ENERGY USE IN THE CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

This report is an analysis of energy use in the contract construction industry compiled to determine the amount of energy used and the potential impact that national energy shortages would have on the industry. Analysis includes building construction, heavy construction, and special trades. The overview is composed of a discussion of the industry structure, energy use, intraindustry variations, energy supply, and substitutability and conservation of fuels. Contractors in the following industries are analyzed: Single-family housing; residential building; industrial building; nonresidential construction; highway and street; bridge, tunnel, and elevated-highway; waterworks, sewer, pipeline, communication line, and power line; heavy construction, swimming pool and fence; and special trades.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Appendix A, PB-245 423 and Appendix B, PB-245 424.
• Corporate Authors:

  Tetra Tech, Incorporated

  1911 North Fort Myer Drive
  Arlington, VA  United States  22209

  Architectural Press

  Linacre House, Jordan Hill
  Oxford, Oxfordshire  United Kingdom  OX2 8DP
• Publication Date: 1975-2-18

Media Info

• Pagination: 185 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air conditioning systems; Asphalt; Bridges; Construction industry; Contractors; Diesel fuels; Dwellings; Electricity; Energy; Energy consumption; Fences; Fuel consumption; Fuels; Gasoline; Highway bridges; Highways; Industrial buildings; Lubricants; Petroleum products; Pipelines; Recreational facilities; Road construction; Sewers; Streets; Supply; Transmission lines; Tunneling; Waterworks
• Old TRIS Terms: Communication cables; Fuel shortage; Swimming pools
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Energy; Highways; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00093818
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TETRAT-A-412-75-011FFinal Rpt., FEA/EI-1664
• Contract Numbers: DI-14-01-0001-1664
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 4 1976 12:00AM