ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION OF SPORTS AND PHYSICAL RECREATION FACILITIES
Prior to 1999-2000, any data concerning the engineering construction category Recreation included landscaping projects. Then, from that time until 2002-03, it was possible to obtain data which excluded landscaping and were thus more closely aligned to the ACLC concept of sports and physical recreation facilities. However, they were not completely aligned. The Recreation category includes amphitheatres, which the ACLC would class as cultural facilities, and excludes pleasure boat marinas and marine pleasure piers, which the ACLC would regard as being for sports and physical recreation.
Since December 2003, changes in the collection of data have meant that it is no longer possible to obtain information exclusive of landscaping about Recreation projects undertaken by the public sector. However, for work undertaken by the private sector, it remains possible to exclude landscaping and it is expected that this situation will continue for the foreseeable future. Table 8.3 presents the available data which exclude landscaping, for both the private and public sectors.
During the years 1999-2000 to 2002-03, when all Recreation project data could exclude landscaping, the estimate of the total value of work done dipped from $477.1m to $373.0m before recovering to $410.9m and then $446.9m in 2002-03. During this time, the contribution of the public sector was approximately one-third - from a low of 31.1% in 1999-2000 to a high of 36.3% in 2001-02. For 2002-03 the public sector contribution was 33.2%. Conversely, the private sector contribution for 2002-03 was 66.8% or $298.4m. This was the second in a series of five successive increases in the value of work done by the private sector, culminating in an estimate for 2005-06 of $410.1m.
8.3 ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, Recreation projects (excluding landscaping) |
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| Work commenced | Work done | Work yet to be done | |
| $m | $m | $m | |
VALUE OF WORK UNDERTAKEN BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR | |
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| 1999-00 | 309.0 | 328.4 | 62.3 | |
| 2000-01 | 206.3 | 242.5 | 27.8 | |
| 2001-02 | 243.5 | 261.8 | 42.0 | |
| 2002-03 | 352.7 | 298.4 | 50.7 | |
| 2003-04 | 327.8 | 358.2 | 55.8 | |
| 2004-05 | 464.9 | 375.3 | 24.8 | |
| 2005-06 | 575.9 | 410.1 | 34.5 | |
VALUE OF WORK UNDERTAKEN BY THE PUBLIC SECTOR | |
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| 1999-00 | 150.9 | 148.6 | 27.9 | |
| 2000-01 | 132.7 | 130.5 | 39.4 | |
| 2001-02 | 141.8 | 149.1 | 26.2 | |
| 2002-03 | 191.1 | 148.5 | 48.1 | |
TOTAL VALUE OF WORK UNDERTAKEN | |
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| 1999-00 | 459.9 | 477.1 | 90.2 | |
| 2000-01 | 339.1 | 373.0 | 67.2 | |
| 2001-02 | 385.3 | 410.9 | 68.3 | |
| 2002-03 | 543.8 | 446.9 | 98.9 | |
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| Source: ABS data available on request, Engineering Construction Survey. |
Although excluding landscaping results in a purer measure of sports and physical recreation activity, it is also useful to look at the data with landscaping included. This is because these figures are directly comparable with earlier data and provide a time series covering the years leading up to, and immediately subsequent to, the Olympic and Paralympic Games held in Sydney in 2000, and the years leading up to the Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne in 2006. Table 8.4 presents ten years of data including landscaping, for both the private and public sectors.
Between 1996-97 and 2005-06, the value of work done on recreation projects has been on an upward trend with increases recorded for all but two years. One of the years to show a decline was 2000-01. However, the estimate of $1,010.9m was not much lower than the $1,073.4m recorded for 1999-2000, the financial year immediately prior to the Sydney Olympic Games. The 1999-2000 figure was 27.8% higher than the estimate of $840.2m for the previous year. In the lead-up to the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, the estimate for 2004-05 of $1,656.6m was 18.1% higher than the previous year, and was followed by a 3.3% increase to $1,711.0m for 2005-06.
8.4 ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, Recreation projects (including landscaping) |
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| Work commenced | Work done | Work yet to be done | |
| $m | $m | $m | |
VALUE OF WORK UNDERTAKEN BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR | |
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| 1996-97 | 705.0 | 670.5 | 67.3 | |
| 1997-98 | 749.6 | 758.2 | 84.2 | |
| 1998-99 | 701.8 | 700.0 | 64.2 | |
| 1999-00 | 871.3 | 910.4 | 95.5 | |
| 2000-01 | 828.6 | 859.2 | 61.4 | |
| 2001-02 | 923.1 | 952.0 | 58.5 | |
| 2002-03 | 1 269.9 | 1 223.4 | 82.3 | |
| 2003-04 | 1 276.8 | 1 240.5 | 102.3 | |
| 2004-05 | 1 635.4 | 1 452.0 | 82.1 | |
| 2005-06 | 1 770.0 | 1 459.0 | 76.0 | |
VALUE OF WORK UNDERTAKEN BY THE PUBLIC SECTOR | |
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| 1996-97 | 117.3 | 106.0 | 23.9 | |
| 1997-98 | 119.7 | 102.8 | 31.3 | |
| 1998-99 | 135.7 | 140.2 | 28.0 | |
| 1999-00 | 165.4 | 163.0 | 31.9 | |
| 2000-01 | 150.7 | 151.7 | 46.9 | |
| 2001-02 | 166.1 | 189.4 | 30.1 | |
| 2002-03 | 201.7 | 157.4 | 49.2 | |
| 2003-04 | 153.4 | 161.7 | 50.5 | |
| 2004-05 | 268.7 | 204.6 | 71.5 | |
| 2005-06 | 280.0 | 251.9 | 53.5 | |
TOTAL VALUE OF WORK UNDERTAKEN | |
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| 1996-97 | 822.3 | 776.6 | 91.2 | |
| 1997-98 | 869.3 | 861.0 | 115.5 | |
| 1998-99 | 837.5 | 840.2 | 92.3 | |
| 1999-00 | 1 036.7 | 1 073.4 | 127.5 | |
| 2000-01 | 979.4 | 1 010.9 | 108.3 | |
| 2001-02 | 1 089.3 | 1 141.4 | 88.6 | |
| 2002-03 | 1 471.6 | 1 380.7 | 131.5 | |
| 2003-04 | 1 430.3 | 1 402.2 | 152.8 | |
| 2004-05 | 1 904.1 | 1 656.6 | 153.6 | |
| 2005-06 | 2 050.0 | 1 711.0 | 129.5 | |
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| Source: ABS data available on request, Engineering Construction Survey. |
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