1                               TABLE 5b. MONTHLY VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1976-1978                     PAGE 1
                                          SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN 1996 DOLLARS
 1976:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 TOTAL CONSTRUCTION......................    435080 437573 450483 440752 435483 434698 421198 424414 424555 434194 447687 456526
   PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION..................    315313 323788 334603 330243 329583 331087 321114 324131 325191 340592 352659 362138
    RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS................    167095 175164 183798 183507 182259 184741 177854 176973 177100 194650 207462 216398
     NEW HOUSING UNITS...................    117801 123170 131848 132359 131951 134541 136241 140432 144091 148205 149801 152483
      1 UNIT.............................    100245 106585 114702 115081 115173 117144 118246 121698 124226 127031 128187 129755
      2 OR MORE UNITS....................     17556  16586  17145  17278  16777  17397  17994  18734  19864  21174  21615  22728
     IMPROVEMENTS........................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.............     92720  96066  96030  91011  90192  89486  86825  90052  89635  88226  87616  89069
     INDUSTRIAL..........................     30516  31790  29923  28938  27384  27188  24888  26585  26666  25756  25171  25330
     OFFICE..............................     15728  16616  17168  17186  16384  15514  15715  16137  16618  16337  16083  16770
     HOTELS, MOTELS......................      2607   2356   2842   2565   2559   2618   2619   2636   2704   2761   2889   2940
     OTHER COMMERCIAL....................     25609  26879  27703  25285  25359  25253  25144  25122  24300  24401  24490  24924
     RELIGIOUS...........................      2722   2807   2582   2474   2492   2635   2742   3024   2930   2668   2655   2737
     EDUCATIONAL.........................      1959   1932   2003   1990   2053   2134   2042   2206   2137   2032   2010   1938
     HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTIONAL..........     10214  10119  10230   9284  10704  10685  10525  11022  10955  10733  10692  10852
     MISCELLANEOUS.......................      3365   3567   3580   3289   3258   3459   3150   3321   3324   3540   3626   3579
    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..................      6810   6863   6991   6875   6885   6960   6982   7053   7255   7098   7385   7302
     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....................      2363   2654   2678   2610   2451   2218   2059   2100   2089   2133   2200   2499
   PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION...................    119767 113786 115880 110509 105900 103611 100084 100284  99364  93602  95028  94389
    BUILDINGS............................     46303  44490  46150  41921  41377  42056  40770  41024  40236  38319  37228  36899
     HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT...........      3167   3170   3168   3416   3138   3808   3684   3902   3807   3468   3338   3277
     INDUSTRIAL..........................      1663   1805   1728   1559   1983   2091   1486   1487   2272   1662   1680   1659
     EDUCATIONAL.........................     22075  21097  23079  19634  19885  19010  18435  18826  17579  17200  16139  16419
     HOSPITAL............................      5814   5245   5273   5422   4961   5634   5694   5791   5572   5406   5400   5217
     OTHER...............................     13584  13173  12901  11890  11410  11513  11471  11017  11006  10583  10670  10326
    HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.................     36428  33100  32686  31872  28039  25621  24411  24721  24222  23401  23471  23824
    MILITARY FACILITIES..................      3486   3646   3560   3546   3967   3894   4218   4090   3952   3285   4314   3807
    CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.........      8500   9017   8657   8856   8728   8818   8316   8194   8721   7230   9203   8010
    OTHER PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION............     25051  23532  24827  24314  23790  23223  22369  22256  22232  21366  20812  21848
     SEWER SYSTEMS.......................     10678  10989  11393  11110  10524  10747  10540  10349  10251   9472   9548   9394
     WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES.............      3630   3521   3822   3443   3640   3441   3026   2919   2737   2831   2770   3377
     MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING...........     10743   9023   9613   9761   9626   9036   8804   8987   9244   9064   8494   9077
0


 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS
1                               TABLE 5b. MONTHLY VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1976-1978                     PAGE 2
                                          SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN 1996 DOLLARS
 1977:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 TOTAL CONSTRUCTION......................    441882 450041 461105 476818 479113 478174 479076 475540 478204 471003 471076 465064
   PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION..................    349401 351760 360716 377060 381186 381345 383462 382397 382784 379994 379686 374701
    RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS................    203618 206796 212595 225895 232072 230707 233059 232071 231588 229266 227385 226672
     NEW HOUSING UNITS...................    149379 160052 170320 178919 183418 181451 182463 180904 179259 180435 181714 182932
      1 UNIT.............................    128207 136667 146384 154415 157020 156299 156522 154945 154653 155844 157577 158082
      2 OR MORE UNITS....................     21172  23385  23935  24503  26398  25152  25941  25959  24606  24590  24137  24851
     IMPROVEMENTS........................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.............     89617  89318  91210  93446  91322  93236  93735  94257  94748  94163  95585  91375
     INDUSTRIAL..........................     26650  26165  26681  28027  27661  27184  26855  27998  27633  27820  28960  27701
     OFFICE..............................     16633  16428  17342  17494  16880  17563  18103  16835  16963  16676  16688  15503
     HOTELS, MOTELS......................      2788   2934   2825   2805   2633   2926   2550   2493   2491   2525   2323   2568
     OTHER COMMERCIAL....................     25227  25534  26583  26984  26441  27924  28275  29451  30208  29869  30055  28638
     RELIGIOUS...........................      2635   2684   2828   2781   2821   2937   2812   2735   2826   2766   2704   2738
     EDUCATIONAL.........................      1973   2050   2060   2088   1922   1930   2045   1946   1938   1969   1894   1846
     HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTIONAL..........     10537  10210   9954  10052   9588   9358   9719   9210   9175   9113   9404   9004
     MISCELLANEOUS.......................      3174   3314   2937   3216   3376   3414   3377   3590   3514   3424   3556   3377
    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..................      7286   7498   7385   7537   7780   7663   7605   7649   7772   7774   7891   7748
     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....................      2563   2564   2340   2222   2195   2051   2197   2819   3143   3314   3180   3218
   PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION...................     92481  98281 100388  99758  97927  96829  95614  93143  95420  91008  91389  90363
    BUILDINGS............................     37177  38182  37361  37727  35673  36362  34836  34055  36442  33903  33316  33037
     HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT...........      3238   3572   3572   3514   3926   4622   4212   3377   4292   3885   3007   2484
     INDUSTRIAL..........................      1827   1798   2023   2172   2107   2289   1918   2042   2657   1881   1879   1891
     EDUCATIONAL.........................     16571  17521  16172  16252  14702  14779  14838  14516  14588  14205  14708  13974
     HOSPITAL............................      4936   5009   5673   5234   5200   4538   4507   4383   4320   4063   4047   4367
     OTHER...............................     10605  10281   9920  10554   9739  10133   9362   9736  10584   9870   9675  10321
    HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.................     23794  25018  27291  27455  27102  27569  27774  25160  24711  25094  25373  24260
    MILITARY FACILITIES..................      3088   3429   3432   3004   3869   3283   3379   2875   3861   2616   2590   3136
    CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.........      8080   8578   8291   8724   8181   7183   8557   8562   8862   8115   7916   8046
    OTHER PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION............     20343  23075  24013  22848  23101  22432  21067  22491  21544  21281  22194  21884
     SEWER SYSTEMS.......................      8241   9450   9659   9356   9677   9131   8677   8919   8421   8339   8533   8191
     WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES.............      2768   2887   3066   3093   3531   3129   2901   2841   2882   3348   2840   2857
     MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING...........      9333  10738  11289  10398   9894  10172   9490  10731  10241   9594  10822  10836
0


 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS
1                               TABLE 5b. MONTHLY VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1976-1978                     PAGE 3
                                          SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN 1996 DOLLARS
 1978:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 TOTAL CONSTRUCTION......................    464458 463787 476327 497700 507216 509117 517225 517775 522752 518025 519616 521807
   PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION..................    376873 380017 384547 394639 402676 409433 412964 413001 415766 415340 416323 418302
    RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS................    225543 227859 226705 232625 239459 241914 241712 240964 241439 239768 240271 240294
     NEW HOUSING UNITS...................    178424 178381 178806 180302 184904 186053 187942 189039 189267 187225 187455 187021
      1 UNIT.............................    155325 154231 152548 153838 156861 157910 159219 159608 159394 157983 158071 158311
      2 OR MORE UNITS....................     23099  24151  26258  26464  28043  28144  28723  29431  29872  29242  29384  28710
     IMPROVEMENTS........................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.............     92845  93374  98060 101411 102931 107123 110676 111519 113589 114853 115484 116484
     INDUSTRIAL..........................     27663  28223  31015  31462  30414  34119  37141  38656  39928  40423  40072  41435
     OFFICE..............................     17344  16928  16560  17465  17905  18698  19788  19478  20202  21054  21710  21592
     HOTELS, MOTELS......................      2880   2728   2767   2902   3024   3034   2969   3234   2987   2866   2998   3197
     OTHER COMMERCIAL....................     28486  29010  30327  31532  33372  33506  32799  32257  32873  33273  33434  33183
     RELIGIOUS...........................      2440   2511   2770   3119   3069   3000   3140   3111   3056   3124   3293   3103
     EDUCATIONAL.........................      1859   1701   1907   2010   2263   2073   2112   2155   2200   2170   2090   1987
     HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTIONAL..........      8785   9165   9198   9219   9192   8943   8723   8631   8600   8703   8500   8482
     MISCELLANEOUS.......................      3388   3108   3516   3702   3690   3750   4005   3997   3742   3240   3387   3505
    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..................      8098   8113   8562   9297   8604   9261   9118   9193   9176   9367   9051   9774
     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....................      2764   2585   2527   2710   2741   2740   2667   2410   2285   2191   2214   2139
   PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION...................     87585  83770  91779 103061 104541  99684 104261 104774 106986 102685 103292 103505
    BUILDINGS............................     32125  32628  33963  34937  38064  35579  36426  36494  36717  35835  35851  34777
     HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT...........      2201   2097   2578   2360   2995   2941   2728   3232   3676   3565   4094   3298
     INDUSTRIAL..........................      1847   1852   2053   2032   2187   2043   2017   2138   2576   1955   1947   1951
     EDUCATIONAL.........................     13756  13360  13619  14164  16234  14442  15389  14629  14732  15033  14658  14424
     HOSPITAL............................      4040   4386   4322   4382   4572   4319   4198   4317   4333   3896   3887   3766
     OTHER...............................     10280  10933  11392  11998  12076  11833  12095  12178  11401  11387  11264  11338
    HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.................     22396  18507  23209  24188  28386  26495  27342  28556  27971  27495  28273  31705
    MILITARY FACILITIES..................      2764   2946   2835   3032   3311   2658   3249   3241   4252   2455   3134   3184
    CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.........      8234   8053   8434   9111   8234   8426   9257   9139   9539   8783   8605   8182
    OTHER PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION............     22066  21636  23338  31792  26546  26525  27987  27344  28507  28117  27429  25658
     SEWER SYSTEMS.......................      8864   9395   9151  10068  10485   9856  10561  10266  10414  10936  10551  10633
     WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES.............      3136   3438   3658   4594   3761   3792   3863   3979   4160   4084   4281   4509
     MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING...........     10066   8804  10529  17131  12300  12877  13563  13099  13933  13098  12597  10516
0


 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS