Healthcare spending grows faster in 2006-07

摘要

Healthcare construction spending will increase 10.2% in 2006 and 13.7% in 2007 after a 7.8% gain last year. Spending has been largely unchanged for the last six months following a burst of new starts for large hospital projects last spring and summer. But with the value of construction starts 19.9% higher in January and February than in same period last year, according to Reed Construction Data, healthcare construction activity will rise strongly within a few months.