Construction & Building is the global business of creating physical infrastructure such as residential buildings, highways, bridges, factories, airports and power plants. Normally the job is managed by the construction manager, supervised by the project manager, design engineer or project architect.
While these people work in offices, every construction project requires a large number of laborers, carpenters, and other skilled tradesmen to complete the physical task of construction.
In Georgia, in the first quarter of 2017 there were 58416 employees in construction business, followed by second and third quarter 67351 and 71394. From the 2011 to 2017 years there isn’t much difference in employment in construction business. Tbilisi is the leader city in a construction employment than other cities. In 2016, 59.6% of employed people were in Tbilisi. There were 814 employed persons, representing 1.1% of all employed people in Georgia.
But there is too much difference in compensation figures of employees. From 2008 index of reimbursement has permanently went up. For example, in 2008, 2009 and 2010 the average reimbursement was GEL 634, but in the first and second quarter of 2017 it was GEL 1,951 – 2,011.
According to the National Statistics office of Georgia Business construction turnover past few years isn’t stabilized. It has raised rapidly. In 2013, 2014 and 2015 turnover was 3,244, 3,807, and 5,287 million GEL.
Overall, investment rates have fluctuated during the time depicted on the graph. It raised in 2014 and in contrast, lowest rates of investment were in 2009 and 2011.
Its important to mention that in 2017, 10 495 construction permits have been issued throughout Georgia.
As for the completed constructions in 2017, 2,2 million square meters of space has been completed. The number of completed constructions increased by 1.3% in 2017.
In the first three quarters of 2017, construction sector investment was USD 241 million. And in 2017 the figure was 86% more than in 2016.
