DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

		Dec Qtr 16	Sep Qtr 16 to Dec Qtr 16	Dec Qtr 15 to Dec Qtr 16
		$m	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done
	For the private sector	12 033.2	-7.4	-33.2
	For the public sector(b)	7 361.8	0.6	9.0
	Total engineering construction	19 400.8	-4.5	-21.6
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done
	For the private sector	12 325.4	-3.9	-28.6
	For the public sector(b)	7 370.0	1.2	8.8
	Total engineering construction	19 695.4	-2.1	-18.1
(a) Reference year for chain volume measures is 2014-15.
(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 fell 4.5% in the December 2016 quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total engineering construction work done fell 2.1% in the December quarter to $19,695.4m.

PRIVATE SECTOR

• The trend estimate for the value of work done for the private sector fell 7.4% 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 $12,325.4m.

PUBLIC SECTOR

• The trend estimate for the value of work done for the public sector rose 0.6% in the December quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of work done for the public sector rose 1.2% in the December quarter to $7,370.0m.

VALUE OF WORK COMMENCED, CURRENT PRICES

• The value of work commenced in the December quarter was $18,546.8m in original terms, a decrease of 1.0% from the September quarter.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
March 2017	28 June 2017
June 2017	27 September 2017

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This publication updates the preliminary estimates released in Construction Work Done, Australia (cat. no. 8755.0) on 22 February 2017.


DATA NOTE

This release includes revisions to Engineering Construction data back to September 2016.

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.

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