Release: Output in the Construction Industry, March and Q1 2012

The total volume of construction output in the first quarter of 2012 fell by 4.8 per cent compared with the fourth quarter of 2011 (constant prices, seasonally adjusted).

The total volume of construction output in the first quarter of 2012 fell by 3.7 per cent compared with the same quarter in 2011 (constant prices, seasonally adjusted).

The volume of all new work fell by 6.9 per cent and repair and maintenance fell by 0.4 per cent compared with the fourth quarter of 2011 (constant prices, seasonally adjusted).

The volume of all new work fell by 5.6 per cent compared with the same quarter in 2011 while repair and maintenance was flat (constant prices, seasonally adjusted).

Quarter on quarter volume reductions were seen in six out of the nine sectors. Infrastructure showed the largest decrease of 15.9 per cent (constant prices, seasonally adjusted).

Improvements have been made to the seasonal adjustment factors for new private housing, which has grown by 5.5 per cent more this quarter than under the old seasonal adjustment factors, which means that overall growth is 0.7 per cent higher. All other series have been revised as usual as part of the standard revisions policy, the earliest period being Q4 2010.