“The expansion in the value of construction work done was driven by positive growth in the civil engineering, special trades activities and non-residential buildings sub-sectors, which grew by 14.3%, 8.2% and 2.5% respectively,” chief statistician Mohd Uzir Mahidin said in a statement.

He added however that the residential buildings sub-sector declined to 9.2%.

In Q4 2018, the civil engineering sub-sector continued to dominate the performance of construction work done with a 42.6% share, followed by non-residential buildings (28.4%), residential buildings (24.2%) and special trades activities (4.8%).

The private sector continued to propel construction activity with 56.2% (RM20.5 billion) compared to the public sector at 43.8% (RM16.0 billion).