QTPA Member Alert |ABS Construction Work Done, Australia June 2013 (29/8/2013)

ABS Construction Work Done, Australia June 2013.

ABS JUNE 2013 KEY FIGURES

	June qtr 13 $m	Mar qtr 13 to Jun qtr 13 % change	Jun 12 to Jun qtr 13 % change
TREND ESTIMATES (a)
Value of work done:
Building	20 291.5	-0.1	1.3
Residential	12 029.2	0.1	3.8
Non-residential	8 263.3	-0.5	-2.1
Engineering	30 457.9	-1.5	-2.6
Total construction	50 715.9	-1.0	-1.1
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (a)
Value of work done:
Building	20 174.6	-0.6	1.0
Residential	11 973.1	-0.1	4.3
Non-residential	8 201.5	-1.3	-3.4
Engineering	30 598.9	-0.2	-2.1
Total construction	50 773.5	-0.3	-0.9

(a) Reference year for Chain Volume Measures is 2010-11

JUNE 2013 KEY POINTS

VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

TOTAL CONSTRUCTION

The trend estimate for total construction work done fell 1.0% in the June quarter 2013.
The seasonally adjusted estimate for total construction work done fell 0.3%, to $50,773.5m in the June quarter.

BUILDING WORK DONE

The trend estimate for total building work done fell 0.1% in the June quarter.
The trend estimate for non-residential building work done fell 0.5% in the June quarter.
The seasonally adjusted estimate of total building work done fell 0.6%, to $20,174.6m, in the June quarter.

ENGINEERING WORK DONE

The trend estimate for engineering work done fell 1.5% in the June quarter.
The seasonally adjusted estimate for engineering work done fell 0.2%, to $30,598.9m, in the June quarter.