Engineering Construction Activity, Australia

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Contains value of engineering construction work done, commenced and yet to be done

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Reference period
December 2021
Released
30/03/2022
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Key statistics

In the December quarter:

  • Seasonally adjusted work done rose 2.0%.
  • Seasonally adjusted work done for the private sector fell 1.7%.
  • Value of work commenced decreased 21.7% in original terms.

Value of work done

December key figures

 Dec Qtr 21 

Sep Qtr 21 to
Dec Qtr 21

Dec Qtr 20 to
Dec Qtr 21
$m% change% change

Seasonally adjusted estimates(a)

Value of work done   
 For the private sector13 386.8-1.7-0.9
 For the public sector(b)10 189.97.418.7
 Total engineering construction23 576.726.7

a. Reference year for chain volume measures is 2019-20.
b. Includes work done by the private sector for the public sector and work done by the public sector.

a. Reference year for chain volume measures is 2019-20.

a. Reference year for chain volume measures is 2019-20.

Value of work done, chain volume measures

Total

  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of total engineering construction work done rose 2.0% in the December quarter to $23,576.7m.

Private Sector

  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of work done for the private sector fell 1.7% in the December quarter to $13,386.8m.

Public Sector

  • The seasonally adjusted estimate for the value of work done for the public sector rose 7.4% in the December quarter to $10,189.9m.

Value of work commenced, current prices

  • The value of work commenced in the December quarter was $19,353.8m in original terms, a decrease of 21.7% from the September quarter.

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About this release

This publication updates the preliminary estimates released in Construction Work Done, Australia (cat. no. 8755.0) on 23 Feb 2022. This release includes revisions to Engineering Construction data back to September 2021.

Data notes

Several time series spreadsheets for recent quarters contain 'np' (not available for publication) annotations. This is due to confidential data being contained in these series.  

Mining projects tend to be complex in structure and comprise a number of different investment activities including exploration, engineering construction, plant and equipment and buildings. A feature article released in the March 2012 issue of Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia (cat. no. 5625.0) provides a summary of the conceptual basis of the relevant ABS publications that measure investment in Australia, using a hypothetical mining project to illustrate how this investment is reflected in ABS data.

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Previous Catalogue number

This release previously used catalogue number 8762.0

Article archive

Revisions to Engineering Construction Statistics , March quarter 2017 (cat. no. 8762.0)

A closer look at mining in Engineering Construction , March quarter 2012 (cat. no. 8762.0)

Additional Building and Construction feature articles can be found in Feature Articles by Catalogue Number

Methodology

Engineering Construction Activity, Australia methodology, December 2021