CONSENSUS CONSTRUCTION FORECAST, DECEMBER 2015

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Consensus

  Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2015 2016 2017
Nonresidential Total 8.3 6.7
Commercial Total 9.9 7.5
Office 12.8 8.8
Retail & Other Commercial 7.5 5.6
Hotel 14.8 7.8
Industrial Total 5.4 4.7
Institutional Total 6.7 6.7
Health 6.6 6.9
Education 6.5 6.6
Religious 2.6 4.0
Public Safety 1.8 4.2
Amusement & Recreation 11.2 7.7

Dodge Data & Analytics

Bob Murray
(781) 430-2201
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2015 2016 2017
Nonresidential Total 389.1 6.7 9.1
Commercial Total 144.5 12.7 11.4
Office 56.1 15.1 12.8
Retail & Other Commercial 67.3 10.4 11.7
Hotel 21.1 13.9 7.0
Industrial Total 86.5 -4.9 1.4
Institutional Total 158.1 7.7 10.7
Health 40.4 4.4 8.8
Education 84.3 8.4 12.6
Religious 3.4 2.7 4.7
Public Safety 9.0 1.3 4.2
Amusement & Recreation 21.0 14.4 10.0

IHS Economics

Scott Hazelton
(781) 301-9044
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2015 2016 2017
Nonresidential Total 383.5 7.1 4.8
Commercial Total 122.5 7.1 3.5
Office 46.5 9.5 6.8
Retail & Other Commercial 56.0 5.2 1.3
Hotel 19.9 7.0 1.4
Industrial Total 83.9 8.4 4.9
Institutional Total 173.3 5.9 6.6
Health 41.0 11.0 8.9
Education 83.8 9.1 8.5
Religious 3.2 -11.2 -7.4
Public Safety N/A N/A N/A
Amusement & Recreation 19.9 -10.6 -6.4

Moody’s Economy.com

Mark Zandi
(610) 235-5151
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2015 2016 2017
Nonresidential Total 349.6 12.1 8.8
Commercial Total 105.1 13.1 10.8
Office 38.3 24.6 13.2
Retail & Other Commercial 50.7 8.5 4.1
Hotel 16.1 31.2 16.1
Industrial Total 83.1 4.5 6.9
Institutional Total 146.9 8.7 8.8
Health 38.4 5.5 4.2
Education 79.6 6.9 7.4
Religious 3.0 6.0 15.9
Public Safety 9.2 -5.3 6.1
Amusement & Recreation 16.5 33.6 22.8

FMI

Randy Giggard
(919) 785-9268
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2015 2016 2017
Nonresidential Total 436.8 7.7 5.0
Commercial Total 206.0 9.7 5.7
Office 55.0 7.8 2.2
Retail & Other Commercial 131.2 9.5 6.6
Hotel 19.8 16.6 9.5
Industrial Total 436.8 0.0 0.0
Institutional Total 158.4 5.5 4.5
Health 41.2 4.8 6.2
Education 84.9 5.1 3.5
Religious 3.4 3.8 2.7
Public Safety 9.6 3.8 3.6
Amusement & Recreation 19.3 10.1 5.6

CMD iSqFt

Alex Carrick
(905) 752-5538
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2015 2016 2017
Nonresidential Total 378.2 10.3 9.0
Commercial Total 137.5 13.4 11.3
Office 54.4 15.0 12.5
Retail & Other Commercial 62.4 10.5 10.0
Hotel 20.7 18.0 12.0
Industrial Total 82.2 10.5 7.5
Institutional Total 158.5 7.5 7.6
Health 41.2 8.5 10.5
Education 83.1 6.0 6.0
Religious 3.8 6.5 7.0
Public Safety 8.9 4.0 5.0
Amusement & Recreation 21.5 13.0 9.0

Associated Builders and Contractors

Anirban Basu
(703) 812-2062
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2015 2016 2017
Nonresidential Total 391.6 4.5 2.9
Commercial Total 144.8 4.6 3.1
Office 56.1 5.1 4.1
Retail & Other Commercial 67.6 5.1 4.0
Hotel 21.1 1.9 -2.3
Industrial Total 85.4 3.4 1.6
Institutional Total 161.4 4.9 3.4
Health 40.8 5.8 4.1
Education 86.7 4.5 2.7
Religious 3.4 5.4 3.4
Public Safety 9.1 3.6 3.1
Amusement & Recreation 21.4 5.3 5.3

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Anika Kahn
(704) 410-3271
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2015 2016 2017
Nonresidential Total 384.8 9.4 6.9
Commercial Total 142.2 8.7 6.3
Office 55.1 12.5 9.7
Retail & Other Commercial 66.3 3.5 1.5
Hotel 20.7 15.3 11.1
Industrial Total 84.8 15.9 10.6
Institutional Total 157.9 6.5 5.4
Health 40.4 6.2 5.4
Education 84.3 5.6 5.3
Religious 3.4 5.2 1.4
Public Safety 9.0 3.2 3.2
Amusement & Recreation 20.8 12.7 7.5

Notes:

The AIA Consensus Forecast is computed as an average of the forecasts provided by the panelists that submit forecasts for each of the included building categories.

There are no standard definition of some nonresidential building categories, so panelists may define a given category somewhat differently.

Panelists may forecast only a portion of a category (e.g public buildings but not private buldings); these forecasts are treated like other forecasts in computing the consensus.

All forecasts are presented in current (non-inflation adjusted) dollar.