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Main points

• In Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2015, output in the construction industry was estimated to have decreased by 2.2% compared with Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2015, unchanged from the estimate included in the preliminary estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) published on 27 October.
• Between Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2015 and Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2014 output was estimated to have decreased by 0.1%.
• Downward pressure on the quarter came from both all new work and repair and maintenance which fell by 2.2% and 2.1% respectively, with all work types except infrastructure and private industrial reporting decreases.
• In the 3 months that make up Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2015, the largest fall was seen in August (-3.4%).
• In September 2015, output in the construction industry was estimated to have decreased by 0.2% compared with August 2015 due to a fall in all new work of 2.4%. This was offset by repair and maintenance which increased by 3.8%.
• On the year, output in the construction industry decreased by 1.6% in September 2015 compared with September 2014.
• The release for September 2015 has a revision period back to July 2015. Output in the construction industry has been revised downwards by 0.2 percentage points in July 2015 and upwards by 0.9 percentage points in August 2015 to -1.2% and -3.4% respectively. These revisions were caused by the incorporation of late data. More information on revisions can be found in the background notes.

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