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Release: New Orders in the Construction Industry, Q2 2012

Released: 07 September 2012 (Latest) Next edition: 07 December 2012
This product is designated as National Statistics All editions of this release

Contact

Kate Davies

Business Indicators and Balance of Payments

construction.statistics@ons.gsi.gov.uk

Telephone: +44 (0)1633 456344

Categories: Business and Energy, Production Industries, Building and Construction

Frequency of release: Quarterly

Language: English

Geographical coverage: GB

Geographical breakdown: Region

Survey name(s): Construction: Contracts & New Orders

  • The total volume of all new construction orders in the second quarter of 2012 is estimated to have increased by 0.2 per cent compared with the first quarter of 2012, and is 11.1 per cent higher than the second quarter of 2011 in constant (2005) prices, seasonally adjusted

  • Compared with the first quarter of 2012, there was a large increase in public other new work, which grew by 31.5 per cent. However, there were decreases in infrastructure new work (20.4 per cent) and private industrial new work (13.3 per cent) in constant (2005) prices, seasonally adjusted

  • The volume of new orders for infrastructure is estimated to be 38.5 per cent higher in the second quarter of 2012 than in the same period one year earlier in constant (2005) prices, seasonally adjusted

In this release

Information bulletin of the latest quarterly estimates of new construction orders and some back data. Contains new construction orders (current price and constant price seasonally adjusted) broken down by sector and, in current prices, by region and by type of work.
Content from the Office for National Statistics.
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