20TH ANNUAL

COLLEGE
CONSTRUCTION
REPORT
NATIONAL STATISTICS,
BUILDING TRENDS &
MEDIAN COSTS

A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO

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 20TH ANNUAL COLLEGE CONSTRUCTION R EPORT

Renewed Confidence,
Continued Growth
Research shows the most construction completed on college and university
campuses across the country since 2008 as the economy gains solid footing and
moves forward into recovery.
BY PAUL ABR AMSON

I
N 2014, colleges put more than
$12 billion worth of construction
in place, the most construction
completed in a calendar year since
2008 (see Table 1).
This was not only a boom year in terms
of total construction; it was also a banner
year in terms of new buildings. Almost
$9.5 billion went towards entirely new
buildings, the most since 2007.
The downside of that, of course, is that
less money was spent on existing build-
ings, but even on that score, the college
construction market looks strong. Colleges
spent less than usual adding to existing
buildings, but increased their spending
to upgrade existing buildings even when
expansion was not part of the plan.
To prepare this report, College Planning &
Management received information on college
and university construction completed and
underway during 2014 and planned to start
or end in 2015 from Market Data Retrieval
(MDR), a company of Dun and Bradstreet

1 CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED ($000s), 1995 THROUGH 2014

A LOOK BACK

1995 % of 1996 % of 1997 % of 1998 % of 1999 % of

Cost Total Cost Total Cost Total Cost Total Cost Total
New $4,131,972 67.7% $4,528,792 72.4% $4,260,969 73.8% $4,384,893 69.2% $4,567,166 67.2%
Additons $507,809 8.3% $541,697 8.7% $529,013 9.2% $857,051 13.5% $986,864 14.5%
Retrofits $1,463,373 24.0% $1,181,310 18.9% $986,993 17.1% $1,090,206 17.2% $1,239,307 18.2%
TOTAL $6,103,154 $6,251,799 $5,776,975 $6,332,150 $6,793,337

2000 % of 2001 % of 2002 % of 2003 % of 2004 % of

Cost Total Cost Total Cost Total Cost Total Cost Total
New $4,780,898 65.6% $6,029,621 61.8% $7,050,533 63.8% $7,453,511 67.4% $9,024,829 66.0%

PHOTOS (PROJECTS ON THE CAMPUSES OF ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, CARBONDALE)
Additons $1,039,178 14.3% $1,586,614 16.2% $1,732,084 15.7% $1,761,110 15.9% $2,151,836 15.7%
Retrofits $1,467,785 20.1% $2,147,947 22.0% $2,272,794 20.6% $1,843,611 16.7% $2,491,079 18.2%
TOTAL $7,287,861 $9,764,182 $11,055,411 $11,058,232 $13,667,744

2005 % of 2006 % of 2007 % of 2008 % of 2009 % of

Cost Total Cost Total Cost Total Cost Total Cost Total
New $9,792,474 67.4% $10,327,086 68.6% $10,186,254 70.2% $9,345,152 70.3% $8,087,132 75.5%
Additons $2,067,987 14.2% $2,109,843 14.0% $1,774,674 12.2% $1,981,866 14.9% $1,254,902 11.7%
Retrofits $2,662,689 18.3% $2,615,611 17.4% $2,539,088 17.5% $1,972,920 14.8% $1,370,462 12.8%
TOTAL $14,523,150 $15,052,540 $14,500,016 $13,299,939 $10,712,496

2010 % of 2011 % of 2012 % of 2013 % of 2014 % of

COURTESY OF MCCARTHY BUILDING COMPANIES, INC.

Cost Total Cost Total Cost Total Cost Total Cost Total
New $7,913,650 73.5% $8,122,015 73.5% $7,133,195 73.3% $7,517,673 68.8% $9,480,929 78.8%
Additons $1,440,304 14.0% $1,545,743 14.0% $1,307,710 13.4% $1,995,546 18.3% $1,085,647 9.0%
Retrofits $1,703,390 12.5% $1,376,209 12.5% $1,293,629 13.3% $1,419,626 13.0% $1,469,918 12.2%
TOTAL $11,057,344 $11,043,967 $9,734,535 $10,932,846 $12,036,493
Charting construction costs: From 1995 to 2006, college construction spending in the United States rose from $6.1 billion annually to $15.1 billion, more than
doubling. But in the following three years, annual construction fell almost two-thirds to $10.7 billion in 2009. There was a slight rebound the next two years, but in
2012 college construction totaled just $9.7 billion, the first time it had dropped below $10 billion since 2001. In 2013, it once again rose to over $10 billion.

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 PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL DOLLARS
COLLEGE CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED, 1995 THROUGH 2014
New Buildings Additions/Retrofits Combined
80%

60%

40%

20%

0%
1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013

(D&B). MDR contacts two-year and four-year colleges and universi-

ties, public and private throughout the United States seeking informa-
tion on their construction plans — new buildings, additions to exist-
ing buildings and major renovation, retrofit or modernization projects.
(The three terms are used interchangeably throughout this report.)
We take that project information and use it to estimate
construction on a national and regional basis and to report on
how dollars are being allocated to new buildings, including those
dedicated to classrooms, to student services, to science, etc.
All of the figures published are “annual in nature.” That is,
they do not accumulate ongoing construction, but rather compile
information on what was completed or expected to be completed
or started in a given calendar year. Colleges are involved in more
construction, but work started or completed outside the targeted
years is not included. (Based on available data, at the present time
colleges are involved in at least $35 billion worth of construction,
an interesting measure of the impact of college construction on the
nation’s economy, but not the focus of this report.)
This is College Planning & Management magazine’s 20th
annual report on college construction. In 1995, when the study
started, all colleges in the U.S. together were spending about $6.1
billion annually on construction projects, two-thirds of it to put
up new buildings ($4.1 billion), some for additions to existing
buildings (half a billion dollars) and another $1.5 billion to fix up,
modernize and retrofit existing buildings.
Ten years later, total annual construction had more than
doubled to $14.5 billion (see Table 1). Annual college construc-
tion rose to $15 billion in 2006 and remained above $13 billion

REGIONAL DEFINITIONS
Region 1 CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT Region 7 IL, MN, WI
Region 2 NJ, NY, PA Region 8 IA, KS, MO, NE
Region 3 DE, DC, MD, VA, WV Region 9 AR, LA, OK, TX
Region 4 KY, NC, SC, TN Region 10 CO, MT, ND, NM, SD, UT, WY
Region 5 AL, FL, GA, MS Region 11 AZ, CA, HI, NV
Region 6 IN, OH, MI Region 12 AK, ID, OR, WA

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 2 COLLEGE
NATIONALLY AND BY REGION
CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED IN 2014 ($000s)
% OF SPENDING FOR % of
Region New Additions Renovation Total New Addition Renovation Nation
1 $1,327,893 $44,500 $87,310 $1,459,703 91.0% 3.0% 6.0% 12.1%
2 $1,476,700 $29,989 $178,482 $1,685,171 87.6% 1.8% 10.6% 14.0%
3 $412,565 $118,568 $221,743 $752,876 54.8% 15.7% 29.5% 6.3%
4 $737,045 $123,875 $123,500 $984,420 74.9% 12.6% 12.5% 8.2%
5 $496,295 $60,879 $150,640 $707,815 70.1% 8.6% 21.3% 5.9%
6 $1,107,938 $107,997 $159,800 $1,375,734 80.5% 7.9% 11.6% 11.4%
7 $335,539 $40,900 $62,165 $438,604 76.5% 9.3% 14.2% 3.6%
8 $308,656 $77,143 $61,000 $446,799 69.1% 17.3% 13.7% 3.7%
9 $1,139,826 $207,823 $192,625 $1,540,274 74.0% 13.5% 12.5% 12.8%
10 $231,100 $103,850 $44,250 $379,200 60.9% 27.4% 11.7% 3.2%
11 $1,466,471 $154,173 $161,452 $1,782,097 82.3% 8.7% 9.1% 14.8%
12 $440,900 $15,950 $26,950 $483,800 91.1% 3.3% 5.6% 4.0%
Nat’l $9,480,929 $1,085,647 $1,469,918 $12,036,493 78.8% 9.0% 12.2% 100.0%

To read this table: Colleges in Region 1 (New England) spent $1.328 billion on new buildings completed in 2014, $44.5 million on additions to existing buildings
and $87 million on retrofit of existing buildings, for a total of $1.460 billion on all construction. About 91 percent of Region 1’s college construction dollars were spent
on new buildings. Region 1 colleges spent 12.1 percent of all the money spent on college construction last year.

through 2008. Then the recession hit,
knocking total construction in 2009 down
to $10.7 billion. It stayed pretty close to
that total through 2013, bumping up to
$11 billion (2010 and 2011) and down to
$9.7 billion (2012), but falling no further.
The $12 billion spent in 2014 is a major
increase. Quite possibly — with the na-
tion’s overall economy improving — it is
the start of a trend.
Construction Activity,
Nationally and by Region
College construction completed in 2014
totaled just over $12 billion (see Table 2),
about $1.1 billion (10 percent) more than
was spent in 2013. Of that amount, $9.5
billion (78.8 percent) was spent on entirely
new buildings. The balance went toward
renovating existing space ($1.47 billion)
and to providing added space in existing
buildings ($1.09 billion).
To better understand and estimate how
and where construction is taking place the
nation was divided into 12 regions (see list on
page 19) and construction plans and programs
of each region’s colleges were examined.
Colleges and universities in five of those
regions put more than $1 billion worth
of construction in place in 2014. Colleges
and universities in Region 11 (including
California, Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii)
spent the most, putting $1.78 billion in
place. Better than four of five construction
dollars were used to construct and open
new buildings. What was left was spent on
additions to ($154 million) and renovation
of ($161 million) existing buildings. Region
11 was responsible for almost 15 percent of
all college construction completed in 2014.
Colleges in Region 2 (New Jersey, New
York and Pennsylvania) put almost $1.7 bil-
lion into place in 2014, with the bulk of that
going to new buildings. The region encom-
passes several major urban areas — from
New York City to Philadelphia and Pitts-
burgh — where construction costs tend to be
high and sites tight and difficult to find. One
might think, on physically small campuses,
that the focus would be on improving and
expanding existing buildings, but that obvi-
ously was not the case.
Region 9 (Arkansas, Louisiana, Okla-
homa and Texas) was the third highest-
spending region at $1.5 billion, a decrease
from the $1.76 billion spent in these states a
year earlier (when it was the nation’s highest
spending area). Three-quarters of the dol-
lars were spent on creating new buildings.
Region 1 (the six New England states)
comprised the fourth highest-spending
region with almost $1.5 billion spent,
followed closely by colleges in Region 6 (In-
diana, Michigan and Ohio) which reported
spending at $1.375 billion.
What’s Underway?
Construction completed in 2014 is
history. Construction expected to be put in
place in 2015 is underway right now. Col-
leges report (see Table 3) that they expect
to complete slightly more than $10 billion
worth of construction this year. History,
however, shows that this is probably a
low projection. Many college officials are
reluctant to provide construction cost data
ahead of time, so there were many reports
of construction expected to be completed
in 2015 — or to start this year — that had
no dollars associated with them.
While this could mean that the dollars
are not available, it seems probable that
a project about to be completed has been
funded. Apparently it is the willingness to
report — not the dollars themselves — that
is missing, but the result is that in looking
at the data, one can see that more than is
shown is being spent, but how much more is
difficult to know.
In terms of what has been reported so

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 3 CONSTRUCTION
NATIONALLY AND BY REGION
PROJECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 2015 ($000s)
% OF SPENDING FOR % of
Region New Additions Renovation Total New Addition Renovation Nation
1 $277,529 $39,500 $50,723 $367,752 75.5% 10.7% 13.8% 3.7%
2 $726,700 $171,000 $277,747 $1,175,447 61.8% 14.5% 23.6% 11.7%
3 $445,290 $118,188 $134,663 $698,141 63.8% 16.9% 19.3% 6.9%
4 $653,051 $18,635 $86,500 $758,186 86.1% 2.5% 11.4% 7.5%
5 $465,953 $195,616 $103,270 $764,839 60.9% 25.6% 13.5% 7.6%
6 $376,200 $49,650 $70,050 $495,900 75.9% 10.0% 14.1% 4.9%
7 $831,692 $84,700 $26,550 $942,942 88.2% 9.0% 2.8% 9.4%
8 $848,161 $111,320 $103,951 $1,063,432 79.8% 10.5% 9.8% 10.6%
9 $1,779,681 $131,061 $100,161 $2,010,904 88.5% 6.5% 5.0% 20.0%
10 $200,795 $94,800 $127,400 $422,995 47.5% 22.4% 30.1% 4.2%
11 $969,121 $143,031 $104,364 $1,216,517 79.7% 11.8% 8.6% 12.1%
12 $92,800 $23,000 $23,000 $138,800 66.9% 16.6% 16.6% 1.4%
Nat’l $7,666,973 $1,180,501 $1,208,379 $10,055,853 76.2% 11.7% 12.0% 100.0%
To read this table: Colleges in Region 1 (New England) expect to spend $278 million on new buildings to be completed in 2015, $39.5 million on additions to existing
buildings and $50.7 million on retrofit of existing buildings, for a total of $368 million on all construction. About 75 percent of Region 1’s college construction dollars will go
for new buildings. Region 1 colleges are projected to spend 3.7 percent of all the money spent on college construction this year. It should be noted that this is an indication
of reduced activity in the region and may reflect reporting flaws as much as slowed construction.

far, Region 9 is the construction leader,
projecting the completion of work totaling
more than $2 billion in 2015, including
almost $1.8 billion in new buildings alone.
Colleges in Region 11 ($1.2 billion) and
Region 2 report that they are also con-
templating the completion of more than
$1 billion worth of new buildings in 2015,
as are colleges in Region 8 (Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri and Nebraska).
Looking Ahead
What is coming next? Colleges were
asked about construction projects they ex-
pected to start in 2015. Table 4 totals those
results. All of the same problems with

4 CONSTRUCTION
NATIONALLY AND BY REGION
PROJECTED TO START IN 2015 ($000s)
% OF SPENDING FOR % of
Region New Additions Renovation Total New Addition Renovation Nation
1 $369,000 $182,000 $71,500 $622,500 59.3% 29.2% 11.5% 5.9%
2 $751,864 $137,748 $35,904 $925,516 81.2% 14.9% 3.9% 8.7%
3 $478,300 $154,900 $95,400 $728,600 65.6% 21.3% 13.1% 6.9%
4 $470,274 $61,700 $127,700 $659,674 71.3% 9.4% 19.4% 6.2%
5 $462,122 $245,344 $129,453 $836,919 55.2% 29.3% 15.5% 7.9%
6 $596,000 $129,000 $177,085 $902,085 66.1% 14.3% 19.6% 8.5%
7 $649,619 $132,816 $107,324 $889,759 73.0% 14.9% 12.1% 8.4%
8 $284,856 $65,600 $139,000 $489,456 58.2% 13.4% 28.4% 4.6%
9 $852,252 $368,060 $821,290 $2,041,602 41.7% 18.0% 40.2% 19.3%
10 $426,033 $199,200 $54,500 $679,733 62.7% 29.3% 8.0% 6.4%
11 $1,155,360 $175,000 $70,400 $1,400,760 82.5% 12.5% 5.0% 13.2%
12 $214,000 $42,500 $154,500 $411,000 52.1% 10.3% 37.6% 3.9%
Nat’l $6,709,679 $1,893,868 $1,984,056 $10,587,603 63.4% 17.9% 18.7% 100.0%

To read this table: Colleges in Region 1 (New England) expect to start construction on new buildings costing $369 million in 2015, another $182 million on
additions to existing buildings and $71 million on retrofit of existing buildings, for a total of almost $623 million on all construction. About 59 percent of Region 1’s
projected construction dollars are destined to be spent on new buildings. The construction cost of Region 1 colleges projected to start in 2015 accounts for 5.9
percent of all college construction spending projected to start this year.

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 5 PROFILE OF NEW BUILDINGS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY
Building Median Size Median COST
COSTPER
PERSQ.
SQ.FT.
FT. Buildings
Type (Sq. Ft.) Cost Low Quartile Median High Quartile in Sample
Academic 55,820 $20,250,000 $250.00 $420.46 $538.46 79
Health-Related 91,150 $29,259,999 $254.53 $384.86 $504.00 19
Library 100,000 $48,000,000 $416.67 $470.00 $505.26 11
Maintenance 12,500 $6,642,000 $245.50 $263.09 $274.32 13
Medical 94,500 $63,500,000 $457.45 $578.64 $650.41 12
Office 37,500 $17,241,145 $243.99 $446.55 $527.78 18
Performing 50,940 $25,000,000 $388.17 $446.87 $532.69 22
Phys Ed/Athletic 80,350 $25,500,000 $166.93 $242.03 $272.73 16
Residential 110,000 $31,200,000 $175.00 $230.77 $333.33 32
Science 100,000 $59,500,000 $404.76 $453.85 $587.40 45
Student Services 30,000 $15,592,000 $303.03 $429.09 $530.60 19
Technology 52,500 $21,000,000 $347.83 $378.79 $402.30 14
To read this table: The median academic building completed in 2014 or to be completed in 2015 will contain 55,820 square feet and will cost $20.25 million. The
median cost is $420.46 per square foot. One quarter of the academic buildings will cost $250 per square foot or less: at the other end of the spectrum, one quarter
will cost $538.46 per square foot or more. This information was gathered from 79 projects whose main purpose was identified as “academic,” essentially housing
classrooms, offices and instructional labs.

reporting pertain, but there is usually more
willingness to talk about what is going to
be started — it’s an opportunity to seek
support funding — and its budgeted cost,
than about completed work and the final
expected costs.
The indication is that colleges expect to
start construction budgeted at more than
$10.5 billion this year. But these are starts,
not completions; they are projections, not
certainties, and they will be completed over
a number of years.
What Type of Building?
Every college that plans and constructs
a new building designs that building for
its own specific needs and purposes. An
academic building at one institution will
have a different mix of classrooms, labs
and offices than one at another. Some col-
leges will put science labs in their academic
buildings; others construct buildings
strictly for science. Similarly, student cen-
ters run the gamut from simple gathering
and food service areas to theaters, bowling
alleys, fitness centers and the like.
Nevertheless, when a college says that
it is building a science building, an aca-
demic building, a library or performance
arts building, there is a certain common-
ality of facilities that we all expect. That
commonality allows some comparison
from campus to campus in terms of cost
and size. Table 5 provides information
on 12 building types that were identified
relatively frequently by college spokesper-
sons this year. In each case it is assumed
that the function that was named is the
dominant one in the building, although
other facilities often are included.
Information was available and gathered
on 79 new academic buildings completed
in 2014 or underway now. Among those,
the median size was 55,820 square feet and
the median cost $20,250,000. In terms of
cost per square foot, the academic building
right in the middle is being constructed
for $420.46 per square foot. (The median
for each variable was found independently.
The 55,820 square foot median academic
building was not necessarily the one that
cost $420.46 per square foot).
Also shown is the range of costs. One
quarter of the academic buildings reported

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 6 ON
NEW BUILDINGS REPORTED
CAMPUS, BY HIGHEST LEVEL OF DEGREE OFFERED
Sample Number MEDIANS AMONG
COST NEW
PER SQ. FT.BUILDINGS REPORTED
(Bldgs.) Size (Sq. Ft.) Cost ($000s) Cost per Sq. Ft.
Two-year (Associate's degree) 12 81,250 $25,727 $327.06
Four-year (Bachelor's degree) 6 79,272 $16,600 $245.06
Graduate (Master's & equivalent) 18 83,250 $27,000 $343.77
University (Doctoral & post-doc) 39 114,000 $39,300 $437.50
To read this table: Full information was available on 12 buildings on the campuses of two-year institutions. Their median size was 81,250 square foot and the
median cost was $25,727,000. Cost per square foot was $327.06.

7 ON
ACADEMIC BUILDINGS REPORTED
CAMPUS, BY HIGHEST LEVEL OF DEGREE OFFERED
Sample Number MEDIANS AMONG NEWSQ.
COST PER ACADEMIC
FT. BUILDINGS REPORTED
(Bldgs.) Size (Sq. Ft.) Cost ($000s) Cost per Sq. Ft.
Two-year (Associate's degree) 11 35,000 $13,125 $300.00
Four-year (Bachelor's degree) 4 20,000 $4,650 $232.50
Graduate (Master's & equivalent) 6 90,938 $32,492 $452.25
University (Doctoral & post-doc) 32 50,000 $21,625 $438.90
To read this table: Eleven “academic” buildings were identified on campuses of two-year colleges with a median size of 35,000 square feet. The median cost of
the 11 projects was $13.125 million. The cost per square foot for the median building was $300.00.

spending $250 per square foot or less while
at the other end of the spectrum, one-
quarter of the academic buildings were con-
structed for $538 per square foot or more.
Looking at some of the other building
types identified, the median among 19
health-related buildings was 91,150 square
feet; the median cost $29.3 million and
the cost per square foot almost $385. It
should be noted that most of the buildings
designated as “health-related” were not
hospitals or research-oriented (they are
included among the 12 medical buildings),
but instead included facilities specifically
for training nurses, technicians, EMTs and
other health-related personnel and were
most often found at two-year colleges.
The median cost among 12 buildings
dedicated to medicine was $63.5 million for
94,500 square feet. The median among them
cost $578.64 per square foot, and one out of
four cost $650 or more per square foot.
The median cost per square foot among
45 science buildings was about $454. The
median science building was 100,000
square feet and the median cost was
$59,500,000.
Buildings by College Purpose
There is another way to look at college
campuses and their construction projects.
Do colleges offering different educational
degrees spend differently on the buildings
they are constructing?
To get a handle on this we were able
to examine construction at four different
types of institutions, including universities
(doctoral granting); colleges granting mas-
ter’s and other post-graduate degrees but
not doctorates; four-year colleges, offering
bachelor’s degrees; and two-year colleges
providing associate degrees, job preparation
and licensing. The institution itself provided
the definition of the college and its mission.
Table 6 compiles the results. We have in-
formation on 12 buildings on two-year cam-
puses. The median building is 81,250 square
feet, and the median cost was $25,727,000 at
a median cost of $327.06 per square foot.
We have information on just six buildings
on four-year college campuses, and they are
close in size to those at the two-year colleges.
The median building is 79,272 square feet
and the median cost was $16,600,000. The
median cost per square foot was $245.
We have information on 18 buildings
at colleges granting master’s degrees. The
median building is 83,250 square feet and
the median cost was $27 million. The me-
dian cost per square foot was $343.77.
We have information on 39 buildings
on university (doctoral) campuses. The
median building is 114,000 square feet and
the median cost $ 39,300,000. The median
cost per square foot was $437.50.
Since the mix of buildings varies, as
well as the sophistication (and there was
no control in terms of location), Table 6
may be most useful for comparisons within
colleges of similar types.
A sizeable number of academic build-
ings do exist on all campuses and, again,
while comparisons are not exact, their
functions are similar and it may be pos-
sible to compare them. Table 7 isolates that
building type and compares their sizes,
cost and cost per square foot.
What’s Being Renovated?
With almost $1.5 billion spent in 2014
on renovation of existing buildings, it
seemed useful to learn what kinds of

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 work are most often undertaken in these information on what is being done, when,
8 RETROFIT projects (see Table 8). When renovation and identifying a person who can provide
projects are started on a college campus, detailed information. Please contact me
overhauling the building’s HVAC and (Paul Abramson) at intelled@aol.com
When Colleges Renovate a Building, electrical systems comes first. Plumb- or CP&M Managing Editor Shannon
Here Is the Work They Most
ing and flooring are also frequently O’Connor (SOConnor@1105media.com)
Often Undertake*
(% based on 102 projects) involved. Upgrading fire alarm systems to provide information on student hous-
is undertaken in more than one-quarter ing projects. CPM
1 HVAC 50.0%
of the projects, as is complying with ADA
2 Electric 47.1% requirements. Attention to connectiv- This Construction Report and the accom-
3 Plumbing 31.4% ity is an obvious focus with 23.5 percent panying tables, etc., were compiled by Paul
4 Flooring/carpet 30.4%
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