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MARCH KEY FIGURES

		Mar qtr 10	Dec qtr 09 to Mar qtr 10	Mar qtr 09 to Mar qtr 10
		$m	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done
	For the private sector	11 860.4	-2.9	-2.5
	For the public sector(b)	7 926.6	0.1	10.2
	Total engineering construction	19 795.1	-1.7	2.3
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done
	For the private sector	11 901.6	-1.5	4.5
	For the public sector(b)	7 931.8	3.1	12.5
	Total engineering construction	19 833.4	0.3	7.5
(a) Chain volume measures, reference year 2007-08.
(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

• The trend estimate for the value of total engineering construction work done fell by 1.7% in the March 2010 quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total engineering construction work done rose 0.3% in the March quarter, to $19,833.4m.

• The trend estimate for the value of work done for the private sector fell by 2.9% in the March quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of work done for the private sector fell 1.5% in the March quarter, to $11,901.6m.

• The trend estimate for the value of work done for the public sector rose by 0.1% in the March quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of work done for the public sector rose 3.1% in the March quarter, to $7,931.8m.

• The value of work commenced in the March quarter was $16,952.4m, a fall of 71.1% from the December 2009 quarter.

• The December quarter work done estimates have been revised downward by $52.2m. These revisions occurred predominantly in sewerage and drainage activity.