Construction Work Done, Australia, Preliminary, Dec 2009
DECEMBER KEY POINTS
VALUE OF WORK DONE, CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION

• The trend estimate for total construction work done rose 2.5% in the December quarter 2009
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for total construction work done rose 2.6%, to $40,099.8m, in the December quarter, and now shows a rise of 1.6% in the September quarter.

BUILDING

• The trend estimate for total and non-residential building work done should be interpreted with caution. See the data notes on page 2 of this publication
• The seasonally adjusted estimate of building work done rose 6.1% to $19,337.9m, in the December quarter. Residential building fell 2.9% to $10,322.8m and non-residential building rose 18.6%, to $9,015.1m.

ENGINEERING

• The trend estimate for Engineering work done rose 2.7% in the current quarter
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for Engineering work done fell 0.5%, to $20,761.9m, in the December quarter.