Highlights of upcoming AGC of Massachusetts building permit report. Analysis of building permit data to project and offer insight into the building construction industry in Massachusetts.

1. Permit Value
Municipality Oct. '14 Nov. '14 Dec. '14 Jan. '15 Feb. '15
Boston $149,226,657 $209,301,814 $336,406,200 $352,498,758 $240,569,105
Brookline $9,000,906 $7,382,237 $5,993,561 $3,135,433 $6,707,659
Cambridge $114,189,798 $36,042,019 $78,551,115 $45,090,120 $15,046,000
Framingham $14,232,398 $6,783,696 $7,929,797 $46,837,209 $4,971,271
Newton $36,032,304 $16,525,015 $26,157,019 $7,725,061 $10,203,285
Quincy $8,921,039 $5,604,726 $3,866,416 $2,934,449 $10,751,134
Mass State $188,182,825 $121,861,832 $525,877,009 $168,115,871 $44,117,541
Somerville $11,538,686 $8,467,895 $53,132,966 $9,013,094 $8,887,938
Worcester $18,124,304 $4,649,215 $29,428,541 $4,046,552 $8,398,696
Northampton $9,330,422 $11,002,510 $2,347,040 $933,372 $1,866,393
Southborough $2,336,648 $2,346,091 $1,530,482 $458,649 $1,146,059
Malden $2,133,310 $2,268,769 $3,508,224 $2,663,548 $822,664
New Bedford $2,431,298 $9,328,384 $3,431,800 $2,797,825 $2,461,784
Brockton $3,981,582 $2,816,896 $2,063,959 $2,289,765 $5,298,073
Springfield $14,823,414 $9,529,081 $6,540,137 $9,494,288 $5,755,212
Everett $3,087,973 $1,874,557 $1,354,725 $1,159,103 $398,015
Stoughton $8,576,207 $884,873 $2,353,181 $2,302,440 $1,884,359
Amherst $27,122,107 $2,109,257 $1,405,973 $1,643,541 $40,043,504
Totals $623,271,878 $458,778,867 $1,091,878,145 $663,139,078 $409,328,693
December broke the $1B mark for our sample
communities. We believe this may be due to an outlier
month from Mass state properties. We intend to watch
the upcoming December for any pattern.

2. Permit Value
Municipality Mar. '15 Apr. '15 May '15 Jun. '15 Jul. '15
Boston $400,602,744 $213,890,134 $529,514,850 $669,196,604 $269,685,876
Brookline $7,953,927 $10,655,746 $9,538,541 $13,434,972 $8,072,022
Cambridge $45,792,226 $95,141,960 $317,319,868 $69,852,885 $204,903,063
Framingham $9,961,920 $16,791,691 $12,661,410 $6,632,148 $9,508,019
Newton $14,977,449$15,763,567 $28,956,873 $25,411,446 $27,646,626
Quincy $8,254,482 $24,701,828 $112,043,803 $54,054,835 $66,936,822
Mass State $201,095,527 $40,614,036 $57,989,384 $68,713,636 $181,524,335
Somerville $40,102,232 $7,519,778 $134,353,007 $8,178,000 $88,786,000
Worcester $14,934,377 $36,972,103 $17,048,076 $31,810,627 $12,966,195
Northampton $3,553,584 $5,297,676 $4,715,000 $12,144,000 $2,798,000
Southborough $1,170,111 $632,537 $9,198,279 $1,808,337 $1,777,572
New Bedford $2,858,469 $3,178,127 $3,200,466 $3,163,465 $3,335,065
Brockton $2,861,485 $6,993,834 $3,941,282 $5,961,216 $8,989,330
Springfield $6,110,100 $59,673,832 $9,654,625 $12,479,597 $8,136,685
Stoughton $1,749,400 $5,910,418 $2,722,159 $4,914,633 $3,259,553
Amherst $6,542,839 $6,093,678 $7,873,148 $5,578,502 $23,569,655
Totals $772,274,299 $552,429,829 $1,268,091,258$995,835,903 $926,453,818
In May, June & July the sample communities permitted approximately $1B.
Led by notably high months from Quincy and Somerville

3. Permit Value
Municipality Aug. '15 Sep. '15 Totals
Boston $199,727,127 $516,596,933 $4,242,443,058
Brookline $17,049,304 $10,662,324 $140,446,459
Cambridge $68,156,330 $144,928,862 $1,468,111,448
Framingham $7,830,285 $8,576,079 $163,158,835
Newton $23,357,764 $23,912,533 $272,358,204
Quincy $16,674,371 $11,527,408 $338,674,133
Mass State $19,297,637 $26,202,689 $1,691,970,458
Somerville $17,575,951 $11,921,458 $418,763,665
Worcester $6,992,060 $10,581,463 $215,930,136
Northampton $3,499,879 $7,068,556 $76,319,730
Southborough $4,420,435 $1,529,793 $29,932,848
New Bedford $14,956,147 $3,612,980 $57,323,694
Brockton $3,257,437 $53,199,960
Springfield $12,248,824 $11,049,750 $189,478,267
Stoughton $2,466,841 $2,120,871 $40,835,564
Amherst $6,745,918 $1,941,464 $152,798,547
Totals $424,256,310 $792,233,163 $8,977,971,242
Our sample communities over the last 12 months have permitted over $8B & we are projecting year end statewide
in Massachusetts to have permitted approximately $12.4B in building construction.
Keep a watch on the AGC MA website for the upcoming full Q3 report