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01/09/2008 Note: This amendment corrects an error in column labelling for the quarter to quarter movement of the Key Features table. No data has changed.


JUNE KEY FIGURES

		Jun qtr 08	Mar qtr 08 to Jun qtr 08	Jun qtr 07 to Jun qtr 08
		$m	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done
	Building	16 749.5	-0.2	1.2
	Residential	9 866.3	0.1	0.2
	Non-residential	6 885.6	-0.6	2.7
	Engineering	13 767.2	1.7	11.1
	Total construction	30 538.6	0.7	5.5
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done
	Building	16 797.1	0.2	4.1
	Residential	9 875.9	0.2	1.7
	Non-residential	6 921.3	0.3	7.6
	Engineering	13 339.5	-6.0	8.2
	Total construction	30 136.7	-2.6	5.9
(a) Chain volume measures, reference year 2005-06.

Value of construction work done, Chain volume measures - Trend estimates

Value of building work done, Chain volume measures - Trend estimates

• The trend estimate for total construction work done rose 0.7% in the June quarter 2008.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total construction work done fell 2.6%, to $30,136.7m, in the June quarter, following a revised rise of 5.0% in the March quarter.

• The trend estimate for building work done fell 0.2% in the June quarter. Residential building work done rose 0.1% while non-residential fell 0.6%.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of building work done rose 0.2%, to $16,797.1m, in the June quarter. Residential building rose 0.2% to $9,875.9m and non-residential building rose 0.3%, to $6,921.3m.

• The trend estimate for Engineering work done rose 1.7% in the latest quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for Engineering work done fell 6.0%, to $13,339.5m, in the June quarter.