This section contains estimates of engineering construction activity in Australia for both public and private sector organisations. These estimates, together with the preceding data on residential and non-residential building, complete the picture of construction activity in Australia.
The total value of engineering construction work for 2000 in original terms ($18,826m) was 5% lower than in 1999 (table 20.16). The decrease of $1,040m was substantially due to a fall (by $1,219m) in the work done by the private sector. The fall in the value of private sector work done was offset by a small rise of $180m (2%) in the value of work done by the public sector. The private sector accounted for 60% of the value of all work done in 2000, down from 63% in 1999.
Just over half (51%) of the value of all engineering work done in 2000 related to Roads, highways and sub-divisions and Telecommunications. In 1999 these projects had accounted for 48% of the value of all work done.
20.16 VALUE OF ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION WORK DONE, By Public/Private Sector and
Nature of Project - 1999 and 2000
|
 | 1999
| 2000
|
| |
| | By the
private
sector
$m | By the
public
sector
$m | Total
$m | By the
private
sector
$m | By the
public
sector
$m | Total
$m |
|
| Roads, highways and sub-divisions | 4,286 | 1,745 | 6,031 | 3,803 | 1,709 | 5,511 |
| Bridges | 355 | 104 | 459 | 285 | 86 | 371 |
| Railways | 432 | 501 | 933 | 238 | 416 | 654 |
| Harbours | 192 | 32 | 224 | 125 | 28 | 152 |
| Water storage and supply | 392 | 296 | 688 | 358 | 262 | 620 |
| Sewerage and drainage | 553 | 296 | 850 | 852 | 288 | 1,140 |
| Electricity generation, transmission and distribution | 1,424 | 817 | 2,241 | 1,648 | 1,289 | 2,938 |
| Pipelines | 424 | 79 | 503 | 335 | 33 | 367 |
| Recreation | 719 | 159 | 878 | 934 | 150 | 1,084 |
| Telecommunications | 239 | 3,219 | 3,458 | 793 | 3,215 | 4,008 |
| Oil, gas and other hydrocarbon | 615 | 55 | 670 | 469 | - | 469 |
| Bauxite, alumina and aluminium | 339 | - | 339 | 121 | - | 121 |
| Coal and coal handling | 308 | - | 308 | 240 | - | 240 |
| Other minerals | 1,611 | - | 1,611 | 680 | - | 680 |
| Other heavy industry | 548 | 1 | 549 | 296 | 15 | 310 |
| Other | 115 | 11 | 126 | 156 | 4 | 160 |
| Total | 12,552 | 7,314 | 19,866 | 11,333 | 7,494 | 18,826 |
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| Source: Engineering Construction Activity, Australia (8762.0). |
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