根据Dodge数据和分析的年初号码，今年前五个月的总建筑通过今年的前五个月开始下降5％。由于非建筑结构的价值下降，下降完全是由于25％下降。

如果制造业和电力公司工作d gas plants are taken out of the equation, total construction starts would be up 2%, says Robert Murray, chief economist for Dodge. However, May’s monthly numbers indicate a reversal of fortune. In May, non-building construction rebounded 23%, with a number of large pipelines entering the start stage. The largest pipeline to start in May was the $1.5-billion Revolution Pipeline in western Pennsylvania. In addition, there was a $690-million gas pipeline in Texas.