1.

0 INTRODUCTION
2.0 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
2.1 SIZE OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Table 2.1: Gross Domestic Product by kind of Economic Activity at Constant 2005
Prices, 2006-2015, Malaysia
Gross Domestic Product by kind of Economic Activity at Constant 2005 Prices
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014p 2015f
RM million
Construction 16,002 17,391 18,151 19,270 21,459 22,464 26,640 29,554 32,984 36,380
Overall GDP 573,936 610,087 639,565 629,885 676,653 711,760 751,760 787,611 835,040 877,174
Construction 2.79 2.85 2.84 3.06 3.17 3.16 5.54 3.75 3.95 4.15
per Overall
GDP (%)
p Preliminary Source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia
f Forecast

2.2 GROWTH AND CYCLE OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Table 2.2: Annual Percentage Change of Gross Domestic Product by kind of
Economic Activity at Constant 2005 Prices, 2006-2015, Malaysia
Gross Domestic Product by kind of Economic Activity at Constant 2005 Prices
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014p 2015f
Annual change (%)
Agriculture 5.8 1.4 3.8 0.1 2.4 5.8 1.3 2.1 2.6 0.3
Mining and -1.2 2.1 -2.4 -6.5 -0.3 -5.4 1.0 0.7 3.1 3.0
quarrying
Manufacturing 7.4 3.1 0.8 -9.0 11.9 4.7 4.8 3.5 6.2 4.9
Construction -0.5 8.5 4.4 6.2 11.4 4.7 18.6 10.9 11.6 10.3
Services 7.2 10.0 8.6 2.9 7.4 7.1 6.4 5.9 6.3 5.6
Plus: Import -11.0 4.7 26.7 -7.1 9.6 13.0 15.6 5.8 10.1 6.3
duties
GDP at 5.6 6.3 4.8 -1.5 7.4 5.2 5.6 4.7 6.0 4.5~5.5
purchasers
prices
Source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia and Bank Negara Malaysia
 2.3 SUB-SECTORS OF THE INDUSTRY
Table 2.3: Value of Construction Work Done by Sub-sectors of the Industry
Year 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Types of
construction RM million
Residential 15,460,045 13,097,547 12,308,352 14,956,341 20,867,868 24,963,226
buildings
Non-residential 20,300,147 24,319,657 27,091,436 25,216,522 20,877,584 29,303,387
buildings
Civil engineering 18,172,744 17,205,668 15,744,208 18,304,522 28,204,025 32,301,488
Special trades 4,387,211 5,391,924 5,649,053 4,680,957 4,113,353 4,307,302
Source: An Overview of The Construction Industry

2.4 NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Table 2.4: Number of Employment by Different Industries, 2006-2015, Malaysia
Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015p
Industry (000 persons)
Agriculture 1375 1438 1366 1350 1615 1419 1602 1682 1660 1635
Manufacturing 2083 1977 1945 1807 2109 2222 2228 2215 2266 2222
Construction 909 922 998 1016 1083 1134 1164 1244 1226 1280
Mining 42 39 55 63 57 76 81 87 84 103
Services 6817 7123 7349 7741 8176 8652 8894 9313 9606 8494
Total 10,275 10,538 10,600 10,898 11,900 12,284 12,723 13,210 13,532 13,734
Employment
Percentage of 8.85 8.75 9.36 9.32 9.10 9.23 9.15 9.42 9.06 9.32
Employment In
Construction (%)
Source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia
2.5 INVESTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Table 2.5: Total FD1 and FDI in Construction Industry, 2008-2015, Malaysia
Year Total Foreign Direct FDI in Construction
Investment Industry
(RM million) (RM million)
2008 23,875 114
2009 5,121 -103
2010 29,183 -223
2011 37,325 98
2012 28,537 379
2013 38,175 817
2014 35,600 1,053
2015 43,435 1,303
Source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia
2.6 TECHNOLOGY IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
##Refer CIDB, no data

3.0 ROLES OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

3.1 PROVIDING HOUSING STOCK
Table 3.1: The Number of Housing Stocks (million), 2009-2013, Malaysia
Year Housing Stock (RM million) Percentage Change (%)
2009 4.34 -
2010 4.43 2.07
2011 4.51 1.81
2012 4.58 1.55
2013 4.70 2.62
Source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia

3.2 PROVIDING NATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE

Table 3.2: Total Number Project of Infrastructure, 2007-2015, Malaysia
Year Total Number Project of Total Project Value of
Infrastructure Infrastructure
(RM million) (RM million)
2007 1787 37611.14
2008 1579 24858.70
2009 1707 22017.45
2010 1751 26454.91
2011 1914 31806.28
2012 1863 46034.16
2013 1994 31258.48
2014 2010 34268.41
Source: Market Watch 2012 Construction Industry Malaysia-AHK Malaysia
3.3 PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT
Table 3.3: Total Number of Employment in Construction Industry, 2006-2015,
Malaysia
Year Total of Employment in Percentages Change
Construction Industry (%)
(000 persons)
2005 904.4 -
2006 909 0.50
2007 922 1.50
2008 998 8.18
2009 1016 1.79
2010 1083 6.58
2011 1134 4.70
2012 1164 2.66
2013 1244 6.91
2014 1226 -1.44
2015 1280 4.40
Source: Department of Statistics, Malaysia
3.4 EXPORT OF SERVICES
Table 3.4: Value of Project Involved by Various type of Contractor, 2005-2009,
Malaysia
Value of Project Involved by Various type of Contractor
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
RM billion
Foreign 4.43 3.96 5.82 4.56 2.65
Contractors in
Domestic Market
Local Contractors 9.57 30.00 19.25 9.29 14.22
in Global Market
Local Contractors 50.33 55.00 82.15 73.99 65.95
in Domestic
Market
Source: Malaysia Country Report 19th Asia Construct Conference. Prepared by CIDM
3.5 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Graph 1: Project of R&D Approved by Board of Trustee Cream, 2001-2012,
Malaysia
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No R&D Project Approved

10
10
8
6 6
6 5 5 5
4
4
2 2
2 1 1 1

Year

Source: Construction Research Institution of Malaysia (CREAM)