Bridges
Includes those for the support of roads, railways, causeways and elevated highways.
Electricity generation, transmission and distribution
Includes power stations; substations; hydroelectric generating plants; associated work i.e. towers; chimneys; transmission and distribution lines.
Harbours
Includes boat and yacht basins; breakwaters; retaining walls; docks and piers; terminals; wharves; dredging works; marinas.
Heavy industry
This category is the total of ‘Oil, gas, coal and other minerals’ and ‘Other heavy industry’.
Oil, gas, coal and other minerals
Includes construction of production, storage and distribution facilities; refineries; pumping stations; construction of mines.
Other heavy industry
Includes construction of chemical plants; blast furnaces; steel mills; other industrial processing plants; ovens.
Ownership
Projects are classified as private sector or public sector according to the expected ownership of the project at the time of completion.
Pipelines
Includes oil and gas pipelines; urban supply mains for gas; pipelines for refined petroleum products, chemicals, foodstuffs, etc.
Railways
Includes tracklaying; overhead power lines and signals; platforms; tramways; tunnels for underground railways; fuel hoppers.
Recreation
Includes golf courses; playing fields; racecourses; stadiums; swimming pools; landscaping; park construction.
Roads, highways and subdivisions
Includes parking areas; cycle paths; airport runways; pedestrian and vehicle overpasses; traffic lights; roundabouts; associated road drainage works; street and highway lighting; road resurfacing, kerbing and guttering, road tunnels.
Sector
The public sector includes Commonwealth Departments and Authorities, State Departments and Authorities, Local Government Authorities, Water, Sewerage and Electricity Authorities and government owned businesses and Statutory Authorities. This publication contains separate estimates for:
Commonwealth Government;
State and Territory Government; and
Local Government.
All remaining organisations are classified as private sector.
Sewerage and drainage
Includes sanitary and storm sewers; sewage treatment plants; stormwater drains; drainage systems.
Telecommunications
Includes radio, television, microwave and radar transmission towers; telephone and telegraph lines and underground cables; coaxial cables.
Type of construction
In this collection each project is classified to a category of construction without regard to end use. For example, a project involving coal handling equipment at an electricity generating plant is included under Heavy industry. Oil, gas, coal and other minerals and not under Electricity generation, transmission and distribution. Where a project involves more than one category of construction the project is included under the category which accounts for the major part of the contract in terms of value.
Value of work commenced
A project is regarded as having commenced when the site works begin, with the following exceptions:
- Some public sector authorities are unable to report on this basis. In such cases, the authorities report the value of their annual works budget in September quarter each year.
- For very large projects, where a significant amount of work is done off-site, the project may be commenced before the site works begin.
Value of work done
For the private sector consists of the value of work done on prime contracts, plus speculative contracts, plus work done on own account. For the public sector it is defined as work done by the organisation’s own workforce.
Value of work yet to be done
The value of outstanding work for the project at the end of the period. Rise and fall and other cost variations can lead to increases or decreases in the value of work yet to be done.
Water storage and supply
Includes dams; weirs; reservoirs; embankments for water diversion; water pipelines; mains and treatment plants; flood prevention and erosion; aqueducts; water conduits; systems conveying water to residences, commercial and industrial establishments.