1 Table 1. Annual Value of Construction Put in Place in the United States: 1983 - 1987 (Millions of dollars) 0 Type of construction Current dollars Constant (1996) dollars 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 + Total construction............ 311887 370190 403416 433454 446643 465073 534557 567689 588804 585103 Private construction......... 248437 299952 325601 348872 355994 375193 437325 463854 479623 470575 Residential buildings....... 125833 155015 160520 190677 199652 195028 231396 234955 266481 267063 New housing units.......... 94961 114616 115888 135169 142668 147174 171119 169631 188917 190842 1 unit.................... 72514 86395 87350 104131 117216 112384 128985 127856 145497 156777 2 units or more........... 22447 28221 28539 31038 25452 34790 42134 41776 43420 34065 Improvements............... 30872 40399 44632 55508 56984 47854 60277 65324 77564 76222 Nonresidential buildings.... 87069 107680 127466 120917 123247 131289 155261 178925 163740 160363 Industrial................. 19454 20901 24139 20984 21210 29357 30137 33885 28415 27589 Office..................... 28333 35577 43599 39361 36886 42726 51290 61207 53328 48006 Hotels, motels............. 6139 8036 8749 8903 8939 9251 11597 12282 12053 11640 Other commercial........... 18902 28036 35709 35763 37341 28481 40403 50116 48417 48579 Religious.................. 2009 2418 2751 3076 3178 3027 3486 3860 4160 4134 Educational................ 1869 1958 2251 2774 4126 2819 2825 3160 3754 5370 Hospital and institutional 8089 7808 6969 6749 7614 12201 11274 9787 9137 9906 Miscellaneous.............. 2274 2946 3297 3307 3952 3427 4249 4628 4475 5140 Farm nonresidential......... 3255 3161 2197 2072 2605 4907 4560 3087 2805 3391 Public utilities............ 30817 32191 32692 32931 27862 41974 43535 43342 43722 36476 Telecommunications......... 7641 8085 8397 9106 9194 9706 10697 10807 11950 11936 Other public utilities..... 23176 24107 24295 23825 18668 32268 32838 32536 31772 24541 Railroads................. 2951 3513 4046 2891 2451 4022 4747 5258 3647 3060 Electric light and power.. 17185 17431 16460 17375 12660 24100 23918 22271 23257 16756 Gas....................... 2583 2892 3517 3273 3188 3524 3816 4648 4478 4235 Petroleum pipelines....... 457 271 272 286 369 622 357 359 390 490 All other private........... 1464 1905 2726 2275 2628 1995 2573 3544 2875 3281 Public construction.......... 63450 70238 77815 84582 90648 89880 97232 103835 109182 114528 Buildings................... 21832 23949 27466 30528 32216 33040 34673 38730 41452 42052 Housing and redevelopment.. 2617 2651 2893 3029 3268 4057 3958 4234 4236 4372 Industrial................. 1809 1828 1968 1657 1457 2729 2638 2765 2245 1898 Educational................ 6904 7833 9084 10456 10627 10416 11296 12752 14139 13830 Hospital................... 2518 2496 2471 2323 2573 3796 3601 3470 3149 3347 Other...................... 7984 9140 11050 13063 14292 12042 13181 15509 17683 18603 Highways and streets........ 17904 21556 23741 25318 27073 24123 28960 29925 30564 32451 Military facilities......... 2544 2839 3235 3868 4324 3616 3950 4306 4938 5396 Conservation and development 5054 4909 5126 4926 5531 6985 6678 6859 6510 7206 Sewer systems............... 5601 6567 7291 8097 9517 7734 8928 9750 10695 12397 Water supply facilities..... 2219 2757 2704 3368 3885 3070 3687 3541 4321 4910 Miscellaneous public........ 8298 7660 8252 8478 8102 11312 10356 10723 10701 10116