CONSENSUS CONSTRUCTION FORECAST, DECEMBER 2017

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Consensus

  Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2017 2018 2019
Nonresidential Total 4.0 3.9
Commercial Total 4.4 2.9
Office 4.6 3.0
Retail & Other Commercial 4.4 3.5
Hotel 4.1 0.8
Industrial Total 2.8 5.2
Institutional Total 3.8 4.3
Health 4.0 4.0
Education 4.0 4.9
Religious -1.1 0.9
Public Safety 3.6 3.9
Amusement & Recreation 3.3 2.4

Dodge Data & Analytics

Bob Murray
(781) 430-2201
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2017 2018 2019
Nonresidential Total 419.0 4.9 3.3
Commercial Total 185.6 4.8 0.1
Office 70.1 5.7 2.3
Retail & Other Commercial 86.6 4.9 -0.8
Hotel 28.9 2.0 -2.8
Industrial Total 66.2 5.4 6.1
Institutional Total 167.1 5.0 5.9
Health 39.9 4.4 5.1
Education 92.3 5.7 7.5
Religious 3.2 2.1 5.2
Public Safety 8.1 2.2 3.7
Amusement & Recreation 23.6 4.3 1.5

IHS Economics

Scott Hazelton
(781) 301-9044
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2017 2018 2019
Nonresidential Total 411.8 1.1 1.6
Commercial Total 163.2 -0.4 -1.9
Office 61.6 2.7 -1.0
Retail & Other Commercial 73.7 -3.8 -3.1
Hotel 27.8 2.2 -1.2
Industrial Total 65.9 -1.4 -0.9
Institutional Total 182.7 3.4 5.6
Health 39.8 4.3 5.0
Education 90.7 5.4 8.0
Religious 3.2 -6.6 -6.9
Public Safety N/A N/A N/A
Amusement & Recreation 23.5 -3.9 -3.5

Moody’s Economy.com

Michael Ferlez
(610) 235-5162
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2017 2018 2019
Nonresidential Total 436.9 3.2 4.6
Commercial Total 162.3 3.8 4.7
Office 60.8 -0.3 2.2
Retail & Other Commercial 73.5 5.5 7.1
Hotel 28.0 8.1 3.7
Industrial Total 65.6 -3.3 4.3
Institutional Total 165.9 4.5 4.7
Health 39.9 5.0 2.0
Education 91.1 4.0 5.3
Religious 3.2 4.7 9.4
Public Safety 8.0 6.0 5.9
Amusement & Recreation 23.7 5.1 6.3

FMI

Randy Giggard
(919) 785-9268
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2017 2018 2019
Nonresidential Total 482.5 5.2 4.5
Commercial Total 251.1 6.3 4.3
Office 73.4 9.4 5.7
Retail & Other Commercial* 149.4 5.0 3.9
Hotel 28.3 5.1 2.6
Industrial Total 69.7 6.2 7.7
Institutional Total 161.7 3.1 3.3
Health 39.2 3.4 4.2
Education 87.8 3.0 3.4
Religious 3.3 1.1 0.6
Public Safety 7.9 1.3 2.6
Amusement & Recreation 23.4 3.7 1.6

ConstructConnect

Alex Carrick
(905) 752-5538
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2017 2018 2019
Nonresidential Total 417.5 4.3 4.3
Commercial Total 188.1 6.0 4.7
Office 71.3 6.5 6.2
Retail & Other Commercial 87.6 5.9 4.7
Hotel 29.2 4.8 1.0
Industrial Total 64.5 2.8 5.4
Institutional Total 164.9 3.1 3.5
Health 39.6 4.8 5.1
Education 90.2 1.8 2.4
Religious 3.2 -3.1 -3.2
Public Safety 8.1 6.2 7.0
Amusement & Recreation 23.8 5.0 4.4

Associated Builders and Contractors

Anirban Basu
(703) 812-2062
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2017 2018 2019
Nonresidential Total 416.5 5.9 4.6
Commercial Total 183.5 6.7 4.3
Office 69.0 3.7 1.4
Retail & Other Commercial 85.8 10.2 8.2
Hotel 28.7 3.5 -1.0
Industrial Total 66.8 8.7 6.6
Institutional Total 166.3 4.0 4.0
Health 39.9 3.0 3.0
Education 91.7 4.5 5.1
Religious 3.2 0.0 -1.5
Public Safety 8.0 3.4 2.8
Amusement & Recreation 23.5 4.4 2.8

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Mark Vitner
(704) 410-3277
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2017 2018 2019
Nonresidential Total 421.6 3.1 4.0
Commercial Total 183.8 3.5 4.1
Office 69.4 4.6 4.4
Retail & Other Commercial 85.8 2.8 4.1
Hotel 28.6 3.2 3.2
Industrial Total 67.4 1.1 6.9
Institutional Total 170.4 3.3 2.8
Health 39.7 3.2 3.7
Education 95.7 3.5 2.4
Religious 3.2 -6.0 2.4
Public Safety 8.1 2.5 1.2
Amusement & Recreation 23.6 4.2 3.8

Notes:

* FMI's Retail & Other Commercial category includes transportation and communication sectors.

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.