Figures issued by the Orders of Engineers & Architects of Beirut and of Tripoli show that the two orders issued 6,956 new construction permits in the first seven months of 2024, constituting an increase of 4.4% from 6,664 permits in the same period last year. Also, the orders of engineers issued 1,170 permits in July 2024, representing increases of 17.2% from 998 permits in June 2024 and of 13.7% from 1,029 in July 2023. Mount Lebanon accounted for 30.3% of the number of newly-issued construction permits in the first seven months of 2024, followed by the South with 20.8%, the North with 17.7%, the Nabatieh area with 13.3%, the Bekaa region with 11.7%, and Beirut with 3.8%. The remaining 2.4% were permits issued by the Order of Engineers & Architects of Tripoli for regions located outside northern Lebanon. The number of new construction permits issued in the North surged by 71.5% in the first seven months of 2024 from the same period last year, followed by permits in the Bekaa region (+54.8%), in Beirut (+46.6%), and permits issued for regions located outside northern Lebanon (+25.8%). In contrast, the number of new construction permits issued in the Nabatieh area dropped by 20.8% in the covered period, followed by permits in the South (-13.5%), and in Mount Lebanon (-7%). Further, the surface area of granted construction permits reached 3.8 million square meters (sqm) in the first seven months of 2024, constituting an increase of 36.4% from 2.79 million sqm in the same period of 2023. Also, the surface area of granted construction permits reached 625,234 sqm in July 2024, up by 27.3% from 491,240 sqm in June 2024 and by 45% from 431,110 sqm in July 2023. Mount Lebanon accounted for 1,064,835 sqm, or for 28% of the total surface area of granted construction permits in the first seven months of 2024. The North followed with 763,990 sqm (20.1%), then the South with 752,814 sqm (19.8%), the Bekaa region with 570,679 sqm (15%), the Nabatieh area with 359,465 sqm (9.5%), and Beirut with 134,103 sqm (3.5%). The remaining 157,526 sqm, or 4% of the total, represent the surface area of permits that the Order of Engineers & Architects of Tripoli issued for regions located outside northern Lebanon. Also, the surface area of new construction permits issued in regions located outside northern Lebanon surged by 158.2% in the first seven months of 2024 from the same period last year, followed by surface areas in the Bekaa region (+107.5%), in the North (+94%), in Beirut (+77.4%), in Mount Lebanon (+19%), and in the South (+9%). In contrast, the surface area of new construction permits in the Nabatieh area decreased by 9.7% in the covered period. In parallel, the latest available figures show that cement deliveries totaled 2.35 million tons in 2023, constituting an increase of 10.8% from 2.12 million tons in 2022.  (ICE BEIRUT)

Fonte notizia: Byblos Bank, August 12 - 17, 2024