Year-on-year, second quarter growth was 2.4%, while compared with June 2014 construction industry output in June 2015 increased by 2.6%, according to latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
During the second quarter (April to June 2015), the value of all new work increased by 1.0%, with private new housing, infrastructure and public other new work increasing by 3.9%, 0.5% and 1.2% respectively.
Repair and maintenance decreased by 1.2% in the second quarter 2 compared with Q1. Public housing repair and maintenance and non-housing repair and maintenance reported falls of 0.4% and 3.9% respectively.
Output is defined as the amount charged by construction companies to customers for value of work (produced during the reporting period) excluding VAT and payments to subcontractors.
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