1                               TABLE 4b. MONTHLY VALUE OF 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.

 TOTAL CONSTRUCTION......................    509231 514247 527807 532601 539818 543930 544992 543450 548535 549469 547297 555460
   PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION..................    396053 400858 413806 418980 424010 423935 420705 422269 426242 422207 424135 427075
    RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS................    250442 250153 254706 258737 262111 262734 260735 259695 261746 258498 258301 260629
     NEW HOUSING UNITS...................    167507 168506 173199 176433 178986 179133 178713 177856 179256 176525 177281 179778
      1 UNIT.............................    156472 156987 160879 163703 165586 165576 165140 163232 162344 161246 160834 163189
      2 OR MORE UNITS....................     11036  11519  12321  12730  13400  13557  13573  14625  16912  15279  16447  16589
     IMPROVEMENTS........................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.............    106304 105921 117353 120090 122937 122351 119601 122042 124632 124319 126563 127189
     INDUSTRIAL..........................     24137  25260  25560  27096  29192  29228  28383  29708  30990  30997  32769  32680
     OFFICE..............................     18976  20175  23580  22830  23010  21625  21062  22047  23049  22680  23763  23126
     HOTELS, MOTELS......................      4148   4412   4787   5325   5058   4546   3822   4199   4478   4474   5163   5278
     OTHER COMMERCIAL....................     31670  30564  35188  37264  37293  38353  38907  39102  39953  40768  38693  40078
     RELIGIOUS...........................      3730   3716   3763   3769   4062   3983   3916   4119   3871   3873   3716   3873
     EDUCATIONAL.........................      5597   4844   5262   4822   4992   4722   4844   4435   4401   4465   4863   5052
     HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTIONAL..........     12492  11289  12801  12592  12806  13726  12562  12674  11666  11242  11751  11616
     MISCELLANEOUS.......................      5555   5660   6411   6391   6526   6166   6107   5757   6225   5820   5845   5485
    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..................      9646  10216  10110   9409   9580  10148   9977  10707   9957  10103  10357  11167
     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....................      3143   2814   2525   2554   2801   2995   3303   3019   3025   2892   2800   2732
   PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION...................    113178 113389 114000 113621 115808 119995 124287 121181 122294 127262 123162 128385
    BUILDINGS............................     43882  46167  46435  45301  47363  49429  48671  49372  50007  54710  54052  56900
     HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT...........      3125   2931   3535   3634   3689   3797   3637   3799   3930   4649   4266   4798
     INDUSTRIAL..........................      1249   1513   1743   1437   1421   1332   1291   1451   1532   1593   1540   1475
     EDUCATIONAL.........................     17518  17617  17749  17453  19013  19415  19935  20725  21874  24195  23630  23812
     HOSPITAL............................      4093   4228   4175   3738   3954   4142   4243   3644   3612   3669   3870   4208
     OTHER...............................     17897  19879  19232  19039  19287  20742  19564  19754  19059  20605  20745  22608
    HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.................     35780  34280  36541  36017  37602  38197  40929  38209  37109  37786  36239  35545
    MILITARY FACILITIES..................      2681   1905   1963   2149   2198   2326   2460   2454   2350   2214   2270   2747
    CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.........      5809   6906   5401   5970   6005   5842   6204   5767   7460   7146   6224   7670
    OTHER PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION............     25027  24130  23660  24183  22640  24201  26024  25378  25367  25406  24377  25522
     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...........     11958  12210  10642  10846  10128  11026  12140  12188  10887  11683  11310  11205
0


 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS
1                               TABLE 4b. MONTHLY VALUE OF 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.

 TOTAL CONSTRUCTION......................    555808 555272 559939 558872 555404 558054 557845 553523 558702 558456 558654 564854
   PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION..................    428209 429737 430396 428918 425723 425250 429827 422758 428119 428435 427893 435098
    RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS................    259408 254275 251887 247271 244982 242232 241590 243060 245684 246372 247788 251103
     NEW HOUSING UNITS...................    177873 174680 172129 167838 165123 163833 166746 169888 172606 174840 176088 178803
      1 UNIT.............................    161280 157889 154161 150548 148036 147099 148403 151358 154236 156535 157525 158855
      2 OR MORE UNITS....................     16594  16790  17968  17290  17088  16734  18343  18530  18370  18305  18562  19947
     IMPROVEMENTS........................      (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)   (NA)
    NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.............    128326 134128 136119 137837 137077 138771 143228 136564 139340 140131 140296 143478
     INDUSTRIAL..........................     31227  34769  34205  36766  36398  36029  37922  35060  36125  35359  36115  35792
     OFFICE..............................     24418  24509  25517  26158  27587  26235  27952  26000  25257  24444  23751  25226
     HOTELS, MOTELS......................      6129   6212   7400   5556   6177   6432   6858   6767   7285   7680   9107   9966
     OTHER COMMERCIAL....................     40293  42019  43424  42298  40233  43381  43131  41622  42984  43998  43851  44657
     RELIGIOUS...........................      3821   4096   3895   4356   4530   4631   4714   4479   4543   4600   4166   3965
     EDUCATIONAL.........................      5119   5322   5203   5579   5295   5712   5879   6056   5580   5183   5398   5198
     HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTIONAL..........     11478  11833  11212  11480  11289  10398  11067  10757  11296  11542  11220  11470
     MISCELLANEOUS.......................      5842   5369   5264   5643   5567   5952   5704   5823   6270   7325   6687   7202
    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..................     11133  10532  11100  11928  10547  11657  12380  10880  11080  10941  10839  10470
     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....................      2800   2947   3032   3117   3513   3346   3792   3851   3830   3544   3255   3675
   PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION...................    127598 125535 129542 129954 129681 132804 128018 130765 130583 130020 130761 129755
    BUILDINGS............................     55582  55926  55988  57105  57346  59303  57929  58436  59241  57679  58953  57959
     HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT...........      4407   4531   4631   4633   4375   5025   4789   5086   4566   4803   4755   4734
     INDUSTRIAL..........................      1652   1700   1602   1631   1407   1355   1475   1587   1583   1416   1440   1303
     EDUCATIONAL.........................     23598  24104  24201  23845  24340  25962  25872  26423  27822  27109  27470  27185
     HOSPITAL............................      3976   4262   4187   4510   4556   4275   4212   3815   4516   3896   4468   4103
     OTHER...............................     21949  21329  21366  22487  22669  22686  21581  21525  20754  20456  20821  20635
    HIGHWAYS AND STREETS.................     36795  34337  37587  36344  37274  37685  37175  38665  37610  39095  37364  38662
    MILITARY FACILITIES..................      2779   2621   3174   2963   2947   2938   3195   3106   3284   2230   3236   3319
    CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.........      6660   7029   7385   6178   6054   6591   6294   6928   5993   4743   5938   5994
    OTHER PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION............     25781  25622  25409  27364  26059  26288  23426  23629  24455  26273  25270  23821
     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...........     11362  10999  11660  13705  13081  12289  10673  10930  12345  13803  12498  11574
0


 (NA) NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ESTIMATES INCLUDED IN TOTALS
1                               TABLE 4b. MONTHLY VALUE OF 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.

 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