.
ANALYSED BY END-USE, RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PROJECTS (INCLUDING ACCOUNT COMMERCIAL / RESIDENTIAL (COMPOSITE) BUILDINGS) CONTINUED TO FOR THE GREATEST PORTION OF THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED AT CONSTRUCTION SITES.
GROSS THE
VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED FOR THESE PROJECTS WAS $4.9 BILLION, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 4.9% FROM SECOND QUARTER OF 1993 BUT A DECREASE OF 2.1% FROM THE FIRST OF 1994.
THE QUARTER
TRANSPORT PROJECTS
REMAINED THE SECOND LARGEST CATEGORY OF THE GROSS VALUE OF
CONSTRUCTION SITE WORK. PERFORMED FOR THESE PROJECTS WAS $4.3 BILLION.
CONSTRUCTION
WORK
THIS WAS 27.1% HIGHER THAN IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1993 BUT 6.5% LOWER THAN IN THE FİRST QUARTER OF 1994.
/COMMERCIAL BUILDING