1                            TABLE 8b. MONTHLY VALUE OF PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1992-1994                 PAGE 1
                                         SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN CURRENT DOLLARS
 1992:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 STATE AND LOCAL CONSTRUCTION.........       103349 106883 108874 104780 105420 100138 100431 100208  98102  97031  97580  99456
   TOTAL BUILDINGS....................        44071  45147  46155  44294  44894  43611  44776  44332  42489  43501  41851  42802
    HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT.........         3660   4030   3667   3834   3908   3898   4167   4477   3544   3962   4275   4195
    EDUCATIONAL.......................        21024  20701  22302  20233  20498  19712  21026  21119  20357  20005  19809  20679
    HOSPITAL..........................         2396   2729   2485   2524   2476   2476   2958   3151   3083   2432   2386   2349
    OTHER.............................        16992  17687  17701  17704  18012  17526  16624  15584  15505  17101  15381  15579
   HIGHWAYS AND STREETS...............        33962  36418  33782  34513  34588  33545  32326  32352  33094  30334  32051  30471
   CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.......         1209   1147   1885   1547   1196   1182   1073   1519   1890   1413   1437   1498
   OTHER STATE AND LOCAL CONSTRUCTION.        24106  24170  27052  24426  24742  21800  22256  22005  20629  21783  22240  24685
    SEWER SYSTEMS.....................        10607  10093  10180   9595   8906   9285   8879   9517   9402   9707   8607  11524
    WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES...........         5225   5591   5643   4642   4775   4883   5668   5418   5033   4921   4715   5511
    MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING.........         8274   8487  11228  10190  11060   7631   7709   7070   6195   7154   8918   7649
 FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION.................        14362  14336  14844  13721  15349  14321  14042  13091  13047  14771  15130  16001
   TOTAL BUILDINGS....................         6715   6377   6024   5960   6043   5642   5973   5327   5646   6455   6469   5036
    HOUSING...........................          226     89    113    118    205    177    159    180    145    169    166    177
    INDUSTRIAL........................         1719   1883   2036   1695   1689   1770   1550   1731   2024   2217   2055   2140
    EDUCATIONAL.......................            1     31     21     41     32     20     34     54     25     17     69     11
    HOSPITAL..........................          712    774    761    530    949    753    644    751    856    867    730    714
    OTHER FEDERAL BUILDINGS...........         4058   3600   3092   3575   3167   2922   3586   2612   2596   3185   3450   1993
   HIGHWAYS AND STREETS...............         (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
   MILITARY FACILITIES................         2000   2537   2726   2415   3048   2460   2315   2388   2420   2961   2501   2307
   CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.......         3983   3903   4539   4292   4767   4711   4385   3992   3962   4351   4852   6869
   MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING..........         1390   1302   1357    829   1261   1256   1133   1147    780    782   1152   1678
0

 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS
1                            TABLE 8b. MONTHLY VALUE OF PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1992-1994                 PAGE 2
                                         SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN CURRENT DOLLARS
 1993:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 STATE AND LOCAL CONSTRUCTION.........        94726  99470  96834 102719 100100 104026 102735 100629 102455  99696 102563 106509
   TOTAL BUILDINGS....................        42643  42678  42604  43432  42690  42999  43744  43585  42830  42294  42090  42465
    HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT.........         4324   4596   4283   4773   4247   4449   3675   3144   3124   2999   2976   2978
    EDUCATIONAL.......................        19359  19643  19110  19825  19632  20015  19761  19677  18239  17344  17898  18487
    HOSPITAL..........................         2424   2281   2651   2695   2598   2830   2751   2877   2980   2966   3199   3327
    OTHER.............................        16536  16157  16560  16140  16212  15705  17557  17886  18487  18984  18017  17672
   HIGHWAYS AND STREETS...............        27500  31243  31119  32231  31895  36732  34195  31655  35977  35217  36260  37499
   CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.......         1775   1817   1752   1337   1759   1460   1852   1572   1977   1724   1817   1783
   OTHER STATE AND LOCAL CONSTRUCTION.        22808  23732  21359  25720  23756  22834  22945  23816  21671  20461  22396  24762
    SEWER SYSTEMS.....................         9971  10071   9400   8923   9053   9357   9089   8666   8100   7792   7951   8834
    WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES...........         4988   5087   4474   5894   6021   5393   5021   4838   4487   4718   4950   5195
    MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING.........         7849   8573   7484  10903   8682   8084   8835  10312   9084   7951   9495  10733
 FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION.................        14000  14828  16608  16119  12388  13361  14784  14072  14090  14588  14215  14038
   TOTAL BUILDINGS....................         5604   5417   6430   6863   4030   4616   6244   5293   5467   6372   6095   6288
    HOUSING...........................          136    242    174    304    228    198    341    153    175    283    337    284
    INDUSTRIAL........................         1910   1864   2017   1953   1449   1375   1563   1725   1634   1695   1505   2032
    EDUCATIONAL.......................            8      7     21     22     21     24     24     35     30     21     17     13
    HOSPITAL..........................          934    964    986   1121    731   1076    891   1136    564   1135    973    555
    OTHER FEDERAL BUILDINGS...........         2616   2340   3232   3464   1601   1942   3425   2244   3065   3238   3263   3404
   HIGHWAYS AND STREETS...............         (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
   MILITARY FACILITIES................         2549   2898   2717   2743   2426   2261   2520   2579   2210   2328   2264   2161
   CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.......         3929   4789   5391   4387   4326   4336   3943   4116   4102   4339   3452   3526
   MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING..........         1779   1548   1864   1874   1342   1837   1735   1721   1893   1111   2000   1627
0

 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS
1                            TABLE 8b. MONTHLY VALUE OF PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1992-1994                 PAGE 3
                                         SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN CURRENT DOLLARS
 1994:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 STATE AND LOCAL CONSTRUCTION.........        99533  98084 101377 100154 102561 105962 110394 107138 108184 110301 107648 111257
   TOTAL BUILDINGS....................        40074  40610  41334  40294  42949  44064  44025  44906  45335  48343  47938  50418
    HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT.........         2831   2633   3175   2918   3379   3440   3200   3367   3568   4110   3860   3956
    EDUCATIONAL.......................        17511  17599  17734  17445  18993  19383  19916  20702  21826  24178  23565  23775
    HOSPITAL..........................         3236   3386   3323   3102   3366   3007   3135   2901   2907   2828   2832   3312
    OTHER.............................        16495  16992  17102  16828  17211  18233  17774  17936  17034  17228  17680  19376
   HIGHWAYS AND STREETS...............        35381  33875  36130  35605  37168  37759  40462  37772  36685  37354  35827  35135
   CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.......         1710   2064   1917   1767   1705   1890   2296   1767   2468   1726   1897   2667
   OTHER STATE AND LOCAL CONSTRUCTION.        22368  21534  21997  22489  20739  22249  23611  22693  23696  22878  21987  23037
    SEWER SYSTEMS.....................         8292   7920   8557   8915   8318   8719   8991   8634   9146   8339   8663   9729
    WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES...........         4777   4001   4461   4421   4195   4456   4892   4556   5333   5384   4404   4589
    MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING.........         9299   9614   8979   9153   8226   9075   9727   9503   9217   9155   8920   8719
 FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION.................        13645  15305  12623  13466  13247  14034  13894  14043  14109  16961  15513  17129
   TOTAL BUILDINGS....................         3808   5557   5100   5007   4414   5366   4646   4466   4672   6367   6114   6482
    HOUSING...........................          294    298    360    715    311    357    437    431    362    539    406    842
    INDUSTRIAL........................         1249   1513   1743   1437   1421   1332   1291   1451   1532   1593   1540   1475
    EDUCATIONAL.......................            6     18     15      8     20     32     19     23     48     17     65     37
    HOSPITAL..........................          857    842    852    636    588   1135   1108    743    705    841   1038    896
    OTHER FEDERAL BUILDINGS...........         1402   2887   2130   2211   2075   2509   1790   1818   2025   3377   3066   3232
   HIGHWAYS AND STREETS...............         (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
   MILITARY FACILITIES................         2681   1905   1963   2149   2198   2326   2460   2454   2350   2214   2270   2747
   CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.......         4099   4843   3485   4204   4300   3952   3908   4000   4992   5420   4327   5003
   MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING..........         2659   2596   1663   1694   1901   1952   2413   2685   1670   2528   2390   2486
0

 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS