Definitions of the Types of Construction
Private Nonresidential Construction
All types of construction
Hotels, motels, resort lodging, tourist courts and cabins, and similar facilities.
Office and professional buildings used primarily for office space. In addition to the types of offices listed below, it also includes motion picture, television, and radio offices.
Office buildings built by private utilities companies for their own use are excluded.
Office buildings at manufacturing sites are classified as "manufacturing";
however,
an office building owned by a manufacturing company and not located at a
manufacturing site is classified as "office."
Administration buildings, computer centers, office buildings, and professional
buildings.
Banks, financial institutions, building & loans, saving & loans, and
credit
unions.
Buildings and structures used by the retail, wholesale and selected service industries.
Warehouses and storage buildings, cold storage plants, grain elevators, and silos located at manufacturing sites are included in the manufacturing category.
Auto dealerships, motorcycle dealerships, auto showrooms, and truck
dealearships.
Auto service centers, auto parts centers, auto repair centers, tire service
centers, car
washes,
car rental centers, gas stations, and emissions testing centers.
Commercial parking lots and garages.
Supermarkets, bakeries, dairies, markets, convenience stores, and delicatessens.
Liquor stores, bars, nightclubs, cafés, diners, restaurants, cafeterias,
taverns,
inns (eat & drink only), and bistros.
Drive-in restaurants and fast food restaurants.
In addition
to the types of multi-retail establishments listed below, it also includes
warehouse-type retail stores.
Department stores and variety stores.
Shopping centers, shopping plazas, and town centers.
Shopping malls.
In addition
to the types of stores listed below, it also includes beauty salons,
nail shops, crematories, funeral homes, animal shelters, kennels, veterinary
clinics, florists, nurseries, pawnshops, photo shops, dance schools, dry cleaners,
and laundromats.
Drug stores and pharmacies.
Hardware stores and lumber yards.
Clothing stores, jewelry stores, salesrooms (non-auto), furniture stores, office
supply stores, storerooms, and electronics stores.
In addition
to the types of warehouses listed below, it also includes grain
elevators and greenhouses.
Commercial warehouses, storage warehouses, and distribution
buildings.
Mini-storage centers and self storage centers.
Hospitals, mental hospitals, infirmaries, and infrastructure.
Clinics, medical offices, medical labs, doctor & dentist offices, outpatient
clinics, research labs (non-manufacturing, non-educational, or non-hospital).
Nursing homes, hospices, orphan homes, sanatoriums, drug clinics, rehabilitation
centers, rest homes, and adult day-care centers.
In addition to the types of educational facilities listed below, it also includes nursing schools, cosmetology and beauty schools, trade schools, schools for the handicapped, and modeling schools.
Childcare and day-care centers, nurseries, and preschools.
Elementary, middle, junior high, and high schools, academies, parochial schools,
vocational schools.
In addition
to the types of higher
education facilities listed below, it also includes
parking lots and garages, administration buildings,
power plants, water supply facilities, sewage and other infrastructure facilities,
libraries, student union buildings and cafeterias, health
centers and clinics located at colleges (including junior and community colleges)
and universities.
Instructional buildings and laboratories.
Dormitories, living/learning centers and residence halls.
Gymnasiums and athletic field houses, arenas, coliseums and
stadiums, outdoor courts or fields, racquetball courts, rinks,
tennis courts, and swimming pools.
In addition
to the types of facilities listed below, it also includes libraries(nonschool),
archives, zoos,
arboreta, botanical gardens, planetariums and observatories.
Art galleries, cultural centers, and museums.
Certain buildings, although owned by religious organizations, are not included in this category. These include educational or charitable institutions, hospitals, and publishing houses.
Churches, chapels, mosques, synagogues, tabernacles, and temples
In addition to the types of facilities listed below, it also includes
sanctuaries, abbeys, convents, novitiates, rectories , monasteries, missions,
seminaries, and
parish houses.
Fellowship halls, life centers, and Sunday schools
Cell blocks, detention centers, jails, penitentiaries, prisons, fire stations, rescue squads, dispatch and emergency centers.
In addition
to the types of facilities listed below, it also includes parks, seasonal camps,
tourist camps, race tracks,
equestrian centers, riding academies, bowling alleys, rifle ranges, casinos, pool
halls, and driving ranges.
Amusement buildings or rides, theme parks, and arcades.
Includes the following types of structures not located at schools or colleges:
Gymnasiums and athletic field houses, arenas, coliseums and
stadiums, outdoor courts or fields, racquetball courts, rinks,
tennis courts, and swimming pools.
Fitness centers, health or athletic clubs, YMCAs, YWCAs, cabanas, saunas, and
spas.
Civic centers, convention and trade centers,
concert halls, opera houses, theaters for the performing arts, amphitheaters,
pavilions, and auditoriums.
Community houses, community centers, neighborhood centers, banquet halls,
lodge buildings, fraternal halls, country clubs, and golf courses.
Movie theaters and movie, radio, and television studios.
In addition to the types of facilities listed below, it also includes docks, piers, wharves, marinas, dry docks, boatels, and maritime freight terminals.
Air passenger terminals, airport runway pavement and lighting, hangars, air
freight terminals, space facilities, air traffic towers, aircraft storage and
maintenance buildings.
Bus and railroad passenger terminals, light rail, monorail, street car, and subway facilities, railroad track and bridges, maintenance facilities and freight terminals (bus, railroad, or truck).
This category excludes railway facilities built by privately owned railroad companies.
Resource recovery
and recycling centers, pond sewage systems, solid waste disposals (incinerator or
burial), sewage treatment plants, sewage disposal plants,
sanitary sewers, sewage pipeline, interceptors, lift/pump stations, waste water
disposal plants, water collection systems (nonpotable water) and storm drains.
Filtration, treatment, water supply, and water softening
plants, water wells, culverts (water supply), water transmission pipelines,
tunnels, water lines, gate houses, lift/pump stations, potable
water supply reservoirs, water storage tanks and towers.
Includes all buildings and structures at manufacturing sites.
Office buildings and warehouses owned by manufacturing companies but not
constructed at a manufacturing site are classified as "office" and "commercial"
respectively.
Food industries transform livestock and agricultural products into products for intermediate or final consumption. These products are typically sold to wholesalers or retailers for distribution to consumers.
Beverage industries include manufacturing of nonalcoholic and alcoholic beverages. Ice manufacturing is included with nonalcoholic beverage manufacturing.
Tobacco industries include the redrying and stemming of tobacco and the manufacturing of tobacco products, such as cigarettes and cigars.
Textile industries transform a basic fiber (natural or synthetic) into a product, such as yarn or fabric.
Apparel industries purchase fabric to cut and sew to make a garment.
Leather and allied industries transform hides into leather products. Also included are leather substitutes, such as rubber (ex. rubber footware) and plastic (ex.plastic purses or wallets).
Wood industries manufacture wood products, such as lumber, plywood, veneers, wood containers, wood flooring, wood trusses, manufactured homes (i.e., mobile home), and prefabricated wood buildings.
Paper industries manufacture pulp, paper, or converted paper products.
Print/publishing industries print products, such as newspapers, books, periodicals, business forms, greeting cards, and other materials, and perform support activities, such as bookbinding, platemaking services, and data imaging.
Petroleum/coal industries transform crude petroleum and coal into usable products.
Chemical industries transform organic and inorganic raw materials by a chemical process and form products.
Plastic/rubber industries make goods by processing plastics materials and raw rubber.
Nonmetallic mineral industries transform mined or quarried nonmetallic minerals, such as sand, gravel, stone, clay, and refractory materials, into products for intermediate or final consumption.
Primary metal industries smelt and/or refine ferrous and nonferrous metals from ore, pig or scrap, using electrometallurgical and other process metallurgical techniques. The output of smelting and refining, usually in ingot form, is used in rolling, drawing, and extruding operations to make sheet, strip, bar, rod, or wire, and in molten form to make castings and other basic metal products.
Fabricated metal industries transform metal into intermediate or end products, other than machinery, computers and electronics, and metal furniture or treating metals and metal formed products fabricated elsewhere.
Machinery industries create end products that apply mechanical force, for example, the application of gears and levers, to perform work.
Computer/electronic industries manufacture computers, computer peripherals, communications equipment, and similar electronic products, and the components for such products.
Electrical industries manufacture products that generate, distribute, and use electrical power. Included are manufacturers of electric lighting equipment, household appliances, and other electrical equipment and components.
Transportation equipment industries produce equipment for transporting people and goods.
Furniture industries make furniture and related articles, such as mattresses, window blinds, cabinets, and fixtures.
Miscellaneous industries make a wide range of products that are not produced in the specified manufacturing categories. Examples are medical equipment and supplies, jewelry, sporting goods, toys, and office supplies.