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Real Estate: Construction

Associations

American Institute of Architects
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Based in Washington, D.C., the AIA has been the leading professional membership association for licensed architects.
Associated Builders and Contractors
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Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a national association representing merit shop construction and construction-related firms with two million employees. ABC's membership represents all specialties within the U.S. construction industry and is comprised primarily of firms that perform work in the industrial and commercial sectors of the industry.
Construction Financial Management Association
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The Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the construction financial professional. Members represent all types of contractors – including generals and subs – as well as developers, construction managers, architects, engineers, principals, and material and equipment suppliers.
National Association of Home Builders
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Extensive data on housing, building, and economics. Use the resources section and/or the publications section to locate information on building permits, housing sales and production, national and metro home builders forecasts, and other statistics.
Professional Construction Estimators Association
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The Professional Construction Estimators Association of America, Inc., has as its purpose to promote and improve the construction industry through education of the Association's membership, through the continuing education of construction professionals and craftsman.
The Associated General Contractors of America
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The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) is the leading association for the construction industry including general contractors, specialty contractors and service providers and suppliers.

Resources

Builder Online
Consumer site for information on the home building industry. Company also publishes Builder Magazine.
Building Permit Statistics - United States Census
Number of permits by state, metropolitan area, and county.
Buildings.com
Commercial site that provides a community for the buildings industry, with the latest news, an articles archive, research and The SOURCE, an extensive online Buyers' Guide for facilities professionals. Also contains Buildings Magazine.
Emporis.com
Emporis.com is a free-to-use website about buildings. Professionals and people with an interest in structures can find buildings, developments, and photos in thousands of cities worldwide.
Greener Buildings
GreenBiz.com is a source for news, opinion, best practices, and other resources on the greening of mainstream business.
Marshall & Swift
Marshall & Swift is a provider of building cost data. They provide cost manuals, desktop applications, online solutions and education programs to help professionals create accurate cost valuations of commercial and residential real estate in the U.S., U.S. territories, Canada and select foreign cities worldwide.
McGraw Hill Construction--Dodge
Dodge is a provider of project news, plans, specifications and analysis services for construction professionals in the United States and Canada. Not all information is free.
RSMeans--Reed Construction Data
RSMeans is a supplier of construction cost information. A product line of Reed Construction Data, RSMeans provides accurate and up-to-date cost information that helps owners, developers, architects, engineers, contractors and others to carefully and precisely project and control the cost of both new building construction and renovation projects.

Construction Statistics

New Residential Construction
From the US Census Bureau. Building permits, housing starts, and housing completions.
Characteristics of New Housing
From the US Census Bureau. Square footage, lot size, materials of new houses.
Construction Price Index
From the US Census Bureau. The hedonic constant quality (Laspeyres) price indexes of new one-family houses sold and under construction, and the price deflator (Fisher) index of new one-family houses under construction.
Construction Employment
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment, unemployment, wages, injuries.
Construction of Buildings Employment
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment, unemployment, wages, injuries.