DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

		Dec qtr 13	Sep qtr 13 to Dec qtr 13	Dec qtr 12 to Dec qtr 13
		$m	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done
	Building	20 958.5	0.2	2.7
	Residential	12 182.1	-0.3	0.9
	Non-residential	8 769.5	0.9	5.1
	Engineering	32 448.2	1.3	1.1
	Total construction	53 431.3	0.9	1.8
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done
	Building	20 777.8	-1.6	0.3
	Residential	12 093.7	-1.7	-1.0
	Non-residential	8 684.2	-1.5	2.2
	Engineering	32 323.2	-0.5	0.1
	Total construction	53 101.1	-1.0	0.2
(a) Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2011-12.

Value of construction work done, Chain Volume Measures - Trend estimates

Value of building work done, Chain Volume Measures - Trend estimates

DECEMBER KEY POINTS


VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

TOTAL CONSTRUCTION

• The trend estimate for total construction work done rose 0.9% in the December quarter 2013.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total construction work done fell 1.0%, to $53,101.1m, in the December quarter.

BUILDING WORK DONE

• The trend estimate for total building work done rose 0.2% in the December quarter.
• The trend estimate for non-residential building work done rose 0.9% in the December quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of total building work done fell 1.6%, to $20,777.8m, in the December quarter.

ENGINEERING WORK DONE

• The trend estimate for engineering work done rose 1.3% in the December quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for engineering work done fell 0.5%, to $32,323.2m, in the December quarter.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
March 2014	28 May 2014
June 2014	27 August 2014
September 2014	26 November 2014
December 2014	25 February 2015

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This publication provides an early indication of trends in building and engineering construction activity. The data are estimates based on a response rate of approximately 85% of the value of both building and engineering work done during the quarter. More comprehensive and updated results will be released in Engineering Construction Activity, Australia (cat.no. 8762.0) on 02 April 2014 and in Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0) on 16 April 2014.


DATA NOTES

As a result of changes to production processes, some time series identifiers will be changing. The content and nature of these series will not be affected.

The following publications will be affected:

• Construction Work Done, Australia, Preliminary (cat. no. 8755.0) - changes implemented from March 2014 (released on 28 May 2014) onwards.
• Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0) - changes implemented from March 2014 (released on 16 July 2014) onwards.

To assist in accommodating these changes, Excel spreadsheets showing the old and new time series identifiers for each affected series are included under the downloads tab.

Please note the dates on which these changes take effect, as detailed above.

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 24 to 26 of the explanatory notes.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070.