Thursday, March 1, 2012

Fed: Engineering construction work down 0.9 per cent

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Fed: Engineering construction work down 0.9 per cent

CANBERRA, Jan 16 AAP - Engineering construction work dropped 0.9 per cent in the Septemberquarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today.

The drop was largely the result of a 2.6 per cent fall to $1.8 billion in engineeringwork carried out by the public sector.

Private sector engineering work grew 0.3 per cent to $2.6 billion.

There was a 4.8 per cent drop in engineering construction activity between the Septemberquarters of 2000 and 2001.

The ABS said work done …

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