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 within NI 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 October to 31December 2008.
Key Findings:
The provisional seasonally adjusted Index of Construction for the period 1 October to 31 December 2008 is 94.9. This is broadly similar to the level of construction output for the previous quarter (94.0). An overall downward trend in construction output has been evident since the second quarter of 2007.
Readers are reminded:
The figures reported above are based on returns from construction firms for the period 1 October to 31 December 2008;
Results, particularly for the latest quarter are provisional and subject to revision, as fuller information becomes available from subsequent returns in future quarters.
The planned publication dates of the next four quarterly Bulletins are as follows:
Construction Bulletin Date of release
2009 – Quarter 1 6 August 2009
2009 – Quarter 2 5 November 2009
2009 – Quarter 3 4 February 2010
2009 – Quarter 4 6 May 2010