MARCH KEY FIGURES

		Mar Qtr 17	Dec Qtr 16 to Mar Qtr 17	Mar Qtr 16 to Mar Qtr 17
		$m	% change	% change
TREND ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done
	For the private sector	12 214.6	-1.2	-22.2
	For the public sector(b)	7 728.1	2.5	10.0
	Total engineering construction	19 957.2	0.3	-12.2
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES(a)
Value of work done
	For the private sector	12 518.9	3.0	-22.4
	For the public sector(b)	7 774.3	2.5	10.2
	Total engineering construction	20 293.2	2.8	-12.5
(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

MARCH KEY POINTS


VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

TOTAL

• The trend estimate for the value of total engineering construction work done rose 0.3% in the March 2017 quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total engineering construction work done rose 2.8% in the March quarter to $20,293.2m.

PRIVATE SECTOR

• The trend estimate for the value of work done for the private sector fell 1.2% in the March quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of work done for the private sector rose 3.0% in the March quarter to $12,518.9m.

PUBLIC SECTOR

• The trend estimate for the value of work done for the public sector rose 2.5% in the March quarter.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of work done for the public sector rose 2.5% in the March quarter to $7,774.3m.

VALUE OF WORK COMMENCED, CURRENT PRICES

• The value of work commenced in the March quarter was $14,026.2m in original terms, a decrease of 25.1% from the December quarter.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
June 2017	27 September 2017
September 2017	17 January 2018

ABOUT THIS ISSUE

This publication updates the preliminary estimates released in Construction Work Done, Australia (cat. no. 8755.0) on 24 May 2017.


DATA NOTE

This release includes revisions to Engineering Construction data back to June 2013.

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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