CONSTRUCTION volume output increased 0.9% between the third and fourth quarter of last year, buoyed by growth in infrastructure and private housing.
CONSTRUCTION volume output increased 0.9% between the third and fourth quarter of last year, buoyed by growth in infrastructure and private housing.
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GREIG CAMERON DEPUTY BUSINESS EDITOR
However, the data from the Office for National Statistics for Great Britain also showed a year-on-year dip of 9.3% when comparing output between October and December with the same period in 2011.
Across the whole of 2012 output is thought to have dipped 8.4%. In the final quarter of the year volume of all new work was up by 1.6% and repair and maintenance down by 0.3%, when compared to the third quarter. The largest increases were 5.9% in private housing and 4.2% in infrastructure, which were offset by a 4.9% dip in public non-housing work and a 4.8% dip in private housing repair and maintenance.
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