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 (PDF-202KB).  

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 January to 31 March 2008.

The key finding from the QCE for the period 1 January to 31 March 2008 is that the Index of Construction is down 2.7 points on the previous quarter.

The detailed changes during the three months ending 31^st  March 2008 are as follows:

• The seasonally adjusted Index of Construction was 94.7, down 2.7 points on the previous quarter (97.4) and down 6.8 points on the corresponding quarter in 2007 (101.5).
• The estimated seasonally adjusted value of construction output (at 2000 prices) was £525 million, a decrease of 2.8% (£15 million) on the previous quarter (£540 million) and a decrease of 6.7% (£38 million) on the corresponding quarter in 2007 (£563 million).  

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

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