1                               TABLE 5b. MONTHLY VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1985-1987                     PAGE 1
                                          SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN 1996 DOLLARS
 1985:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 TOTAL CONSTRUCTION......................    554262 554514 561754 563497 570421 570294 566636 565909 571958 570744 574043 585113
   PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION..................    453704 454928 459328 462380 465850 462609 459548 461132 466658 467518 471754 479943
    RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS................    230554 229689 233093 233184 233146 232395 231440 234521 236277 237088 240264 246453
     NEW HOUSING UNITS...................    169195 168106 169310 169791 169362 168500 168508 168786 169435 169912 170935 174028
      1 UNIT.............................    126934 125657 126047 127293 127511 126442 126848 127613 127592 129024 130810 132296
      2 OR MORE UNITS....................     42261  42449  43263  42499  41851  42058  41660  41173  41843  40887  40126  41733
     IMPROVEMENTS........................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.............    172153 173326 175422 178798 182357 179397 178354 177658 181609 181649 182438 183101
     INDUSTRIAL..........................     33903  33304  33661  34351  34689  32834  34810  33151  34142  33824  33669  34656
     OFFICE..............................     58639  59954  60848  60849  62332  62385  62281  60809  62129  61762  60977  61517
     HOTELS, MOTELS......................     11607  11750  11745  11983  12865  11864  11980  12191  12739  12736  13165  12632
     OTHER COMMERCIAL....................     47519  48090  49313  50305  50480  49781  47486  49168  50519  51813  52924  53577
     RELIGIOUS...........................      3545   3371   3040   3497   3974   3880   3894   4659   3962   4222   4076   3889
     EDUCATIONAL.........................      2462   2662   2747   2953   3081   3156   3450   3419   3363   3409   3465   3406
     HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTIONAL..........     10088  10068   9697  10018  10131  10367   9868   9729   9905   9316   9462   8917
     MISCELLANEOUS.......................      4392   4128   4371   4841   4805   5130   4585   4532   4850   4566   4700   4507
    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..................     10925  10980  11397  11173  11161  11333  10854  10444  10684  10347  10315  10114
     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....................      3235   3501   3393   3499   3578   3779   3678   3452   3127   3527   3572   4312
   PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION...................    100558  99586 102426 101117 104571 107686 107089 104777 105300 103226 102289 105169
    BUILDINGS............................     37794  36813  36449  37672  38340  39869  40446  38964  40435  39069  38380  38897
     HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT...........      4453   4298   3847   4360   4234   4138   4187   3738   4571   4127   4387   4399
     INDUSTRIAL..........................      3021   2867   2763   2680   3016   3156   2506   2970   3183   2394   2171   2297
     EDUCATIONAL.........................     12039  11977  11727  12523  12765  13634  13260  13008  13113  13176  12689  12129
     HOSPITAL............................      3672   3886   3718   3524   3439   3301   3482   3357   3148   3228   3486   3522
     OTHER...............................     14609  13785  14394  14586  14885  15640  17012  15891  16420  16143  15647  16551
    HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.................     29387  29059  30415  30563  32620  31443  29610  29523  29445  28348  28508  30138
    MILITARY FACILITIES..................      4106   4349   4167   4343   4567   4629   4763   3907   3905   4357   4095   4521
    CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.........      6615   6494   6791   6308   6699   7582   6910   6974   7140   7054   7189   6562
    OTHER PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION............     22656  22870  24604  22231  22345  24162  25360  25408  24375  24399  24116  25051
     SEWER SYSTEMS.......................      9009   8448   8405   8489   8711  10005  10456  10699  10508  10154  10912  10153
     WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES.............      3430   3328   3592   3520   3976   3769   4107   3854   3172   3196   3034   3439
     MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING...........     10217  11093  12608  10222   9658  10388  10797  10856  10696  11048  10171  11458
0


 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS
1                               TABLE 5b. MONTHLY VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1985-1987                     PAGE 2
                                          SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN 1996 DOLLARS
 1986:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 TOTAL CONSTRUCTION......................    589765 593882 582168 589480 587974 589229 591398 590527 589645 594805 583465 578828
   PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION..................    479360 483621 474309 480478 478387 479718 481184 480182 479047 486163 476417 472672
    RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS................    248603 254289 255463 258775 265908 270688 272716 271971 273198 273427 271546 269326
     NEW HOUSING UNITS...................    176874 178118 180503 183137 188086 192739 193199 192972 194693 195006 192666 190640
      1 UNIT.............................    134230 136067 137262 138961 142314 146724 148630 151196 151761 151081 150082 149896
      2 OR MORE UNITS....................     42644  42051  43241  44175  45773  46016  44569  41776  42932  43926  42584  40744
     IMPROVEMENTS........................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.............    179039 177548 167893 170187 162654 158618 158845 159403 157472 164445 158181 157891
     INDUSTRIAL..........................     32354  33199  27457  30086  27680  26514  26731  27227  26876  29918  27220  27354
     OFFICE..............................     60433  58409  57337  56579  54162  52432  51589  51354  50067  52020  50101  48151
     HOTELS, MOTELS......................     11732  11893  11179  11741  12282  12127  12426  12442  12199  12906  12121  11890
     OTHER COMMERCIAL....................     53630  52683  50014  50037  47164  46597  47278  47398  47439  46929  46480  47696
     RELIGIOUS...........................      4018   4202   4040   3906   3922   4236   3773   4123   4184   4818   4233   4355
     EDUCATIONAL.........................      3773   3626   3541   3847   3697   3640   3589   3702   3680   3926   4044   4105
     HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTIONAL..........      8511   8870   9357   9776   9425   8895   9194   8940   8761   9133   9236   9703
     MISCELLANEOUS.......................      4588   4667   4968   4215   4323   4176   4264   4216   4264   4795   4748   4638
    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..................     11860  11642  11491  12517  11667  12805  12196  11887  11964  12513  11607  11292
     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....................      4141   4185   3462   3246   2553   2386   2363   2345   2512   2571   2611   2474
   PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION...................    110405 110261 107859 109002 109587 109511 110214 110345 110598 108642 107048 106157
    BUILDINGS............................     39375  40614  41137  41389  40118  40989  41630  41647  43063  42236  43069  41689
     HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT...........      4590   4188   3843   4657   4130   3966   4115   4475   4140   4214   4523   4149
     INDUSTRIAL..........................      2315   2691   2330   2588   2484   1909   2383   1933   2113   2248   2113   1990
     EDUCATIONAL.........................     12466  12416  12744  12956  13549  14208  14214  14801  15424  15029  15344  15405
     HOSPITAL............................      3290   4107   3360   3276   2815   3280   3384   2806   2873   3139   2648   3103
     OTHER...............................     16715  17211  18860  17912  17140  17624  17533  17631  18513  17606  18442  17043
    HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.................     30910  31287  30358  31627  32138  31718  31415  31671  30174  29568  26724  28299
    MILITARY FACILITIES..................      4630   6506   4661   5011   4441   4981   4330   4947   5077   5066   4793   5336
    CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.........      7532   6497   6613   6660   6333   5816   6337   6006   6641   6452   6972   6443
    OTHER PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION............     27958  25357  25090  24316  26557  26006  26503  26074  25643  25320  25490  24389
     SEWER SYSTEMS.......................     11672  10412   9813   8848  11548  11008  10995  11455  10750  10326  10396  10856
     WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES.............      4208   4225   4279   4307   3836   3994   4264   4353   4526   4634   4332   5003
     MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING...........     12078  10720  10998  11161  11172  11005  11244  10266  10368  10360  10762   8529
0


 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS
1                               TABLE 5b. MONTHLY VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE: 1985-1987                     PAGE 3
                                          SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUAL RATE IN 1996 DOLLARS
 1987:   TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION                  JAN.   FEB.   MAR.   APR.    MAY   JUNE   JULY   AUG.  SEPT.   OCT.   NOV.   DEC.

 TOTAL CONSTRUCTION......................    578039 583012 576368 580258 587027 576391 582591 584706 591328 590632 594527 592048
   PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION..................    467023 469485 462314 467456 474062 464426 466627 471806 474223 473399 479345 475404
    RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS................    267052 266413 267422 267997 268423 267101 264817 265082 267666 267148 268874 266974
     NEW HOUSING UNITS...................    190007 189934 190783 190442 191163 190125 189633 189786 191444 191609 193282 191223
      1 UNIT.............................    151168 152308 154242 155140 156640 156630 157486 157607 159471 159368 160788 157746
      2 OR MORE UNITS....................     38839  37626  36542  35302  34522  33495  32147  32179  31972  32241  32494  33477
     IMPROVEMENTS........................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.............    154944 158540 150683 155782 162038 154735 159558 164056 165305 164502 168253 164779
     INDUSTRIAL..........................     26290  26141  23376  24498  27797  27201  28049  28871  31490  27977  29565  29090
     OFFICE..............................     46602  49365  47125  48290  47785  44641  47815  48576  48622  49388  50223  48674
     HOTELS, MOTELS......................     11995  12448  11852  11768  11619  11165  11420  11965  11323  11438  11300  11475
     OTHER COMMERCIAL....................     46600  47008  44550  47171  50447  48474  47519  50830  49519  50321  51028  47820
     RELIGIOUS...........................      4088   4013   4242   4210   4159   4007   4369   4288   3983   3874   4119   4335
     EDUCATIONAL.........................      5375   5061   5630   5176   6111   5386   5305   4517   5267   5318   5367   6042
     HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTIONAL..........      9441   9687   9345   9777   9072   8934   9899   9803   9789  10769  11222  11179
     MISCELLANEOUS.......................      4553   4818   4563   4892   5048   4928   5182   5206   5312   5416   5427   6166
    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..................     11398  11523  11654  11632  11949  11303  11492  12298  11552  12027  12465  13462
     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....................      2482   2754   3089   3248   3417   3611   3628   3526   3062   3239   3468   3777
   PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION...................    111016 113527 114054 112802 112965 111966 115964 112900 117106 117233 115183 116644
    BUILDINGS............................     42590  43004  43479  41541  42881  39997  42595  40874  41483  42278  41840  43110
     HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT...........      4346   4712   4733   3894   4216   4421   4619   4346   4344   4347   4314   4324
     INDUSTRIAL..........................      2258   2110   2476   1616   2170   1729   1633   1739   1763   1854   1800   1780
     EDUCATIONAL.........................     13832  14510  14848  14158  13558  12752  13663  13552  13420  14385  13824  14142
     HOSPITAL............................      2998   3116   2843   3313   3011   2987   3561   3850   3936   3768   3390   3357
     OTHER...............................     19156  18556  18579  18560  19925  18109  19120  17387  18020  17924  18513  19506
    HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.................     30283  30733  32039  30234  31034  31220  32640  32304  33728  34516  33560  33262
    MILITARY FACILITIES..................      5390   4417   4665   4701   5162   5358   5709   5316   6014   5734   6032   6104
    CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.........      7285   6728   6847   8227   6673   7409   7173   7185   7186   7463   6989   7683
    OTHER PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION............     25468  28643  27025  28099  27216  27981  27846  27220  28696  27242  26763  26485
     SEWER SYSTEMS.......................     11647  13701  13313  12638  12410  12665  11992  12383  13331  11683  11953  11478
     WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES.............      4013   4745   3837   5081   5205   5053   4843   5041   4854   6032   5299   4333
     MISCELLANEOUS NONBUILDING...........      9808  10197   9874  10381   9601  10263  11011   9795  10510   9527   9511  10674
0


 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS