Engineering construction includes the building of roads, bridges, railways, dams and sewerage systems. The majority of this activity is undertaken for the public sector. In Tasmania, the value of work done on engineering construction projects during 2003-04 was $485.5 million, an increase of 33.4% on the 2002-03 figure of $364.0 million.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION, VALUE OF WORK DONE, Tasmania |
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| 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
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Project type | $m | $m | $m | $m | $m |
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Roads, highways and subdivisions | r 97.2 | 104.6 | 83.3 | r 96.0 | 108.8 |
Bridges, railways and harbours | 14.7 | r 14.7 | 18.6 | 20.8 | 14.2 |
Electricity generation, transmission etc. and pipelines | 41.3 | 50.5 | r 252.7 | 133.1 | 244.6 |
Water storage and supply, sewerage and drainage | r 23.0 | 15.8 | r 23.3 | 41.4 | 48.8 |
Telecommunications | r 53.4 | r 58.6 | r 58.4 | 51.7 | 33.7 |
Heavy industry | r 3.3 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 10.4 |
Recreation and other | r 21.3 | 14.5 | r 13.8 | r 18.4 | 25.0 |
Total | 254.0 | 264.2 | 453.8 | r 364.0 | 485.5 |
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Source: Engineering Construction Activity, Australia - Time Series Spreadsheet (cat. no. 8762.0, table 22B). |
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