Large Projects Fuel Gains Across Most Broad Sectors; Highway And Bridge Starts Move Up 13%. By Mark S. Kuhar
Read MoreConstruction Starts Post Solid Gain in August
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Construction Starts Lose Ground in July; Highways Up
Year-To-Date Through Seven Months, Starts Were 15% Down From The Same Period In 2019. By Mark S. Kuhar
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Read MoreConstruction Starts Decline in March
Total construction starts declined 5% from February to March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $746.9 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Volatility caused by the presence or absence of large projects in healthcare and the utility/gas plant category, however, skewed the analysis. In March, nonresidential building starts fell 9% from February (seasonally adjusted), while residential building dropped 11%. Nonbuilding construction starts, however, rose 14% during…
Read MoreConstruction Starts to Slip in 2020; Public Works to Rise
Dodge Data & Analytics released its 2020 Dodge Construction Outlook, a mainstay in construction industry forecasting and business planning. The report predicts that total U.S. construction starts will slip to $776 billion in 2020, a decline of 4% from the 2019 estimated level of activity.
Read MoreSeptember Construction Starts Decrease 5%
New construction starts moved 5% lower in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $774.1 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. This marks the second consecutive monthly decline in construction starts.
Read MoreCommercial and Multifamily Construction Starts Show Varied Pattern
During the first half of 2019, six of the top 10 U.S. metropolitan markets for commercial and multifamily construction starts ranked by dollar volume registered greater activity compared to a year ago, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.
Read MoreOutlook/Forecast 2019
With or Without a Federal Infrastructure Plan, 2019 is Likely to be a Year of Incremental Gains. By Mark S. Kuhar and Josephine Patterson
Read MoreNew Construction Starts Climb 21 Percent; Highways Soar
New construction starts in October climbed 21 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $864.0 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. The substantial increase followed three straight months of decline, during which the pace of total construction starts fell 22 percent from the exceptionally strong volume reported back in June.
Read MoreSeptember Construction Starts Settle Back 5 Percent
New construction starts in September fell 5 percent from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $709.6 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. The September downturn followed 9 percent declines in both July and August, as the pace of construction starts has now pulled back for the third month in a row after reaching the current year’s high in June.
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