QTPA Member Alert |Construction Work Done, Australia, ABS Preliminary, Mar 2013 (30/5/2013)

Construction Work Done, Australia, ABS Preliminary, Mar 2013

ABS MARCH KEY FIGURES

		Mar qtr 13 $m	Dec qtr 12 to Mar qtr 13 % change	Mar qtr 12 to Mar qtr 13 % change
TREND ESTIMATES (a)
Value of work done
	Building	20 314.5	0.6	0.5
	Residential	12 022.5	1.2	3.3
	Non-residential	8 294.6	-0.1	0.34
	Engineering	31 242.0	01.0	4.5
	Total construction	51 548.8	-0.4	2.9
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES (a)
Value of work done
	Building	20 197.4	-1.1	-0.6
	Residential	11 912.4	-1.0	2.1
	Non-residential	8 285.0	-1.2	-4.3
	Engineering	30 856.5	-2.5	0.7
	Total construction	51 053.8	-2.0	0.2

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

MARCH KEY POINTS

VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

TOTAL CONSTRUCTION

The trend estimate for total construction work done fell 0.4% in the March quarter 2013.
The seasonally adjusted estimate for total construction work done fell 2.0%, to $51,053.8m in the March quarter.

BUILDING WORK DONE

The trend estimate for total building work done rose 0.6% in the March quarter.
The trend estimate for non-residential building work done fell 0.1% in the March quarter.
The seasonally adjusted estimate of total building work done fell 1.1%, to $20,197.4m, in the March quarter.

ENGINEERING WORK DONE

The trend estimate for engineering work done fell 1.0% in the March quarter.
The seasonally adjusted estimate for engineering work done fell 2.5%, to $30,856.5m, in the March quarter.