Source directory
Architecture and Construction
Primary public sources for this domain, checked 2026-11-02. Delta Arc does not control these sources.
| Source | Can establish | Cannot establish | Updates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly New Residential Construction, September 2026 (CB26-162) | National and regional monthly estimates of housing units authorized, authorized but not started, started, under construction and completed, with confidence intervals. | It cannot establish activity for a state, metro area, county or project, except through permit series published elsewhere, and it does not forecast. | Monthly; the release states the next report is scheduled for November 18, 2026. |
| Building Permits Survey Methodology | How permit data are collected, which places are covered, how the universe has changed and how missing reports are imputed. | It cannot establish that an authorized unit was started, finished or built as permitted. | Places surveyed monthly or annually; universe updated annually beginning January 2023. |
| Building Permits Survey Definitions | The meaning of permit terms, including the universe, valuation and the categories excluded from new residential construction statistics. | It cannot establish the actual cost of a structure, because valuation is the estimated value shown on the permit. | not stated |
| Survey of Construction Methodology | How sampled permits are followed to starts and completions, how non-permit areas are canvassed, and the geographic limit of the estimates. | It cannot support state or local estimates of starts or completions. | Monthly preliminary estimates; two months of data revised with each release; annual estimates finalized with February data of the following year. |
| Survey of Construction Definitions | The operational definitions of start, completed housing, authorized not started and seasonally adjusted annual rate. | It cannot establish that a building met any code, passed an inspection or received an occupancy approval. | not stated |
| New Residential Construction: Starts Rates | Regional and division ratios linking units started in a month to the permit authorization month. | It cannot establish the fate of a specific permit or provide state or local conversion rates. | not stated |
| Length of Time from Authorization to Start and from Start to Completion | Annual average elapsed months between stages for new private residential buildings in permit-issuing places. | It cannot establish a duration for a specific project or a future period. | Released in the February survey month, as stated by the source. |
| Construction Spending Definitions | What counts as construction and as value put in place, and how spending categories are classified. | It cannot convert spending into housing units, project budgets or payments on a specific contract. | not stated |
| Monthly Construction Spending, September 2026 (CB26-176) | National monthly estimates of value put in place for total, private and public construction, by type, with confidence intervals. | It cannot establish units built, local activity, or costs for any project. | Monthly; the release states the next report is scheduled for December 1, 2026. This URL is overwritten by each new release. |
| Construction Spending Methodology | Which surveys feed each spending category, including the Survey of Construction, the Consumer Expenditure Survey and progress reporting. | It cannot establish the actual monthly work on a single-family project, since that category applies fixed progress patterns. | not stated |
| Building Code Adoption Tracking (BCAT) | National percentages of tracked jurisdictions FEMA classifies as hazard-resistant, by hazard, with a linked portal and annual state fact sheets. | It cannot establish enforcement, whether a specific building conforms to a code, or which code governs a specific project. | FEMA states BCAT data are updated quarterly and regional fact sheets annually. |
| Understanding Building Codes | How standards, model codes and state and local adoption relate, and the general role of NIST research in code updates. | It cannot establish what code applies in a jurisdiction or whether a design or building complies. | not stated |
| Office of Manufactured Housing Programs | HUD's federal role in manufactured home construction and safety standards and their enforcement. | It cannot establish a count of new housing, or the status of a particular home or manufacturer. | not stated |
| Manufactured Housing Survey | Data on shipments, prices and characteristics of new manufactured housing, a category excluded from new residential construction statistics. | It cannot establish permit, start or completion counts for site-built housing. | not stated |
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