CONSENSUS CONSTRUCTION FORECAST, DECEMBER 2018

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Consensus

  Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2018 2019 2020
Nonresidential Total 4.4 2.4
Commercial Total 3.5 0.6
Office 5.1 1.2
Retail & Other Commercial 1.9 0.4
Hotel 3.9 -0.7
Industrial Total 4.8 2.7
Institutional Total 4.8 2.9
Health 4.0 3.6
Education 5.5 4.1
Religious -2.6 -1.2
Public Safety 6.8 4.9
Amusement & Recreation 4.4 0.6

Dodge Data & Analytics

Bob Murray
(781) 430-2201
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2018 2019 2020
Nonresidential Total 436.7 3.4 -0.9
Commercial Total 195.9 2.0 -4.7
Office 73.0 4.6 -2.6
Retail & Other Commercial 90.6 -0.8 -5.7
Hotel 32.3 3.9 -6.8
Industrial Total 65.2 4.2 2.4
Institutional Total 175.6 4.8 1.9
Health 42.3 4.5 3.2
Education 94.4 5.6 2.4
Religious 3.0 -1.0 1.9
Public Safety 9.3 3.8 2.7
Amusement & Recreation 26.6 3.2 -2.1

IHS Economics

Scott Hazelton
(781) 301-9044
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2018 2019 2020
Nonresidential Total 444.9 3.0 2.5
Commercial Total 174.4 1.4 1.2
Office 63.7 4.8 3.0
Retail & Other Commercial 79.8 -2.0 -0.1
Hotel 30.9 3.2 0.7
Industrial Total 65.0 2.2 0.8
Institutional Total 194.9 4.6 4.2
Health 42.5 4.6 5.4
Education 94.3 7.3 6.3
Religious 3.0 -8.3 -7.5
Public Safety N/A N/A N/A
Amusement & Recreation 26.6 0.1 -4.1

Moody’s Economy.com

Loc Quach
(610) 235-5125
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2018 2019 2020
Nonresidential Total 458.4 5.9 4.0
Commercial Total 174.7 7.2 4.4
Office 63.4 6.1 3.4
Retail & Other Commercial 80.5 8.1 4.4
Hotel 30.8 7.2 6.3
Industrial Total 64.2 1.9 1.3
Institutional Total 175.5 5.5 4.5
Health 42.4 4.5 4.0
Education 94.1 5.1 5.1
Religious 3.0 2.7 1.8
Public Safety 9.2 8.9 6.5
Amusement & Recreation 26.7 7.5 2.6

FMI

Randy Giggard
(919) 785-9268
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2018 2019 2020
Nonresidential Total 520.1 6.3 4.5
Commercial Total 274.0 4.6 -0.7
Office 74.1 5.7 -3.4
Retail & Other Commercial* 167.1 5.5 1.4
Hotel 32.7 -2.7 -5.1
Industrial Total 68.1 5.9 -1.5
Institutional Total 178.1 4.9 2.0
Health 42.2 2.6 1.7
Education 96.8 6.1 3.3
Religious 3.1 -3.5 -4.6
Public Safety 9.1 7.8 4.4
Amusement & Recreation 26.9 4.2 -2.7

ConstructConnect

Alex Carrick
(905) 752-5538
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2018 2019 2020
Nonresidential Total 436.7 4.1 3.6
Commercial Total 195.5 3.5 2.4
Office 72.1 5.0 4.5
Retail & Other Commercial 91.8 2.7 2.4
Hotel 31.6 2.5 -2.8
Industrial Total 66.8 8.2 7.9
Institutional Total 174.4 3.3 3.3
Health 42.5 3.8 3.9
Education 93.2 2.6 2.8
Religious 2.9 -3.4 0.0
Public Safety 9.4 7.4 5.9
Amusement & Recreation 26.4 4.2 3.3

Associated Builders and Contractors

Anirban Basu
(703) 812-2062
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2018 2019 2020
Nonresidential Total 436.8 3.5 0.1
Commercial Total 196.5 1.3 -3.5
Office 72.5 3.6 -2.5
Retail & Other Commercial 92.0 -1.0 -4.2
Hotel 32.0 2.5 -3.5
Industrial Total 65.7 6.2 3.7
Institutional Total 174.6 5.0 2.6
Health 42.2 3.8 3.2
Education 93.8 5.5 3.2
Religious 3.0 0.0 -3.4
Public Safety 9.3 7.0 5.1
Amusement & Recreation 26.4 4.7 -0.7

Wells Fargo Securities

Mark Vitner
(704) 410-3277
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2018 2019 2020
Nonresidential Total 437.0 4.8 3.3
Commercial Total 196.1 5.4 3.5
Office 73.1 6.8 4.2
Retail & Other Commercial 90.6 3.9 3.2
Hotel 32.3 6.5 3.0
Industrial Total 65.3 4.5 2.2
Institutional Total 175.6 4.3 3.4
Health 42.3 3.5 2.5
Education 94.5 4.4 3.4
Religious 3.0 -5.0 1.6
Public Safety 9.3 7.0 4.6
Amusement & Recreation 26.6 5.5 4.5

Markstein Advisors

Bernard Markstein
(301)588-5190
Spending Put-In-Place
(billions of $)
Estimated Forecast
$ % Change
2018 2019 2020
Nonresidential Total 437.1 4.3 2.2
Commercial Total 195.8 2.2 2.2
Office 73.1 3.9 2.8
Retail & Other Commercial 90.5 -1.2 1.5
Hotel 32.3 7.8 2.5
Industrial Total 65.3 5.4 4.6
Institutional Total 176.0 6.2 1.3
Health 42.3 4.9 5.1
Education 94.7 7.2 6.5
Religious 3.0 -1.9 1.0
Public Safety 9.3 5.6 4.9
Amusement & Recreation 26.6 5.7 3.6

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.