8762.0 - Engineering Construction Activity, Australia, Mar 2014 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 02/07/2014   
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MARCH KEY FIGURES

Mar Qtr 14
Dec Qtr 13 to Mar Qtr 14
Mar Qtr 13 to Mar Qtr 14
$m
% change
% change

TREND ESTIMATES(a)

Value of work done
For the private sector
24 820.6
-0.4
2.6
For the public sector(b)
7 129.4
-2.3
-10.7
Total engineering construction
31 932.8
-0.9
-0.7

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)

Value of work done
For the private sector
24 452.6
-1.6
2.2
For the public sector(b)
7 119.9
-3.2
-9.7
Total engineering construction
31 572.5
-2.0
-0.8

(a) Chain volume measures, reference year 2011-12.
(b) Includes work done by the private sector for the public sector and work done by the public sector.

Value of work done, Chain volume measures
Graph: Value of work done, Chain volume measures

Value of work done, Chain volume measures - Trend estimates
Graph: Value of work done Volume terms Trend estimates




MARCH KEY POINTS


VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

TOTAL
  • The trend estimate for the value of total engineering construction work done fell 0.9% in the March 2014 quarter.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total engineering construction work done fell 2.0% in the March quarter to $31,572.5m.


PRIVATE SECTOR
  • The trend estimate for the value of work done for the private sector fell 0.4% in the March quarter.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of work done for the private sector fell 1.6% in the March quarter to $24,452.6m.


PUBLIC SECTOR
  • The trend estimate for the value of work done for the public sector fell 2.3% in the March quarter.
  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of work done for the public sector fell 3.2% in the March quarter to $7,119.9m.


VALUE OF WORK COMMENCED, CURRENT PRICES
  • The value of work commenced in the March quarter was $22,313.0m in original terms, an increase of 34.4% from the December quarter.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
June 2014 1 October 2014
September 2014 14 January 2015



ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This publication updates the preliminary estimates released in Construction Work Done, Australia (cat. no. 8755.0) on 28 May 2014.


DATA NOTE

Several time series spreadsheets for recent quarters contain 'np' (not available for publication) annotations. This is due to confidential data being contained in these series.

Trend estimates should be used with caution due to the volatility caused by large engineering projects. For more details on trend estimates, please see paragraphs 22 to 24 of the explanatory notes.


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