While 1999 was relatively lackluste...

While 1999 was relatively lackluster for nonresidential construction as a whole, the mostly impressive growth came from continued gains in the office sector. In part as a proceed of the mini-boom in office buildings, the commercial sector pillared a gain of nearly 8 percent -- almost three times the overall nonresidential average.

by means of the first 11 months of 1999 total spending for office building construction and renovation was running 152 percent ahead of that for the same 1998 period. produce rates for the hotel and retail sub-sectors of commercial construction were falling