1 Table 1. Annual Value of Construction Put in Place in the United States: 1993 - 1997 (Millions of dollars) 0 Type of construction Current dollars Constant (1996) dollars 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 + Total construction............ 491033 539193 557818 615900 653429 544285 574256 570188 615797 632680 Private construction......... 375073 418999 427885 476638 502734 415565 445414 436738 476650 487197 Residential buildings....... 225067 258561 247351 281115 289014 249763 274966 251953 281207 280720 New housing units.......... 150911 176389 171404 191113 198063 167467 187561 174585 191212 192386 1 unit.................... 140123 162309 153515 170790 175179 155488 172609 156363 170865 170154 2 units or more........... 10788 14081 17889 20324 22883 11979 14952 18222 20347 22232 Improvements............... 74156 82172 75947 90002 90951 82296 87404 77368 89996 88334 Nonresidential buildings.... 107715 120284 138015 155858 173875 118988 127576 141218 155813 167610 Industrial................. 23562 28947 35498 38166 37624 26030 30679 36322 38161 36267 Office..................... 20920 22178 25613 27886 34305 23129 23537 26218 27875 33058 Hotels, motels............. 4565 4648 7112 10912 12898 5044 4934 7274 10909 12438 Other commercial........... 32453 37551 42654 48188 51809 35834 39801 43636 48170 49948 Religious.................. 3887 3869 4326 4534 5777 4292 4104 4426 4531 5565 Educational................ 4649 4822 5493 6742 8693 5134 5120 5621 6737 8375 Hospital and institutional 12492 12268 11248 11780 13546 13799 13029 11512 11778 13066 Miscellaneous.............. 5188 6002 6071 7650 9223 5726 6373 6209 7650 8892 Farm nonresidential......... 3392 3226 3014 3658 3815 3746 3424 3084 3657 3675 Public utilities............ 35618 34038 36084 33202 33638 39427 36334 36965 33167 32883 Telecommunications......... 9619 10121 11093 11810 12416 10857 11225 11556 11791 12159 Other public utilities..... 25999 23916 24991 21391 21222 28570 25109 25409 21376 20725 Railroads................. 3108 3340 3509 4398 4922 3445 3592 3609 4391 4745 Electric light and power.. 16260 14884 14274 11256 11325 17825 15650 14535 11253 11122 Gas....................... 5645 4694 6279 4722 4006 6216 4837 6329 4720 3911 Petroleum pipelines....... 986 998 929 1015 969 1084 1031 936 1013 947 All other private........... 3281 2890 3420 2805 2392 3641 3114 3518 2806 2309 Public construction.......... 115960 120193 129933 139263 150695 128720 128842 133450 139147 145483 Buildings................... 48559 49446 57754 63471 69860 53684 52436 59074 63446 67400 Housing and redevelopment.. 4011 3835 4698 5048 5299 4465 4073 4786 5046 5150 Industrial................. 1718 1465 1508 1389 999 1898 1555 1544 1390 965 Educational................ 19129 20361 25783 28590 33552 21145 21573 26374 28577 32340 Hospital................... 3710 3951 4236 4617 4977 4098 4195 4335 4617 4802 Other...................... 19991 19834 21528 23826 25033 22078 21040 22034 23815 24144 Highways and streets........ 34299 37419 37616 39464 42602 38573 40886 38952 39412 41093 Military facilities......... 2453 2318 3011 2591 2556 2735 2497 3102 2593 2466 Conservation and development 5937 6363 6308 6008 5625 6496 6751 6443 6000 5431 Sewer systems............... 8863 8700 8420 9798 10515 9705 9231 8600 9778 10152 Water supply facilities..... 5085 4647 4709 5618 6493 5594 4868 4809 5609 6347 Miscellaneous public........ 10765 11301 12116 12313 13045 11932 12173 12468 12310 12594