The public works market, once a key anti-recessionary tool, proved to be the most vulnerable to last year's recession. Preliminary data from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce shows total construction put-in-place in the public sector last year was down 6.5% from 2010's total (see table). This compares to a 0.7% increase in private construction. Overall, total construction in 2011 was $787 billion, down 2.0% from the previous year.
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