Comfort Zone: Studios Architecture designed the 25,000-sq-ft USO Family Center at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., which is scheduled to open this year.

Total Construction Starts Washington, D.C.
Actual Actual Actual Actual Forecast
Total Construction 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
($ Millions) $9,111 $10,899 $13,187 $13,011 $14,317
Non-residential $5,126 $4,333 $4,931 $5,400 $5,115
Commercial and Manufacturing $2,642 $2,357 $2,310 $3,003 $3,580
Stores and Shopping Centers $295 $303 $449 $588 $746
Office and Bank Buildings $1,735 $782 $1,072 $1,642 $1,895
Hotels and Motels $51 $414 $125 $113 $180
Other Commercial Buildings $559 $702 $660 $610 $670
Manufacturing Buildings $2 $156 $3 $50 $90
Institutional $2,484 $1,976 $2,621 $2,397 $1,534
Education Buildings $1,689 $1,362 $1,406 $1,343 $713
Health-Care Facilities $212 $97 $693 $511 $359
Other Institutional Buildings $584 $518 $522 $543 $462
Residential $2,821 $4,028 $4,626 $5,677 $7,373
Single Family $1,826 $2,046 $2,300 $3,352 $4,884
Multifamily $995 $1,982 $2,326 $2,325 $2,489
Total Non-building $1,164 $2,538 $3,631 $1,934 $1,830
Highways and Bridges $465 $1,167 $1,476 $728 $702
Other Public Works $280 $226 $264 $511 $483
Environmental Public Works $369 $1,052 $620 $590 $521
Electric Utilities $50 $92 $1,271 $106 $123