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Construction firms in Kyiv alone extended their operations by 2.6%, to UAH 2.852 billion ($108.4 million), over the period under review.
Ukrainian construction firms in January-February 2018 boosted construction works by 0.7% year-over-year (y-o-y), to UAH 10.484 billion (US$398.6 million).
The construction of buildings over the period under review grew by 5.7%, to UAH 6.195 billion ($235.6 million). In particular, construction of residential buildings was down by 0.4%, to UAH 3.257 billion ($123.8 million), while construction of commercial buildings rose by 14.2%, to UAH 2.938 billion ($111.7 million). Moreover, construction of engineering facilities shrank by 6%, to UAH 4.289 billion ($163 million), the State Statistics Service of Ukraine said.
Construction from scratch, reconstruction, and technical re-equipment in January-February accounted for 82.9% of total operations, while the share of overhauls and maintenance repairs was at 8.1% and 9%, respectively.
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The State Statistics Service said that the data excluded reports from temporarily occupied areas in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the city of Sevastopol, as well as the Anti-Terrorist Operation zone in the east of Ukraine.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine's construction firms in 2017 boosted construction by 20.9% against 2016, to UAH 101.1 billion ($3.8 billion).
Construction companies improved their performance by 13.1% in 2016, to UAH 70.9 billion ($2.7 billion), whereas they reduced the amount of construction works by 14.9% in 2015, to UAH 55.9 billion ($2.1 billion).