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2012 Edition

national industry 236220

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily responsible for the construction (including new work, additions, alterations, maintenance, and repairs) of commercial and institutional buildings and related structures, such as stadiums, grain elevators, and indoor swimming facilities. This industry includes establishments responsible for the on-site assembly of modular or prefabricated commercial and institutional buildings. Included in this industry are commercial and institutional building general contractors, commercial and institutional building for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building design-build firms, and commercial and institutional building project construction management firms.

The immediate parent of national industry 236220 is international industry 23622: Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Illustrative Examples

  • Airport building construction Office building construction
  • Arena construction
  • Parking garage construction Barrack construction
  • Prison construction
  • Farm building construction
  • Radio and television broadcast studio construction Fire station construction
  • Religious building (e.g., church, synagogue, mosque, temple) construction Grain elevator construction
  • Restaurant construction Hospital construction School building construction Hotel construction
  • Shopping mall construction
  • Indoor swimming facility construction
  • Warehouse construction (e.g., commercial, industrial, manufacturing, private)

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in:
  • Constructing structures that are integral parts of utility systems (e.g., storage tanks, pumping stations) or are used to produce products for these systems (e.g., power plants, refineries):are classified in Industry Group 2371, Utility System Construction, based on type of construction project;
  • Performing specialized construction work on commercial and institutional buildings, generally on a subcontract basis:are classified in Subsector 238, Specialty Trade Contractors; and
  • Constructing buildings on their own account for rent or lease:are classified in Industry Group 5311, Lessors of Real Estate.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 236220 - Addition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building
  2. 236220 - Addition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, commercial warehouse
  3. 236220 - Addition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, hotel and motel
  4. 236220 - Addition, alteration and renovation for-sale builders, industrial warehouse
  5. 236220 - Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial and institutional building
  6. 236220 - Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, commercial warehouse
  7. 236220 - Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, hotel and motel
  8. 236220 - Addition, alteration and renovation general contractors, industrial warehouse
  9. 236220 - Addition, alteration and renovation, commercial and institutional building
  10. 236220 - Addition, alteration and renovation, commercial warehouse
  11. 236220 - Addition, alteration and renovation, hotel and motel
  12. 236220 - Addition, alteration and renovation, industrial warehouse
  13. 236220 - Administration building construction
  14. 236220 - Airport building construction
  15. 236220 - Airport terminal construction
  16. 236220 - Amusement facility construction
  17. 236220 - Animal shelter and clinic construction
  18. 236220 - Arena construction
  19. 236220 - Armory construction
  20. 236220 - Athletic court, indoor, construction
  21. 236220 - Auditorium construction
  22. 236220 - Bank building construction
  23. 236220 - Barber shop construction
  24. 236220 - Barrack construction
  25. 236220 - Beauty salon construction
  26. 236220 - Broadcasting station construction
  27. 236220 - Bunkhouse construction
  28. 236220 - Bus shelter construction
  29. 236220 - Bus terminal construction
  30. 236220 - Casino construction
  31. 236220 - Cinema construction
  32. 236220 - Civic center construction
  33. 236220 - Clinic construction
  34. 236220 - Cold storage plant construction
  35. 236220 - Commercial building construction
  36. 236220 - Commercial building construction for-sale builders
  37. 236220 - Commercial building construction general contractors
  38. 236220 - Construction management, commercial and institutional building
  39. 236220 - Dormitory construction
  40. 236220 - Drycleaning plant construction
  41. 236220 - Educational building construction
  42. 236220 - Farm building construction
  43. 236220 - Fire and flood restoration of commercial and institutional buildings
  44. 236220 - Fire station construction
  45. 236220 - For-sale builders (i.e., building on own land, for sale), commercial and institutional building
  46. 236220 - Garage and service station, commercial, construction
  47. 236220 - Grain elevator construction
  48. 236220 - Handyman construction service, commercial and institutional building
  49. 236220 - Hangar construction
  50. 236220 - Hatchery construction
  51. 236220 - Health and athletic club construction
  52. 236220 - Hospital construction
  53. 236220 - Hotel construction
  54. 236220 - Ice rink, indoor, construction
  55. 236220 - Indoor swimming pool construction
  56. 236220 - Institutional building construction
  57. 236220 - Institutional building construction for-sale builders
  58. 236220 - Institutional building construction general contractors
  59. 236220 - Jail construction
  60. 236220 - Laboratory construction
  61. 236220 - Library construction
  62. 236220 - Logging camp construction
  63. 236220 - Mausoleum (i.e., building) construction
  64. 236220 - Monument (i.e., building) construction
  65. 236220 - Motel construction
  66. 236220 - Museum construction
  67. 236220 - Office building construction
  68. 236220 - Parking garage construction
  69. 236220 - Penitentiary construction
  70. 236220 - Post office construction
  71. 236220 - Prefabricated commercial building erection
  72. 236220 - Prefabricated institutional building erection
  73. 236220 - Prison construction
  74. 236220 - Public warehouse construction
  75. 236220 - Radio and television broadcast studio construction
  76. 236220 - Radio station construction
  77. 236220 - Railway station construction
  78. 236220 - Recreational facility building construction
  79. 236220 - Religious building (e.g., church, synagogue, mosque, temple) construction
  80. 236220 - Restaurant construction
  81. 236220 - Salon construction
  82. 236220 - School building construction
  83. 236220 - Service station construction
  84. 236220 - Shopping center construction
  85. 236220 - Shopping mall construction
  86. 236220 - Silo construction
  87. 236220 - Speculative builders (i.e., building on own land, for sale), commercial and institutional building
  88. 236220 - Stadium and arena construction
  89. 236220 - Storage elevator construction
  90. 236220 - Store construction
  91. 236220 - Swimming facility, indoor, construction
  92. 236220 - Television station construction
  93. 236220 - Tennis court, indoor, construction
  94. 236220 - Theater construction
  95. 236220 - Truck terminal construction
  96. 236220 - Warehouse construction (e.g., commercial, industrial, manufacturing, private)
  97. 236220 - Warehouse, commercial and institutional, construction
  98. 236220 - Warehouse, industrial, construction

History

The NAICS editions in which this code was present are indicated below. In the event that a code was changed from the prior edition the equivalent value in that edition is provided for reference.

Edition Existed Equivalent Value
2002 236220
2007 236220
2012 236220
2017 236220
2022 236220

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction:

  1. building constr non residential excluding alteration renovation repair
  2. building construction not residential including alteration renovation or repair
  3. building construction of not residential including alteration renovation or repair
  4. building construction prefabricated building erection
  5. commercial and institutional bldg construction
  6. commercial and institutional building construction
  7. construction
  8. construction of building
  9. construction or project manager
  10. construction or project manager cgl
  11. construction or project manager tier 4
  12. construction sale and estimator
  13. contractor
  14. contractor construction or erection all construction subcontracted
  15. contractor executive supervisor or executive superintendent
  16. contractor executive supervisor or executive superintendent tier 4
  17. contractor project manager construction executive construction manager or construction superintendent
  18. contractor sub work construction or reconstruct or repair or erection apt or office bldg 4 story
  19. contractor sub work construction or reconstruct or repair or erection bldg not otherwise classified
  20. contractor subcontracted work in connection with building construction apartment or office building over 4 story
  21. contractor subcontracted work in connection with building construction reconstruction repair or erection apartment or office building over 4 story
  22. contractor subcontracted work in connection with building construction reconstruction repair or erection apartment or office building over four story
  23. contractor subcontracted work in connection with building construction reconstruction repair or erection of building
  24. contractor subcontracted work in connection with construction reconstruction repair or erection of building
  25. contractor subcontracted work in connection with construction reconstruction repair or erection of building not otherwise classified
  26. elevator including operation
  27. equipment storage
  28. equipment storage c e and i
  29. executive supervisor
  30. executive supervisor or superintendent
  31. general contractor
  32. general contractor commercial
  33. general contractor industrial building and warehouse
  34. general contractor nonresidential building other than industrial building and warehouse
  35. general contractor residential building other than single family
  36. general contractor use of subcontracted work construction repair or erection of apartment or office building over four story
  37. general contractor use of subcontracted work construction repair or erection of building
  38. greenhouse erection
  39. greenhouse erection contractor
  40. handyman
  41. handyman contractor
  42. handyman or general labourer light repair maintenance and interior renovation excluding work typically requiring trade licence structural renovation and addition
  43. handyperson
  44. handyperson no roof work
  45. handyperson remodeling repair and maintenance
  46. handyperson tier 4
  47. hothouse erection
  48. management service
  49. metal building erection prefabricated
  50. metal erection contractor steel gate gasholder standpipe water tower smokestack tank silo prison cell fire or burglarproof vault
  51. metal erection steel lock gate gas holder standpipe water tower smoke stack tank silo prison cell fire or burglar proof vault
  52. metal erection steel lock gate gasholder standpipe water tower smokestack tank etc
  53. metal erection steel lock gate gasholder standpipe water tower smokestack tank silo prison cell fire or burglarproof vault
  54. mobile home prefabricated building away from shop site
  55. mobile home prefabricated building including shop operation
  56. monument engraving and installation
  57. multifamily housing construction
  58. nonresidential building construction
  59. ocp construction operation contractor
  60. operative builder
  61. prefabricated building erection
  62. prefabricated building erection tier 4
  63. renovating outside surface of building
  64. renovation contractor including alteration and repair see also roofing contractor
  65. restoration contractor
  66. restoration firm
  67. silo erection concrete
  68. silo erection glass fused to steel
  69. silo erection masonry or tile
  70. silo erection metal
  71. silo erection wood
  72. special trade contractor not otherwise classified
  73. specialty trade contractor not otherwise classified
  74. specialty trade contractor not otherwise classified naic
  75. swimming pool c e andi

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