KEY POINTS
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June 2026 Total Nonresidential Construction Starts — the sum of Nonresidential Building and Civil Construction — reached $100.3 billion, up $24.8 billion from May’s revised $75.5 billion.
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The month’s gains were sharply concentrated rather than broad-based, a distinction that contractors reading headline totals as a measure of available pipeline should weigh carefully.
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Offices, including Data Centers, surged $14.5 billion to $23.5 billion — more than a third of all Nonresidential Building starts in a single month.
ConstructConnect announced today that June 2026 Total Nonresidential Construction Starts — the sum of Nonresidential Building and Civil Construction — reached $100.3 billion, up $24.8 billion from May’s revised $75.5 billion and 35% above the 12-month moving average of $74.5 billion.
The month’s gains were sharply concentrated rather than broad-based, a distinction that contractors reading headline totals as a measure of available pipeline should weigh carefully.
Year to date, total Nonresidential starts are 16.6% ahead of the same six-month period in 2025.
The US June 2026 Total Nonresidential Construction Starts — the sum of Nonresidential Building and Civil Construction — reached $100.3 billion, up $24.8 billion from May’s revised $75.5 billion. Image: ConstructConnect Construction Economy Snapshot
Nonresidential Building
Nonresidential Building (NRB) ended June at $65.5 billion, up 56.0% from May. Year to date, NRB starts are 21.6% ahead of 2025. Offices, including Data Centers, surged $14.5 billion to $23.5 billion — more than a third of all NRB starts in a single month, a concentration that points to a small number of large projects driving the headline rather than broad subsector expansion.
K-12 schools were the month’s second major theme, with Jr./Sr. High Schools climbing $3.7 billion to $8.6 billion and Elementary and Pre-Schools adding $1.8 billion to $4.4 billion.
Warehouses totaled $4.8 billion. Prisons gave back $2.9 billion from May’s unusually high reading of $3.4 billion to just $535 million.
Michael Guckes, Chief Economist, ConstructConnect
Civil Construction
Civil construction rose to $34.8 billion, up 3.9% from May. Year to date, Civil starts are 9.0% above 2025. Roads gained $3.8 billion to $15.8 billion and Water and Sewage work advanced $1.3 billion to $6.9 billion.
Airports edged higher to $2.9 billion. All Other Civil fell to $3.4 billion and Power Infrastructure declined to $0.8 billion.
Civil construction remains broadly positive with six of seven civil subcategories higher in the year period through June.
Residential Starts
Residential starts fell to $18.3 billion in June, down 7.8% from May and 35.7% below a year ago. Year to date, residential activity trails 2025 by 18.8%.
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