236116 New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders)

Overview

This U.S. industry comprises general contractor establishments primarily responsible for the construction of new multifamily residential housing units (e.g., high-rise, garden, town house apartments, and condominiums where each unit is not separated from its neighbors by a ground-to-roof wall). Multifamily design-build firms and multifamily housing construction management firms acting as general contractors are included in this industry.

Cross-References

  • Building multifamily buildings on their own account for sale as speculative builders or merchant builders--are classified in U.S. Industry 236117, New Housing For-Sale Builders;
  • Remodeling or repairing existing multifamily housing and other residential buildings--are classified in U.S. Industry 236118, Residential Remodelers;
  • Performing specialized construction work on multifamily housing and other residential buildings, generally on a subcontract basis--are classified in Subsector 238, Specialty Trade Contractors;
  • Manufacturing prefabricated residential buildings and assembling/erecting them at the customers' site--are classified in Sector 31-33, Manufacturing, based on the primary material (wood, plastic, or metal); and
  • Constructing and leasing residential buildings on their own account--are classified in Industry 531110, Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings.

Index Entries

Apartment building construction general contractors
Condominium, multifamily, construction general contractors
Construction management, multifamily building
Cooperative apartment, construction general contractors
Custom builders (except for-sale), multifamily buildings
Duplex (i.e., one unit above the other), construction general contractors
Garden apartment construction general contractors
High-rise apartment construction general contractors
Home builders (except for-sale), multifamily
Housing, multifamily, construction general contractors
Low income housing, multifamily, construction general contractors
Low-rise apartment construction general contractors
Multifamily building construction general contractors
Panelized multifamily housing assembled on site by general contractors
Precut multifamily housing assembled on site by general contractors
Prefabricated residential building erection, multifamily
Residential construction, multifamily, general contractors