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Construction Spending BlockPy Library

From the CORGIS Dataset Project

By Austin Cory Bart acbart@vt.edu
Version 2.0.0, created 3/20/2016
Tags: construction, spending, us, united states, america, government, buildings, residential, non-residential, private, public

Overview

The Value of Construction Put in Place Survey (VIP) provides monthly estimates of the total dollar value of construction work done in the U.S. The United States Code, Title 13, authorizes this program. The survey covers construction work done each month on new structures or improvements to existing structures for private and public sectors. Data estimates include the cost of labor and materials, cost of architectural and engineering work, overhead costs, interest and taxes paid during construction, and contractor’s profits. Data collection and estimation activities begin on the first day after the reference month and continue for about three weeks. Reported data and estimates are for activity taking place during the previous calendar month. The survey has been conducted monthly since 1964.

Why isn’t the ‘total construction’ the sum of the other categories? It is! the trick is that the ‘residential’ and “nonresidential” categories are supposed to be below the ‘total construction’ level, and the other categories are below those two categories. This example of the data should make it more clear: http://www.census.gov/construction/c30/pdf/tot.pdf.

More information about the nature of the construction projects is also available.

http://www.census.gov/construction/c30/c30index.html

Key Descriptions

Key List of... Comment Example Value
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time.month Integer $MISSING_FIELD 1
time.month name String $MISSING_FIELD "Jan"
time.period String $MISSING_FIELD "Jan2002"
time.year Integer $MISSING_FIELD 2002
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annual.combined.commercial Integer $MISSING_FIELD 68254
annual.combined.communication Integer $MISSING_FIELD 18873
annual.combined.conservation and development Integer $MISSING_FIELD 3603
annual.combined.educational Integer $MISSING_FIELD 72357
annual.combined.health care Integer $MISSING_FIELD 25746
annual.combined.highway and street Integer $MISSING_FIELD 62723
annual.combined.lodging Integer $MISSING_FIELD 11862
annual.combined.manufacturing Integer $MISSING_FIELD 28318
annual.combined.nonresidential Integer $MISSING_FIELD 475704
annual.combined.office Integer $MISSING_FIELD 49140
annual.combined.power Integer $MISSING_FIELD 46050
annual.combined.public safety Integer $MISSING_FIELD 8468
annual.combined.religious Integer $MISSING_FIELD 8745
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annual.combined.sewage and waste disposal Integer $MISSING_FIELD 16392
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annual.combined.transportation Integer $MISSING_FIELD 25547
annual.combined.water supply Integer $MISSING_FIELD 11760
annual.private.amusement and recreation Integer $MISSING_FIELD 7822
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annual.private.nonresidential Integer $MISSING_FIELD 263731
annual.private.office Integer $MISSING_FIELD 40176
annual.private.power Integer $MISSING_FIELD 42407
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annual.private.sewage and waste disposal Integer $MISSING_FIELD 0
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annual.public.manufacturing Integer $MISSING_FIELD 0
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annual.public.public safety Integer $MISSING_FIELD 8356
annual.public.religious Integer $MISSING_FIELD 0
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annual.public.water supply Integer $MISSING_FIELD 11412
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current.private.water supply Integer $MISSING_FIELD 0
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current.public.communication Integer $MISSING_FIELD 0
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