{"id":1676,"date":"2020-02-07T09:38:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T14:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/newsroom_details_pag\/dodge-momentum-index-starts-2020-downside\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T09:54:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:54:40","slug":"dodge-momentum-index-starts-2020-downside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/dodge-momentum-index\/dodge-momentum-index-starts-2020-downside\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodge Momentum Index Starts 2020 on the Downside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Dodge Momentum Index starts 2020 on the downside<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Index decline of 2.7 percent is due to an 11 percent drop in institutional building.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodge Momentum Index fell 2.7% in January to 152.5 (2000=100) from the revised December reading of 156.7, snapping a four-month streak of gains.<\/p>\n<p>The Momentum Index, issued by Dodge Data &amp; Analytics, is a monthly measure of the first (or initial) report for nonresidential building projects in planning, which have been shown to lead construction spending for nonresidential buildings by a full year.<\/p>\n<p>The decline in the overall Momentum Index was the result of an 11.0% drop in the institutional component, more than offsetting a 2.7% gain in the commercial component. A similar pattern exists when comparing year-over-year growth in the components of the Index. The institutional component was down 7.4% when compared to January 2019 while the commercial component was 17.4% higher than a year ago.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dodge-index-2020.02-.png\" alt=\"Dodge Data &#038; Analytics Index chart for February 2020, showing construction market performance.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These conflicting trends pushed the overall Momentum Index up 7.1% from January 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In January, ten projects each with a value of $100 million or more entered planning. The leading commercial projects were a $200 million parking garage in the Bronx NY and the $160 million first phase of the Palomino Business Park in Norco CA. The leading institutional projects were the $500 million Good Samaritan Hospital expansion in West Islip NY and the $250 million Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora CO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dodge Momentum Index starts 2020 on the downside Index decline of 2.7 percent is due to an 11 percent drop in institutional building. The Dodge Momentum Index fell 2.7% in January to 152.5 (2000=100) from the revised December reading of 156.7, snapping a four-month streak of gains. The Momentum Index, issued by Dodge Data &amp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":23698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dodge-momentum-index"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dodge Momentum Index Starts 2020 on the Downside<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Dodge Momentum Index starts 2020 on a downside. 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