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The four-year project increases storage capacity and replaces two aging concrete water storage tanks and a pump station built in 1963.

Prices for inputs to nonresidential construction have fallen 0.8% on a monthly basis and 2.7% on an annual basis.

AIA reported the January ABI score was 49.6, down slightly from the mark of 51.3 in the previous month.

The $2.75-million project reconstructed three deteriorating timber bridges built in the 1930s.

Rounding out the top five metro areas in 2015 were Miami, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Chicago and Washington, D.C.  Cities ranked six through 10 were Los Angeles, Boston, Seattle, Houston and Denver.

For the year 2015, national employment in construction increased by 273,000 jobs.

The new bridge provides a grade-separated crossing and is the only roadway bridge along the Northwest Line.

Nonresidential construction spending totaled $681.2 billion in 2015, but declines in several key categories could be a cause for concern.