Nonresidential spurt mostly commercial.(Statistical Data Included)

THE FIRST SEVEN months of 1999 were a mixed bag for the nonresidential construction market, with some sectors growing at double-digit rates and others continuing to fade.

Specifically, although commercial construction spending continued to grow at a robust rate, the industrial and institutional sectors still have shown only the faintest signs of improving upon their disappointing performance of last year.

Overall nonresidential construction spending in the first seven months of this year was 3.4% greater than during January-July 1998. Now that the government