DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

		Dec qtr 12	Sep qtr 12 to Dec qtr 12	Dec qtr 11 to Dec qtr 12
		$m	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done
	For the private sector	23 970.0	0.3	17.9
	For the public sector(b)	8 005.9	0.4	1.8
	Total engineering construction	31 978.9	0.4	13.4
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done
	For the private sector	23 485.6	-3.9	24.5
	For the public sector(b)	8 139.9	5.5	4.1
	Total engineering construction	31 625.5	-1.7	18.6
(a) Chain volume measures, reference year 2010-11.
(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

Value of work done, Chain volume measures - Trend estimates

DECEMBER KEY POINTS


VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

TOTAL

• The trend estimate for the value of total engineering construction work done rose 0.4% in the December 2012 quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total engineering construction work done fell 1.7% in the December quarter to $31,625.5m.

PRIVATE SECTOR

• The trend estimate for the value of work done for the private sector rose 0.3% in the December quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of work done for the private sector fell 3.9% in the December quarter to $23,485.6m.

PUBLIC SECTOR

• The trend estimate for the value of work done for the public sector rose 0.4% in the December quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of work done for the public sector rose 5.5% in the December quarter to $8,139.9m.

VALUE OF WORK COMMENCED, CURRENT PRICES

• The value of work commenced in the December quarter was $19,559.6m in original terms, a decrease of 16.4% from the September quarter.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
March 2013	3 July 2013
June 2013	2 October 2013

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This publication updates the preliminary estimates released in Construction Work Done, Australia (cat. no. 8755.0) on 27 February 2013.


CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

A new base year, 2010-11, has been included into the chain volume estimates which has resulted in revisions to growth rates in subsequent periods. In addition, the chain volume estimates have been re-referenced to 2010-11, thereby preserving additivity in the quarters after the reference year. Re-referencing affects the levels of, but not the movements in, chain volume estimates.

A readily printable (PDF) publication is no longer released for this and future issues. Headline data items are presented in HTML format. Data series in the Time Series Spreadsheets are maintained and produced to the same timetable currently in place for this release.


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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