BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera office of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA-CAR) claimed that the total private constructions in the region for the first quarter of 2021 reached 414 which is higher by around 10.4 percent from the 375 constructions recorded in the 4th quarter of 2020.
The aforesaid constructions had a value of more than P1.4 billion and a total floor area of 105,522 square meters.
The PSA-CAR stipulated that construction statistics are based on the approved building permits on new constructions and additions to, and alterations and repairs of existing residential and non-residential buildings, and other structures which are proposed to be constructed in the different provinces of the region.
The statistics that are generated include number, floor area, type of construction and value of construction.
Among the provinces in the region, Benguet recorded the highest number of construction permits with 227 units or 54.8 percent share to the region’s total permits granted followed by Kalinga with 76 units, and Abra with 68 units.
On the other hand, the 3 provinces with the least number of constructions were Apayao with 30 units, Ifugao with 8 units and Mountain Province with 5 units.
According to the report, the region’s total average cost per square meter of construction in the first quarter of 2021 was estimated at P13,449 an increase of 1.6 percent from the P11,609 average per square meter recorded in the previous quarter.
The PSA-CAR stipulated that across all types of constructions residential construction recorded the highest number with 277 or 66.9 percent share of the total constructions in the region which was a decline of 6.1 percent was recorded from the 294 residential constructions in the last quarter of 2020.
Aside from residential constructions that posted a decline, an increase in construction activities were recorded in non-residential with 75 constructions, alteration and repair with 56, and street furniture or landscaping or signboard with 13.
Further, a type of construction that refers to any new construction that increases the height or area of an existing building and alteration and repair of existing structures, posted a decline with 6 constructions recorded in the first quarter of 2021 from 10 constructions in the last quarter of 2020.
Among the type of residential constructions, single-type house recorded the highest share with 89.1 percent or 247 constructions of the total residential constructions followed by apartment or accessorial with 27 constructions, duplex or quadruplex type house with 2 constructions and residential condominiums with 1 construction.
Most of the single-type house were built in Benguet with 170 building permits approved followed by Kalinga and Apayao. Mountain Province recorded the least number of single-type constructions with 3 buildings.
Among the non-residential constructions of commercial buildings such as stores, office buildings, banks, hotels or motels made up the highest share with 74.7 percent. Institutional buildings followed with 14.7 percent share while industrial buildings ranked 3rd with 9.8 percent share and agricultural buildings had the least share with 1.3 percent.
Non-residential buildings was mostly granted in Kalinga and Benguet with 30.7 percent and 22.7 percent shares, respectively. Constructions in Abra shared 21.3 percent, while Apayao shared 12.0 percent and Ifugao shared 10.6 percent. Only 2.6 percent of the total number of non-residential constructions were granted in Mountain Province.
In the first quarter of 2021, more than half of commercial constructions equivalent to 66.1 percent were stores. Majority of the stores were given permits to be built in Apayao with 24 units, flowed by Kalinga with 21. Ifugao ranked 3rd with 18 stores, Benguet with 12 stores and Abra with 2 stores.
Construction of hotels or motels came next with 32 construction permits where the least number of construction activities were for banks with only 3 construction permits recor5ded in the first quarter of 2021.
Most of the building permits for commercial building constructions were in Benguet with 44 units.
