Quarterly Construction Survey, Quarter 2 2011

Press Release No: 66

Date: 5 October 2011

Quarterly Construction Survey covers all private sector enterprises engaged in various types of construction work for the Private Sector as well as for the General Government.

An estimated $64.4million worth of construction work was put in place during Quarter 2, 2011.The amount is $1.2million or 1.8 per cent higher than the previous quarter but is $2.9 million or 4.3 per cent less than the previous corresponding quarter.

The value of work carried out for the Private Sector was $58.4million with the remaining $6.0million being for General Government.

New Building and Capital Repairs
The value of work put-in-place for New Buildings and Capital Repairs was $28.4 million, an increase of $0.3 million or 1.4 per cent from the previous quarter and $0.09 million or 0.3 per cent from the previous corresponding quarter. The value of work put in place for Non-residential Buildings and Residential Buildings were $24.8million and $3.6million respectively. Construction work on Hotels, Shops, Religious and Educational Institutions contributed significantly to the Non-residential Building component.

Current Repairs and Maintenance
 For current repairs and maintenance, 99.4 per cent of the value of work done was for the Private Sector and 0.6 per cent for the General Government. Of the total estimated value of $11.6 million, 12.8 per cent were for Residential Buildings and 87.2 per cent were for Non-Residential Buildings

Civil Engineering Works
 For Civil Engineering Works, 78.8 per cent of the value of work done was for the Private Sector and 21.2 per cent for General Government. Of the total estimated value of $24.4 million, 28.5 per cent were for earthmoving works, 18.2 per cent were for roads and bridges works and 53.3 per cent were for other types of work done.

If you want more detailed information on the Quarterly Construction Survey for quarter 2 2011, please contact the Fiji Bureau of Statistics at:

P.O.Box 2221
Government Buildings
Suva, FIJI
Tel: (679) 331 5822
Fax: (679) 330 3656

OR

email: info@statsfiji.gov.fj

OR

For further enquiries please contact Mr. Asaeli Rokovada 331 5822 ext 132.

Quarterly Construction Survey for Quarter 3 2011 will be released on the 28 December 2011.