1 Table 1. Annual Value of Construction Put in Place in the United States: 1978 - 1982 (Millions of dollars) 0 Type of construction Current dollars Constant (1996) dollars 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 + Total construction............ 239867 272873 273936 289070 279332 505446 513753 464144 455260 423729 Private construction......... 189721 216228 210290 224378 216268 404508 413220 364101 361069 333894 Residential buildings....... 109838 116444 100381 99241 84676 237131 224697 175822 162706 134605 New housing units.......... 85601 89272 69629 69424 57001 184758 172251 121964 113853 90599 1 unit.................... 72769 72257 52921 51965 41462 157053 139456 92640 85217 65889 2 units or more........... 12832 17015 16708 17460 15538 27705 32795 29324 28636 24710 Improvements............... 24237 27172 30752 29817 27675 52373 52446 53858 48853 44006 Nonresidential buildings.... 48824 64765 72480 85569 92690 107029 127420 129275 140569 145054 Industrial................. 16155 22034 20522 25413 26082 35354 43439 36635 41727 40835 Office..................... 8712 12576 17815 23515 31262 19104 24715 31742 38616 48911 Hotels, motels............. 1349 2480 3401 4340 4828 2964 4867 6065 7130 7553 Other commercial........... 14655 18954 20510 20820 17805 32134 37219 36594 34219 27872 Religious.................. 1367 1701 1811 1853 1730 2996 3348 3228 3046 2705 Educational................ 940 986 1430 1541 1721 2061 1938 2544 2535 2692 Hospital and institutional 4010 4242 4893 5970 7204 8826 8375 8719 9810 11268 Miscellaneous.............. 1635 1791 2100 2117 2057 3590 3518 3748 3484 3218 Farm nonresidential......... 5209 5588 5274 4612 3692 11444 11012 9395 7577 5781 Public utilities............ 24567 27978 30905 33688 33942 46420 47630 47755 48486 46743 Telecommunications......... 5640 6918 7768 8205 8509 8992 9816 9832 10241 10395 Other public utilities..... 18927 21060 23137 25483 25432 37428 37814 37922 38244 36348 Railroads................. 2197 2195 2319 2260 2595 4225 3718 3414 3089 3498 Electric light and power.. 13825 15324 16468 18295 18606 27524 27686 27235 27747 26908 Gas....................... 2371 2950 3542 4186 3854 4642 5342 5925 6294 5415 Petroleum pipelines....... 534 591 809 742 377 1036 1068 1348 1114 528 All other private........... 1283 1452 1250 1268 1269 2484 2462 1855 1732 1710 Public construction.......... 50146 56646 63646 64691 63064 100938 100533 100043 94191 89835 Buildings................... 16129 17661 20427 20776 21203 35370 34723 36349 34134 33233 Housing and redevelopment.. 1384 1656 1983 2347 2277 2980 3194 3477 3847 3620 Industrial................. 932 1112 1441 1655 1632 2050 2196 2571 2724 2554 Educational................ 6654 7806 8902 7936 7606 14601 15365 15857 13045 11903 Hospital................... 1908 1803 1921 2342 2379 4203 3557 3422 3849 3724 Other...................... 5251 5284 6181 6496 7309 11537 10411 11022 10669 11431 Highways and streets........ 14169 17088 18209 18405 17274 27070 27847 25110 23719 22550 Military facilities......... 1502 1647 1880 1964 2205 3088 2960 2937 2840 3136 Conservation and development 4494 4678 5178 5462 5286 8703 8202 8182 7953 7366 Sewer systems............... 5275 6027 6775 5949 5771 10193 10544 10693 8653 8036 Water supply facilities..... 2074 2056 3082 3011 3024 3965 3570 4820 4420 4327 Miscellaneous public........ 6503 7488 8094 9124 8301 12547 12687 11953 12472 11188