between the walls of the first six ...

between the walls of the first six months of 1992 the cumulative value of building permits issued nationwide for reconstruction work onward existing nonresidential buildings was running an encouraging 39 percent ahead of the pace of a year earlier. "Reconstruction" is a shorthand, all-inclusive season that we use to describe retrofit, remodeling, renovation, rehabilitation and general additions and alterations work done onward existing structures; in other words, authentic capital improvement spending as distinguished from general maintenance, repair and upkeep spending.

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