May Construction Starts Rise; Highways Still Climbing
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- Published: Wednesday, 29 June 2016 20:14
- Written by Mark Kuhar
At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $636.7 billion, new construction starts in May increased 5 percent from April, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Much of the growth came from the nonbuilding construction sector (public works and electric utilities), which was lifted by a $3.8 billion oil pipeline in the upper Midwest as well as by seven power plant projects with a combined cost of $4.3 billion.
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