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Saturday, March 18, 2017
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KALIBO, Aklan – More buildings were constructed in Aklan in 2016, records of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-Aklan showed.
Data showed that the number of construction projects based on approved building permits rose by 68 percent from 512 in 2015 to 860 projects in 2016.
The number of residential buildings was up by 93 percent to 510 from 264 a year ago, primarily pushed by the increase of single-type of houses with 228 (from 234 in 2015 to 462 in 2016), and apartment with 24 constructions (from 18 in 2015 to 42 in 2016).
Meanwhile, non-residential constructions grew by 55 percent from 174 a year ago to 271 in 2016.
Non-residential constructions were dominated by commercial-type buildings with 184 (68 percent of the total projects), followed by institutional-type with 63 (23 percent), industrial-type with 20 (seven percent), and agricultural-type with three (one percent).
Likewise, alterations and repair of existing structures increased by 23 percent to 65 from 53 projects a year ago, while addition to existing structures slid by 29 percent from 21 projects in 2015 to 15 constructions in 2016.
Among the municipalities, Kalibo (capital) recorded the highest number of construction projects with 167 (or 21 percent), but the rate slumped by 27 percent over its previous records of 228 projects.
Malay followed with 154 projects (19 percent), Numancia with 139 (17 percent), Lezo with 61 (8 percent), and Malinao with 50 (6 percent).
On the other hand, the total value of construction inched up by almost three times from P1.6 billion in 2015 to P4.4 billion in 2016.
Value of construction for residential buildings was estimated at P1.3 billion accounted for about 30 percent of the total value, while non-residential obtained a value amounting to P3.0 billion or 69 percent of the total.
Given a total floor area of 307, 540 square meters, the average cost of non-residential building construction in 2016 amounted to P9, 891 per square meter.
According to Provincial Statistics Officer Antonet B. Catubuan the data were derived from copies of approved building and demolition permits collected every month by PSA-Aklan from the offices of Local Building Officials in each town. (PSA-Aklan/PN)
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