CONSENSUS CONSTRUCTION FORECAST, DECEMBER 2016

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Consensus

  Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2016 2017 2018
Nonresidential Total 5.6 4.9
Commercial Total 8.3 4.4
Office 10.6 4.6
Retail & Other Commercial 6.8 5.3
Hotel 7.2 1.8
Industrial Total 0.4 3.3
Institutional Total 5.7 5.8
Health 4.9 4.9
Education 6.3 6.7
Religious -1.9 0.6
Public Safety -0.7 4.0
Amusement & Recreation 7.7 4.3

Dodge Data & Analytics

Bob Murray
(781) 430-2201
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2016 2017 2018
Nonresidential Total 406.9 8.2 7.3
Commercial Total 167.9 11.9 5.8
Office 67.7 14.4 9.0
Retail & Other Commercial 73.1 10.9 5.8
Hotel 27.1 8.6 -2.6
Industrial Total 75.5 2.5 6.7
Institutional Total 163.4 7.0 9.3
Health 41.2 2.1 4.4
Education 88.9 8.9 12.3
Religious 3.7 2.3 3.7
Public Safety 8.0 2.0 6.7
Amusement & Recreation 21.6 11.2 7.4

IHS Economics

Scott Hazelton
(781) 301-9044
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2016 2017 2018
Nonresidential Total 412.1 4.2 2.4
Commercial Total 145.1 4.6 -1.2
Office 59.6 8.9 -2.9
Retail & Other Commercial 58.7 2.9 2.2
Hotel 26.7 -1.4 -5.1
Industrial Total 75.4 -3.7 -3.8
Institutional Total 179.6 7.2 7.7
Health 41.2 12.2 11.2
Education 88.2 9.6 8.9
Religious 3.8 -16.2 -12.8
Public Safety N/A N/A N/A
Amusement & Recreation 21.2 -6.8 -3.5

Moody’s Economy.com

Michael Ferlez
(610) 235-5162
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2016 2017 2018
Nonresidential Total 418.7 5.7 6.4
Commercial Total 145.5 9.8 8.5
Office 59.7 8.7 3.5
Retail & Other Commercial 59.2 11.1 14.2
Hotel 26.6 9.5 6.7
Industrial Total 75.4 1.6 3.2
Institutional Total 164.6 6.6 5.1
Health 41.2 2.5 3.0
Education 88.6 4.5 5.3
Religious 3.7 0.5 11.5
Public Safety 7.9 2.8 5.9
Amusement & Recreation 23.1 24.4 6.5

FMI

Randy Giggard
(919) 785-9268
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2016 2017 2018
Nonresidential Total 468.0 4.4 4.1
Commercial Total 219.7 4.7 2.5
Office 63.9 4.9 3.7
Retail & Other Commercial 130.2 4.5 2.1
Hotel 25.6 5.5 1.5
Industrial Total 87.2 3.0 5.2
Institutional Total 161.1 4.7 5.8
Health 41.0 5.1 6.7
Education 86.4 4.7 6.4
Religious 3.9 0.0 2.6
Public Safety 8.3 1.2 4.8
Amusement & Recreation 21.5 5.6 2.2

ConstructConnect

Alex Carrick
(905) 752-5538
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2016 2017 2018
Nonresidential Total 415.2 5.6 6.3
Commercial Total 169.0 10.8 5.4
Office 69.8 12.9 4.7
Retail & Other Commercial 73.1 8.3 6.6
Hotel 26.1 12.4 4.3
Industrial Total 84.9 -7.2 7.6
Institutional Total 161.3 6.9 6.6
Health 40.0 12.6 10.9
Education 87.9 5.2 5.0
Religious 3.4 3.1 4.6
Public Safety 8.1 2.9 5.7
Amusement & Recreation 21.9 5.5 5.4

Associated Builders and Contractors

Anirban Basu
(703) 812-2062
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2016 2017 2018
Nonresidential Total 407.5 5.3 4.1
Commercial Total 168.2 5.8 3.4
Office 68.1 6.5 4.3
Retail & Other Commercial 73.1 5.6 3.1
Hotel 27.0 4.5 2.2
Industrial Total 75.1 6.6 3.4
Institutional Total 164.2 4.3 5.0
Health 41.3 2.8 3.3
Education 89.8 5.2 5.5
Religious 3.7 1.8 2.5
Public Safety 8.0 -3.0 4.0
Amusement & Recreation 21.4 6.7 6.9

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Anika Kahn
(704) 410-3271
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2016 2017 2018
Nonresidential Total 376.2 5.6 3.5
Commercial Total 156.2 10.6 6.4
Office 59.9 18.0 10.0
Retail & Other Commercial 69.7 4.1 3.4
Hotel 26.7 11.1 5.3
Industrial Total 74.9 0.0 1.0
Institutional Total 145.1 3.1 1.4
Health 32.6 -3.0 -5.0
Education 89.9 6.2 3.7
Religious 3.7 -5.0 -7.5
Public Safety 8.0 -10.0 -3.0
Amusement & Recreation 10.8 7.5 5.0

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) dollars.