Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland (the Index of Construction) is obtained from the Northern Ireland Quarterly Construction Enquiry (QCE). This is a statutory survey of construction firms operating in Northern Ireland. 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. The Index uses 2000 as the base year i.e. (2000=100).

This Bulletin provides a measure of the value of construction output in Northern Ireland for the period 1 April to 30 June 2007.

The key finding from the QCE for the period 1 April to 30 June 2007 is that the Index of Construction is up 1.6 points on the previous quarter.

The detailed changes during the three months ending 30 June 2007 are as follows:

The seasonally adjusted Index of Construction was 104.4, up 1.6 points on the previous quarter (102.8) and up 8.7 points on the corresponding quarter in 2006 (95.7)

The estimated seasonally adjusted value of construction output (at 2000 prices) was £579 million, an increase of 1.6% (£9 million) on the previous quarter (£570 million) and an increase of 9% on the corresponding quarter in 2006 (£531 million)

An electronic copy of the Bulletin is available at: http://www.csu.nisra.gov.uk/archive/surveys/qce/publication/niconsq22007.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:

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