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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