1                            TABLE 8b. MONTHLY VALUE OF PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1994-1996                 PAGE 1
                                         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
1                            TABLE 8b. MONTHLY VALUE OF PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1994-1996                 PAGE 2
                                         SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN CURRENT DOLLARS
 1995:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 STATE AND LOCAL CONSTRUCTION.........       111665 109793 112941 114508 113953 117168 112472 114239 114329 116689 114623 114234
   TOTAL BUILDINGS....................        49511  49606  49746  51304  50816  53329  52353  51970  52963  52461  52708  52247
    HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT.........         4110   4045   4157   4295   3843   4454   4211   4405   3999   3972   3775   4122
    EDUCATIONAL.......................        23590  24068  24193  23837  24289  25935  25855  26395  27771  27080  27467  27144
    HOSPITAL..........................         2931   3137   3186   3490   3281   3239   3313   2795   3426   3140   3344   3054
    OTHER.............................        18879  18357  18211  19681  19403  19701  18973  18375  17767  18269  18122  17927
   HIGHWAYS AND STREETS...............        36412  33992  37259  36030  36960  37369  36884  38370  37320  38798  37068  38345
   CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.......         2623   2624   2851   2420   2527   2388   1692   1984   1604   1659   1905   2079
   OTHER STATE AND LOCAL CONSTRUCTION.        23119  23571  23084  24755  23650  24083  21542  21915  22442  23771  22941  21563
    SEWER SYSTEMS.....................         9111   9169   9067   8848   8520   9414   8032   7780   7831   7959   8099   7864
    WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES...........         5308   5455   4683   4810   4458   4585   4720   4918   4278   4510   4673   4383
    MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING.........         8700   8947   9335  11096  10671  10084   8789   9217  10333  11301  10169   9316
 FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION.................        15933  15742  16601  15445  15728  15636  15546  16526  16255  13332  16138  15522
   TOTAL BUILDINGS....................         6072   6319   6242   5801   6530   5974   5576   6467   6278   5218   6245   5712
    HOUSING...........................          297    485    474    337    531    571    578    682    567    831    980    612
    INDUSTRIAL........................         1652   1700   1602   1631   1407   1355   1475   1587   1583   1416   1440   1303
    EDUCATIONAL.......................            8     37      8      8     51     26     17     27     52     29      2     41
    HOSPITAL..........................         1045   1125   1002   1020   1275   1036    899   1020   1090    755   1124   1049
    OTHER FEDERAL BUILDINGS...........         3070   2972   3155   2805   3266   2985   2607   3150   2987   2187   2699   2708
   HIGHWAYS AND STREETS...............         (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
   MILITARY FACILITIES................         2779   2621   3174   2963   2947   2938   3195   3106   3284   2230   3236   3319
   CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.......         4037   4405   4533   3758   3526   4203   4601   4944   4389   3084   4032   3915
   MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING..........         2662   2052   2325   2609   2410   2205   1884   1714   2012   2502   2329   2258
0


 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS
1                            TABLE 8b. MONTHLY VALUE OF PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1994-1996                 PAGE 3
                                         SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN CURRENT DOLLARS
 1996:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 STATE AND LOCAL CONSTRUCTION.........       118519 112537 113752 118242 121693 119027 123252 122763 129923 132945 136038 133505
   TOTAL BUILDINGS....................        55429  50962  52764  53158  55673  53508  56000  57135  60602  61458  65236  63669
    HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT.........         4248   3707   3488   3133   3677   3627   4357   4516   5371   5259   5581   5044
    EDUCATIONAL.......................        27984  26300  27727  27560  28376  26425  27687  28397  29091  30078  32464  30901
    HOSPITAL..........................         3550   3274   3224   3212   3119   3430   3273   3187   3878   3770   3501   3975
    OTHER.............................        19647  17681  18325  19253  20500  20026  20683  21035  22261  22352  23690  23748
   HIGHWAYS AND STREETS...............        38122  38698  37255  38950  38487  38250  39748  37185  40381  40690  39784  40913
   CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.......         1930   2085   2128   1930   1886   2007   2103   2123   2197   2501   2657   2283
   OTHER STATE AND LOCAL CONSTRUCTION.        23038  20792  21606  24204  25646  25261  25401  26320  26743  28296  28360  26640
    SEWER SYSTEMS.....................         7836   7969   8137   9371   9479   9229   9259  10793  10275  11701  11347  10770
    WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES...........         4145   4382   4368   5229   5374   5486   5420   5605   6152   7169   6518   6504
    MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING.........        11057   8441   9100   9604  10793  10547  10722   9922  10316   9427  10495   9367
 FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION.................        16039  15828  15253  16454  16847  15532  14934  14569  16567  13913  14037  12894
   TOTAL BUILDINGS....................         6261   6166   6213   6306   6816   6481   6247   5864   6597   5194   5935   6232
    HOUSING...........................          679    578    545    663    930    704    747    691    630    643    707    621
    INDUSTRIAL........................         1326   1348   1498   1491   1481   1561   1491   1610   1707    834   1048   1064
    EDUCATIONAL.......................           14      3      7     15     14     11      8     10     10     25     28      4
    HOSPITAL..........................          807   1376   1481   1530   1635    917   1134    886   1123    801    854   1297
    OTHER FEDERAL BUILDINGS...........         3434   2861   2681   2607   2756   3289   2867   2667   3127   2891   3298   3247
   HIGHWAYS AND STREETS...............         (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
   MILITARY FACILITIES................         3399   3079   2444   2797   2686   2479   2286   2301   2608   2565   2380   2294
   CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.......         3546   3332   3598   4111   4069   3868   3825   4128   4859   3458   3351   2997
   MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING..........         2517   2907   2652   2873   2901   2322   2180   1894   2121   2315   2021   1060
0


 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS