8752.0 - Building Activity, Australia, Sep 2013 Quality Declaration
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GLOSSARY
Aged care facilities Building used in the provision or support of aged care facilities, excluding dwellings (e.g. retirement villages). Includes aged care facilities with and without medical care. Agriculture/aquaculture Buildings housing, or associated with, agriculture and aquaculture activities, including bulk storage of produce (e.g. shearing shed, grain silo, shearers’ quarters). Alterations and additions Refer to Type of Work. Alterations & additions to residential buildings Alterations and additions carried out on existing residential buildings, which may result in the creation of new dwelling units. See also 'Conversions, etc.' below. Building A building is a rigid, fixed and permanent structure which has a roof. Its intended purpose is primarily to house people, plant, machinery, vehicles, goods or livestock. An integral feature of a building’s design, to satisfy its intended use, is the provision for regular access by persons. Commenced A building is commenced when the first physical building activity has been performed on site in the form of materials fixed in place and/or labour expended (this includes site preparation but excludes delivery of building materials, the drawing of plans and specifications and the construction of non-building infrastructures, such as roads). Commercial Buildings primarily occupied with or engaged in commercial trade or work intended for commercial trade, including buildings used primarily in wholesale and retail trades, office and transport activities. Completed A building is completed when building activity has progressed to the stage where the building can fulfil its intended function. Completion Value The value of a building job including site preparation costs but excluding the value of land and landscaping. This may be an actual value (for completed work), or an anticipated value (for work yet to be completed). It is intended to be the final contract price or market value of the job when completed, or the best estimate of this quantity available. Conversions, etc. Refer to Type of Work. Dwelling unit A dwelling unit is a self-contained suite of rooms, including cooking and bathing facilities and intended for long-term residential use. Units (whether self-contained or not) within buildings offering institutional care, such as hospitals, or temporary accommodation such as motels, hostels and holiday apartments, are not defined as dwelling units. The value of units of this type is included in the appropriate category of non-residential building. Educational Buildings used in the provision or support of educational services, including group accommodation buildings (e.g. classrooms, school canteens, dormitories). Entertainment and recreation Buildings used in the provision of entertainment and recreational facilities or services (e.g. libraries, museums, casinos, sporting facilities). Factories Buildings housing, or associated with, production and assembly processes of intermediate and final goods. Health Buildings used in the provision of non-aged care medical services (e.g. nurses quarters, laboratories, clinics). House Refer to Type of Building. Industrial Buildings used for warehousing and the production and assembly activities of industrial establishments, including factories and plants. New Refer to Type of Work. Non-residential building Refer to Type of Building. Number of dwelling unit commencements and completions A residential building job may result in the creation of one or more dwellings. Multiple dwelling unit jobs can be buildings (such as apartment blocks) which contain several dwelling units, or a group of single dwellings (such as a project to build multiple houses to a subdivision). When a job commences all associated dwelling units are considered to have commenced in these statistics. Similarly, all dwelling units created by a job are considered to have completed when the job is completed. Progress on individual dwelling units are not tracked. Offices Buildings primarily used in the provision of professional services or public administration (e.g. offices, insurance or finance buildings). Other residential building Refer to Type of Building. Religious Buildings used for or associated with worship, or in support of programs sponsored by religious bodies (e.g. church, temple, church hall, dormitories). Residential building Refer to Type of Building. Retail/wholesale trade Buildings primarily used in the sale of goods to intermediate and end users. Transport Buildings primarily used in the provision of transport services, and includes the following categories:
Type of Building Building's are classified as either:
Non-residential building's are further classified by their functional use at time of approval. Type of Work The Type of Work classification refers to building activity approved to be carried out and consists of:
Under construction A building is regarded as being under construction at the end of a period if it has been commenced but has not been completed, and work on it has not been abandoned. Value of building commenced or under construction The anticipated completion value for jobs which started during the quarter (commenced), or which were under construction at the end of the quarter. Value of building completed The total completion value of jobs which completed in the quarter. Value of building work done during the period The estimated value of building work carried out during the quarter. Value of building work yet to be done The difference between the anticipated completion value and the estimated value of work done on jobs up to the end of the period for jobs under construction at the end of the period. Warehouses Buildings primarily used for storage of goods, excluding produce storage. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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