8762.0 - Engineering Construction Activity, Australia, Jun 2003  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 10/10/2003   
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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. However, some public sector authorities are unable to report on this basis. In such cases, the authorities report the value of their annual works budget as a commencement in September quarter each year.

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.