KSH said that output increased in both main groups of construction. The construction of buildings grew by 5.6% and that of civil engineering works rose by 14.9%, data by KSH suggest.

Out of the divisions of construction, output increased by 24.7% in the construction of buildings and by 15.7% in the construction of civil engineering works, while output was down 1.3% in the division of specialized construction works, accounting for more than 40% of construction output, KSH said.

The volume of new contracts was 10.4% lower. The volume of new contracts decreased by 8.6% in the construction of buildings and by 10.4% in the construction of civil engineering works, according to KSH.

At the end of June 2015, due to a fall in new contracts in the past few months, the stock of contracts was 48.5% lower than a year earlier. Within this, the stock of contracts decreased by 22.0% for the construction of buildings and fell by 54.0% for the construction of civil engineering works.