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Monthly U.S. Transportation Construction Market Report

The monthly U.S. Transportation Construction Market Report provides the number and value of new contracts awarded each month by state and local DOTs for transportation construction projects. The data is broken out by state for highway, bridge, port and waterway, railroad and airport projects.

The value of new transportation contract awards in year to date January 2010 was up 22.8 percent compared to January 2009, to $4.2 billion.

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Value of Transportation Construction Put In Place

The market intelligence reports include the monthly Value of Construction Put In Place Report, which tracks the value of construction work completed for all modes of transportation, including highways, bridges, airports, public transit systems and water transportation facilities.

The value of construction work put in place on transportation projects in January 2010 totaled $6.3 billion, 4.3 percent more than the $6.1 billion put in place during January 2009. By modes, the biggest increase was in construction work on subway and light rail systems, which was up more than 57 percent.

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Federal Highway Obligation Report

The monthly Federal Highway Obligation Report tracks state-by-state data on the amount of federal funds obligated each month for federal-aid highway and bridge projects.

During February, only $1.58 billion of core federal highway funds were obligated for projects by federal, state and local transportation agencies, about half the normal rate. Year-to-date only $4.1 billion of core federal highway funds has been obligated. This is half the amount obligated at this time during the past two fiscal years.

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Quarterly Market Conditions Survey Report

The Quarterly Market Conditions Survey Report offers a broad range of data on current transportation construction market conditions and the outlook from a survey of ARTBA contractor members. This report is also available to any contractors that participate in the survey.

The downturn in the transportation construction market continued in third quarter 2009, according to the latest ARTBA Quarterly Contractor Market Condition Survey. The key
indicators for construction work performed, employment, backlogs, capital spending and profit margins continue to indicate a contracting market.  Although the bridge market is also contracting, the downturn is not quite as severe.

If you would like to participate in the next quarterly survey and receive the full results, download the form or take the online survey.