Breakdown of Construction-related Spending of the Economic Stimulus Package

The $787-billion economic stimulus bill, H.R.1 officially called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
was signed into law by President Obama February 17.  According to the Architectural Record $130 billion of the bill is targetted on construction-related spending including

TRANSPORTATION: $49.3 billion
Highways: $27.5 billion
High-speed rail: $9.3 billion
Transit: $8.4 billion
Airport Improvement Program, construction grants: $1 billion
Coast Guard, acquisition and facility upgrades/construction: $98 million

ENERGY: $30.6 billion
Electricity grid, including “Smart Grid” activities: $11 billion
Energy efficiency and conservation grants: $6.3 billion
Renewable-energy loan guarantees: $6 billion
Home weatherization assistance: $5 billion
Carbon capture and sequestration demonstration projects: $1.5 billion
Clean Coal Power Initiative: $800 million

WATER/ENVIRONMENT: $20.1 billion
Department of Energy, environmental cleanup: $6 billion
Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Water and Drinking Water funds: $6 billion
Corps of Engineers, civil works: $4.6 billion
Agriculture Department, rural water and waste-disposal facilities: $1.3 billion
EPA cleanup, including Superfund: $1.2 billion 

BUILDINGS: $13.4 billion
General Services Administration (GSA), energy-efficiency upgrades for federal buildings: $4.5 billion
Facilities on federal and tribal lands: $3 billion
National Institutes of Health, facilities upgrades/construction: $1.5 billion
National Science Foundation, research equipment and facilities upgrades/construction: $600 million
Department of Homeland Security, new headquarters: $450 million
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, procurement, acquisition, and facilities construction: $430 million
Department of Homeland Security, ports of entry: $420 million
National Institute of Standards and Technology, facilities construction: $360 million
Department of Agriculture, facilities: $330 million
Border stations and ports of entry: $300 million
U.S. Courthouses and other GSA buildings: $300 million
Fire stations: $210 million
State Department, Capital Investment Fund: $90 million
Smithsonian facilities: $25 million

HOUSING/HUD: $9.6 billion
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Public Housing Capital Fund: $4 billion
HUD, redevelopment of abandoned and foreclosed homes: $2 billion
HUD, Community Development Block Grants: $1 billion
HUD, energy retrofits, “green” projects in HUD-assisted housing projects: $250 million

DEFENSE/VETERANS: $7.8 billion
Veterans Affairs, medical facilities upgrades/construction: $1.25 billion
Department of Defense (DOD), facilities upgrades/construction: $4.2 billion
DOD, military “quality of life’ projects, such as housing and child-care centers: $2.3

SCHOOLS $79 billion in grants and tax credits

According to the National Clearing House for Educational Facilities (NCEF)Ncef_logo

State Fiscal Stabilization Fund. $53.6 billion for education

School Districts’ Share $39.5 billion “for the support of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education, and, as applicable, early childhood education programs and services”

States’ Share $8.8 billion “for public safety and other government services”

School Construction Tax Credits $22 billion in “qualified school construction bonds”, a new type of tax credit bond for “the construction, rehabilitation, or repair of a public school facility

Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (QZAB) program for schools is increased by $2.8 billion

Impact Aid $100 million for construction grants to “Impact Aid” school districts

Academic Research Facilities $200 million to the National Science Foundation for academic research facilities modernization

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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