Performance of the construction sector.

The value of construction work done in the first quarter 2018 recorded a moderate growth of 5.9 per cent year-on-year to record RM37.1 billion (Q4 2017: RM35.1 billion).

The expansion in value of construction work done was driven by positive growth in Civil engineering sub-sector with 19.5 per cent and Special trades activities sub-sector with 8.6 per cent. However, the Non-residential and Residential buildings sub-sector declined to 1.2 per cent and 3.4 per cent respectively.

In terms of contributions, Civil engineering sub-sector continued to dominate the performance of value of construction work done with 39.6 per cent share, followed by Non-residential buildings (28.8%), Residential buildings (26.6%) and Special trades activities (5.0%).

The private sector continued to propelled the construction activity with 60.9 per cent share (RM22.6 billion) as compared to the public sector with 39.1 per cent share (RM14.5 billion).

 

*Notes:

Data for first quarter 2018 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the publication second quarter 2018.

 

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