JUNE KEY FIGURES

		Jun qtr 17	Mar qtr 17 to Jun qtr 17	Jun qtr 16 to Jun qtr 17
		$m	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done
	Building	27 070.3	0.5	-0.1
	Residential	17 545.0	-0.9	-2.5
	Non-residential	9 507.7	3.0	4.5
	Engineering	20 197.6	0.7	-4.4
	Total construction	47 272.8	0.6	-2.0
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done
	Building	26 996.9	0.1	-2.2
	Residential	17 525.4	-0.4	-3.5
	Non-residential	9 471.5	1.1	0.2
	Engineering	24 672.8	21.5	18.7
	Total construction	51 669.7	9.3	6.8
(a) Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2014-15.

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

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

JUNE KEY POINTS


VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

TOTAL CONSTRUCTION

• The trend estimate for total construction work done rose 0.6% in the June quarter 2017.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total construction work done rose 9.3% to $51,669.7m in the June quarter.

BUILDING WORK DONE

• The trend estimate for total building work done rose 0.5% in the June quarter.
• The trend estimate for non-residential building work rose 3.0% and residential building work fell 0.9%.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of total building work done rose 0.1% to $26,996.9m in the June quarter.

ENGINEERING WORK DONE

• The trend estimate for engineering work done rose 0.7% in the June quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for engineering work done rose 21.5% to $24,672.8m in the June quarter.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
September 2017	22 November 2017
December 2017	21 February 2018
March 2018	23 May 2018
June 2018	22 August 2018

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 27 September 2017 and in Building Activity, Australia (cat.no. 8752.0) on 11 October 2017.


DATA NOTES

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.

Mining projects tend to be complex in structure and comprise a number of different investment activities including exploration, engineering construction, plant and equipment and buildings. A feature article released in the March 2012 issue of Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia (cat. no. 5625.0) provides a summary of the conceptual basis of the relevant ABS publications that measure investment in Australia, using a hypothetical mining project to illustrate how this investment is reflected in ABS data.


INQUIRIES

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