1                               TABLE 4b. MONTHLY VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1996-1998                     PAGE 1
                                         SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN CURRENT DOLLARS
 1996:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 TOTAL CONSTRUCTION......................    576564 573782 577806 598839 608689 617016 615279 622130 636090 643383 649760 640979
   PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION..................    442006 445417 448801 464143 470149 482457 477093 484797 489600 496525 499686 494579
    RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS................    254176 258998 265027 274447 281517 287350 287444 289496 290571 289073 289928 285627
     NEW HOUSING UNITS...................    179750 182840 185373 190848 193027 195676 194560 194524 193495 193214 192907 191215
      1 UNIT.............................    160047 162916 165406 168922 171411 174104 174822 175197 174091 173310 172137 171226
      2 OR MORE UNITS....................     19703  19924  19967  21926  21616  21572  19737  19327  19404  19904  20771  19989
     IMPROVEMENTS........................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.............    147271 146232 144024 148894 149370 155678 152309 156272 160939 168020 169177 167664
     INDUSTRIAL..........................     39130  37704  36495  37321  36311  37847  36274  35462  38628  42705  41184  38457
     OFFICE..............................     23262  23629  23995  25259  26997  30081  28832  28852  30043  29906  30755  31469
     HOTELS, MOTELS......................      9654   9795  10044  10970   9705  10388  10042  11501  11759  11511  12363  12702
     OTHER COMMERCIAL....................     46143  46437  45275  47178  47396  46585  46549  49218  49144  51418  51101  50634
     RELIGIOUS...........................      4270   4106   4113   4224   4355   4836   4318   4558   4598   4498   5075   5112
     EDUCATIONAL.........................      5798   5989   6160   5656   6001   6566   6730   7283   7295   7664   7735   7739
     HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTIONAL..........     11419  10677  10307  10893  11590  11959  11885  12066  12157  12316  12713  13204
     MISCELLANEOUS.......................      7596   7895   7634   7391   7014   7416   7679   7331   7316   8001   8250   8348
    FARM NONRESIDENTIAL..................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    PUBLIC UTILITIES.....................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     TELECOMMUNICATIONS..................     11763  11524  10876  11528  11458  10807  10746  11762  11469  11931  12760  14351
     RAILROAD............................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER............      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     GAS.................................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     PETROLEUM PIPELINES.................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    ALL OTHER PRIVATE....................      3255   3345   3200   3121   2943   3100   2613   2916   2483   2431   2310   2239
   PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION...................    134558 128365 129005 134696 138540 134559 138186 137332 146490 146858 150074 146400
    BUILDINGS............................     61690  57128  58977  59464  62490  59989  62248  62999  67199  66653  71171  69901
     HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT...........      4927   4284   4033   3797   4608   4331   5105   5207   6001   5902   6288   5665
     INDUSTRIAL..........................      1326   1348   1498   1491   1481   1561   1491   1610   1707    834   1048   1064
     EDUCATIONAL.........................     27999  26303  27734  27575  28390  26435  27696  28407  29101  30103  32492  30905
     HOSPITAL............................      4357   4650   4705   4742   4754   4347   4407   4073   5001   4571   4355   5273
     OTHER...............................     23082  20543  21006  21859  23256  23315  23549  23702  25388  25243  26988  26994
    HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.................     38438  39042  37601  39316  38862  38632  40144  37567  40763  41071  40134  41226
    MILITARY FACILITIES..................      3399   3079   2444   2797   2686   2479   2286   2301   2608   2565   2380   2294
    CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.........      5476   5417   5725   6041   5955   5875   5928   6251   7056   5958   6008   5280
    OTHER PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION............     25555  23699  24258  27077  28547  27583  27581  28214  28863  30611  30380  27699
     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...........     13574  11347  11752  12477  13694  12869  12902  11816  12437  11742  12516  10426
0


 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS
1                               TABLE 4b. MONTHLY VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1996-1998                     PAGE 2
                                         SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN CURRENT DOLLARS
 1997:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 TOTAL CONSTRUCTION......................    641744 648287 644347 645093 647551 645740 655810 656702 661039 664774 661716 666098
   PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION..................    494187 494356 486117 490192 494798 494444 504526 506655 512660 516157 515213 519566
    RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS................    283797 286148 284640 284897 287603 285128 285197 286816 291296 294892 297878 300346
     NEW HOUSING UNITS...................    190314 195642 195188 196432 198472 196038 196115 197314 199921 203300 202373 204320
      1 UNIT.............................    169901 172281 173186 174222 174523 173487 174367 174915 176978 178329 178823 179961
      2 OR MORE UNITS....................     20412  23362  22002  22210  23949  22551  21747  22399  22944  24971  23550  24359
     IMPROVEMENTS........................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.............    171804 174051 167087 167673 168656 170059 178414 178252 178112 177581 175661 178828
     INDUSTRIAL..........................     38328  38621  34709  35811  35953  36689  39596  38437  38834  38255  37154  38775
     OFFICE..............................     31621  33839  31527  30125  30375  32965  35641  35873  35834  37585  37676  38438
     HOTELS, MOTELS......................     12269  12507  12493  12691  13473  13338  13300  13315  12618  13071  12979  12842
     OTHER COMMERCIAL....................     54195  53377  51845  51422  51727  51003  53190  52866  51673  50585  49858  50568
     RELIGIOUS...........................      5013   5216   5653   5736   5923   5543   5529   5643   5961   6198   6346   6356
     EDUCATIONAL.........................      7845   7754   7286   8509   8401   8383   8707   9055   9538   9566   9373   9564
     HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTIONAL..........     13633  13799  14190  14129  13129  13137  13117  13682  14192  13412  13328  12794
     MISCELLANEOUS.......................      8899   8939   9384   9251   9676   9000   9335   9382   9462   8910   8946   9489
    FARM NONRESIDENTIAL..................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    PUBLIC UTILITIES.....................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     TELECOMMUNICATIONS..................     11956  11883  11736  12592  12097  12402  13038  12209  13272  12710  12425  12469
     RAILROAD............................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER............      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     GAS.................................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     PETROLEUM PIPELINES.................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    ALL OTHER PRIVATE....................      2180   2187   2282   2260   2270   2280   2347   2472   2512   2785   2751   2163
   PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION...................    147557 153931 158230 154901 152753 151295 151284 150047 148379 148617 146503 146532
    BUILDINGS............................     69860  72135  73145  72870  69202  69468  69208  68240  69008  70917  67611  67645
     HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT...........      5311   5629   5372   5428   5633   5114   5299   5118   5056   5951   5132   4614
     INDUSTRIAL..........................      1122   1057   1081   1411    871   1121   1106    999    891    745    820    803
     EDUCATIONAL.........................     31925  33296  34622  34518  33805  33907  33472  33366  32874  34584  32475  33864
     HOSPITAL............................      5283   5370   5125   5455   4695   5013   4923   4854   5116   5089   4788   3994
     OTHER...............................     26220  26783  26945  26058  24198  24314  24408  23903  25071  24547  24395  24370
    HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.................     39989  41784  43101  44068  43557  43840  43661  43408  41664  39775  43798  42498
    MILITARY FACILITIES..................      2643   2516   2201   2354   2551   2578   2743   2842   2554   2866   2692   2190
    CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.........      6265   5860   6327   5533   5560   5103   5297   5476   6041   5056   4775   5945
    OTHER PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION............     28800  31636  33456  30076  31884  30305  30375  30082  29111  30004  27627  28254
     SEWER SYSTEMS.......................     10346  11192  11335  10990  11547  11106  10692  10191  10303   9835   9606   9346
     WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES.............      6737   6985   7746   6456   6411   6253   6348   6143   6484   6281   6304   6157
     MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING...........     11717  13458  14375  12630  13926  12947  13335  13748  12324  13888  11717  12751
0


 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS
1                               TABLE 4b. MONTHLY VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1996-1998                     PAGE 3
                                         SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN CURRENT DOLLARS
 1998:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 TOTAL CONSTRUCTION......................    674990 677642 683767 695517 691069 719635 717123 714201 714875 714877 723131 727323
   PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION..................    527611 532072 538190 548885 545689 563327 558745 558228 554375 555212 562805 563908
    RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS................    305301 308310 311604 313449 311540 314658 317999 315387 317042 316958 320291 321626
     NEW HOUSING UNITS...................    207206 210111 212804 215752 215441 220887 226553 227537 231406 234337 238059 240913
      1 UNIT.............................    182101 184925 188241 191287 191887 197182 201638 204080 206640 208880 212880 215891
      2 OR MORE UNITS....................     25105  25186  24563  24465  23553  23705  24915  23457  24766  25457  25180  25022
     IMPROVEMENTS........................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.............    183431 183486 185537 191031 186482 194132 190483 192613 189418 194548 197805 199246
     INDUSTRIAL..........................     39954  40542  42259  41995  40218  40573  39795  42953  39747  40109  40121  38299
     OFFICE..............................     40569  39917  39479  41087  41146  44345  41691  40576  41075  44546  45469  46617
     HOTELS, MOTELS......................     12894  12724  12800  13659  13322  15010  14956  15947  16672  16745  16423  16065
     OTHER COMMERCIAL....................     51414  50865  52501  53451  52667  54863  55043  53384  52207  54028  55758  56426
     RELIGIOUS...........................      6481   6672   6250   6134   5895   6373   6601   6722   6648   6743   7188   7139
     EDUCATIONAL.........................      9871  10385  10426  10717  10402   9368   8569   8972   9582   9019   9541  10242
     HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTIONAL..........     13390  13510  13548  14232  13723  13979  13988  13922  13930  13432  13584  14257
     MISCELLANEOUS.......................      8858   8872   8275   9756   9109   9621   9840  10135   9556   9924   9720  10201
    FARM NONRESIDENTIAL..................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    PUBLIC UTILITIES.....................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     TELECOMMUNICATIONS..................     11820  12875  13578  12395  13010  12350  12022  12362  12271  12960  12198  11741
     RAILROAD............................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER............      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     GAS.................................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
     PETROLEUM PIPELINES.................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    ALL OTHER PRIVATE....................      2565   2566   2498   2412   2516   3051   2436   2615   2550   2441   2713   2448
   PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION...................    147378 145571 145577 146633 145380 156308 158378 155973 160501 159665 160326 163415
    BUILDINGS............................     68067  68475  67912  69369  69429  72818  75923  73683  74706  74517  75111  77345
     HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT...........      4712   4851   4962   5029   4902   5481   6196   5401   5000   5083   5339   5216
     INDUSTRIAL..........................       964   1067   1194   1022    986    884   1039   1067    987    796   1172    967
     EDUCATIONAL.........................     33271  33323  32175  34009  34130  35691  36325  34848  35805  35343  36048  38263
     HOSPITAL............................      4153   3879   4429   3559   4041   3716   3724   3835   4039   4234   3837   3717
     OTHER...............................     24967  25354  25152  25751  25371  27046  28639  28532  28874  29061  28714  29182
    HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.................     43859  42452  43402  43589  42217  45783  43785  44654  45968  47611  45313  45067
    MILITARY FACILITIES..................      2501   2741   2755   2594   2346   2595   3256   2792   2100   2298   2203   2281
    CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.........      4956   6006   5403   4794   5013   5706   5394   5329   6191   5093   5672   5582
    OTHER PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION............     27995  25898  26105  26286  26375  29406  30021  29515  31537  30146  32026  33139
     SEWER SYSTEMS.......................      9342   9186   9107   8980   8971   9570  10268  10176  10344  10643  11148  11122
     WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES.............      6131   6137   5953   6133   6204   6119   6491   6632   7276   7390   7432   7844
     MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING...........     12523  10575  11046  11174  11201  13717  13261  12707  13917  12112  13445  14173
0


 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS