Output is defined as the amount charged by construction companies to customers for value of work (produced during the reporting period) excluding VAT and payments to sub-contractors.
In Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2015, output in the construction industry was estimated to have increased by 0.2% compared with Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2015. Between Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2015 and Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2014 output was estimated to have increased by 2.4%.
Upward pressure on the quarter came from all new work which increased by 1.0%, with private new housing, infrastructure and public other new work increasing by 3.9%, 0.5% and 1.2% respectively.
All repair and maintenance decreased by 1.2% in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) compared with Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar). Public housing repair and maintenance and non-housing repair and maintenance reported falls of 0.4% and 3.9% respectively.
Output in the construction industry was estimated to have increased by 0.9% in June 2015 compared with May 2015. On the year, output in the construction industry increased by 2.6% in June 2015 compared with June 2014.
The preliminary estimate of gross domestic product (GDP), published on 28 July 2015 contained a forecast for construction output of 0.0%. This has been revised based upon updated survey responses and output is now estimated to have increased by 0.2%. This upward revision to construction output of 0.2 percentage points will have no impact on GDP to 1 decimal place.
Data back to April 2015 are open for revision in this release. Output growth in the construction industry has been revised upwards in April 2015 by 0.5 percentage points to 0.0% and in May 2015 by 0.3 percentage points to -1.0%. These revisions were caused by the incorporation of late data. More information on revisions can be found in the background notes.