Northern Ireland Construction Bulletin - 1 April to 30 June 2006

  STATISTICAL PRESS RELEASE

 Construction Bulletin  

Central Survey Unit of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) today published the latest edition of the Northern Ireland Construction Bulletin.

The primary measure of the value of construction output in (the Index of Construction) is obtained from the Northern Ireland Quarterly Construction Enquiry (QCE).  This is a statutory survey of construction firms operating in .  Each quarter a sample of construction firms is asked to provide details of the value of construction activity they have undertaken in a specified period.

This Bulletin provides a measure of the value of construction output in for the period 1 April to 30 June 2006.  

The key finding from the QCE for the period 1 April to 30 June 2006 is that the Index of Construction is down 1.3 points on the previous quarter.

 The detailed changes during the three months ending 30 June 2006 are as follows:

 ·    The seasonally adjusted Index of Construction was 96.8, down 1.3 points on the previous quarter (98.1) and up 2.8 points on the corresponding quarter in 2005 (94.0)

 ·      The estimated seasonally adjusted value of construction output (at 2000 prices) was £536 million, a decrease of 1.5% (£8 million) on the previous quarter (£544 million) and an increase of 2.9% on the corresponding quarter in 2005 (£521 million)  

An electronic copy of the Bulletin is available on the web at 

http://www.csu.nisra.gov.uk/niconsq22006.pdf

 The planned publication dates of the next four quarterly Bulletins are as follows:

Further information about the content of the bulletin is available from:

Central Survey Unit
Statistics and Research Agency
McAuley House
2-14 Castle Street
BELFAST
BT1 1SY

Contact name:     Ms Amanda Filmer
Telephone:        (028) 9034 8252
Fax:              (028) 9034 8276
E-mail:           Amanda.Filmer@dfpni.gov.uk
Web:              http://www.csu.nisra.gov.uk