JUNE KEY FIGURES

		Jun qtr 10	Mar qtr 10 to Jun qtr 10	Jun qtr 09 to Jun qtr 10
		$m	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done
	Building	21 330.1	5.5	16.5
	Residential	11 483.2	4.1	10.2
	Non-residential	9 801.8	6.7	24.2
	Engineering	20 021.9	0.3	0.5
	Total construction	41 348.8	2.9	8.2
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done
	Building	21 419.3	5.3	17.9
	Residential	11 730.7	7.7	13.8
	Non-residential	9 688.6	2.6	23.1
	Engineering	20 236.2	1.5	-0.2
	Total construction	41 655.4	3.5	8.3
(a) Chain volume measures, reference year 2007-08.

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 2.9% in the June quarter 2010.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total construction work done rose 3.5%, to $41,655.4m, in the June quarter 2010.

BUILDING

• The trend estimate for total building work done rose 5.5% in the June quarter 2010. The trend estimate for non-residential building work done rose 6.7% in the June quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of building work done rose 5.3%, to $21,419.3m, in the June quarter.

ENGINEERING

• The trend estimate for engineering work done rose 0.3% following falls in the previous two quarters.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for engineering work done rose 1.5%, to $20,236.2m, in the June quarter.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
September 2010	24 November 2010
December 2010	23 February 2011

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 80% 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 6 October 2010 and in Building Activity, Australia (cat. no. 8752.0) on 13 October 2010.


CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

There are no changes in this issue.


DATA NOTES

The trend estimates should be interpreted with caution as the underlying behaviour of building activity may be affected by Government stimulus packages, including the "Building the Education Revolution" (BER) program and Social Housing Initiatives as well as other developments associated with global economic conditions. Though the impact of the BER program was excluded from the trend estimates in the June 2009 through to the March 2010 releases of this data, this will no longer be the case from the June quarter 2010. Affected trend estimates have been revised to include building activity resulting from the BER program. 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 or Rebecca Eales on Adelaide (08) 8237 7647.