CAR contributes 1.0 percent to the Philippine private construction

• The region recorded 117 total number of constructions in the fourth quarter of 2018. This represents a decrease of 65.9 percent from 343 constructions recorded in the fourth quarter of 2017.
• These constructions had a total floor area of 47,960 square meters and total project cost of PHP 484.4 million

Figure 1. Number, Floor Area and Value of Constructions in the Philippines and

CAR: Fourth Quarter 2018

 

3 in 4 buildings are residential buildings

• Residential building constructions comprised 75.2 percent of the region’s construction projects in the Fourth Quarter of 2018. This was a decrease of 63.6 percent from the 242 projects reported in the same quarter last year. These constructions were valued at PHP 343.8 million with a total floor area of 27,174 square meters.
• Non-residential building constructions comprised 18.0 percent with a total floor area of 20,731 square meters and valued at PHP 134.6 million. The same 21 construction projects were recorded in the Fourth Quarter of 2017.
• Alteration and repairs comprised 5.1 percent of the private constructions while additions shared 1.7 percent.

Figure 2. Number, Floor Area and Value of Constructions by Type in

CAR: Fourth Quarter 2018

 

Most of the residential buildings are in Benguet and Baguio City

• There were 44 building projects in Benguet and Baguio City recorded in the Fourth Quarter of 2018 with a total floor area of 23,695 square meters and were valued at PHP 31.3 million. Of these, 43 units were for single occupancy and 1 residential condominium.
• Apayao recorded 36 building constructions in the Fourth Quarter of 2018. All were designed for single occupancy. Four housing projects were approved both in Kalinga and Ifugao. No residential construction was recorded in Mountain Province.

• Non-residential constructions consist of commercial buildings, industrial buildings, institutional, agricultural, and other non-residential construction.
• Benguet reached 9 units of non-residential building construction, increased by 28.6 percent from its previous record of 7 units. These buildings had a total floor area of 17,651 square meters and were valued at PHP 111.1 million.
• Apayao posted a slight increase of 20.0 percent from 5 non-residental constructions in fourth quarter of 2017 to 6 constructions in same quarter in 2018. These buildings had a total floor area of 1,714 square meters and were valued at PHP 11.5 million.
• Kalinga and Ifugao had the least number of approved non-residential constructions with 4 and 2 buildings, respectively.
• There were no non-residential construction activities undertaken in Abra and Mountain Province.

Table 1. Number of Non-residential Constructions by Province, CAR:

Fourth Quarter 2018

 

2 in 4 approved commercial buildings are stores

• Stores comprised 75.0 percent of the total commercial buildings under the nonresidential construction in the Fourth Quarter of 2018. These had a combined floor area of 1,707 square meters valued at PHP 9.3 million. Most of the stores were located in Apayao (5), followed by Benguet (2), Kalinga (1), and Ifugao (1).
• One new hotel/motel was approved for construction in Benguet with a total floor area of 16,864 square meters valued at PHP 100.8 million.
• A bank was also built in Benguet with a floor area of 92 square meters that cost at PHP 1.2 million. Additional 1 unit of other commercial building was built in Kalinga.

6 schools are in Benguet

• There were 2 new school building projects for the Fourth Quarter of 2018 in the region with a total area of 410 square meters valued at PHP 4.4 million. Kalinga had 1 new school building and Ifugao had also 1 school building.
• Building permits for the construction of other type of institutional buildings in Benguet and Kalinga were approved. These buildings had an accumulated cost of PHP 13.5 million with a total floor area of 1,349 square meters.

Figure 4. Number, Floor Area and Value of Institutional Constructions in CAR:

Fourth Quarter 2018