DoE records drop in new orders

November 1994 orders for new infrastructure were 52% down on the previous year and 36% lower than three months before, says the Department of the Environment in its monthly new construction orders bulletin.

This drop, coupled with a 26% year on year decrease in public housing orders mean that overall work won by contractors in the three months to November was 6% lower than in the previous three months and 12% lower than in the previous year.

'There are signs that earlier levels of improvement in certain sectors are not being maintained,' said the DoE.