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national industry 237990

Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

Overview

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in heavy and engineering construction projects (excluding highway, street, bridge, and distribution line construction). The work performed may include new work, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and repairs. Specialty trade contractors are included in this group if they are engaged in activities primarily related to engineering construction projects (excluding highway, street, bridge, distribution line, oil and gas structure, and utilities building and structure construction). Construction projects involving water resources (e.g., dredging and land drainage), development of marine facilities, and projects involving open space improvement (e.g., parks and trails) are included in this industry.

The immediate parent of national industry 237990 is international industry 23799: Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

Illustrative Examples

  • Channel construction Land drainage contractors Dam construction
  • Marine construction Dock construction
  • Microtunneling contractors
  • Dredging (e.g., canal, channel, ditch, waterway) Nuclear waste disposal site construction
  • Earth retention system construction
  • Park ground and recreational open space improvement construction Flood control project construction
  • Railroad construction Golf course construction Subway construction
  • Horizontal drilling (e.g., cable, pipeline, sewer installation) Trenching, underwater
  • Hydroelectric generating station construction Tunnel construction

2012 NAICS Edition Cross References

  • Establishments primarily engaged in:
  • Constructing water mains, sewers, and related structures:are classified in Industry 237110, Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction;
  • Constructing oil and gas pipelines and related structures:are classified in Industry 237120, Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction;
  • Constructing power and communication transmission lines and related structures:are classified in Industry 237130, Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction;
  • Constructing highways, streets, and bridges:are classified in Industry 237310, Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction; and
  • Trenching (except underwater):are classified in Industry 238910, Site Preparation Contractors.

Sub-Descriptions

  1. 237990 - Anchored earth retention contractors
  2. 237990 - Athletic field (except stadium) construction
  3. 237990 - Avalanche, rockslide, or mudslide protection construction
  4. 237990 - Breakwater construction
  5. 237990 - Bridle path construction
  6. 237990 - Bulkhead wall or embarkment construction
  7. 237990 - Caisson (i.e., marine or pneumatic structures) construction
  8. 237990 - Canal construction
  9. 237990 - Channel construction
  10. 237990 - Cofferdam construction
  11. 237990 - Construction management, dam
  12. 237990 - Construction management, marine structure
  13. 237990 - Construction management, mass transit
  14. 237990 - Construction management, outdoor recreation facility
  15. 237990 - Construction management, tunnel
  16. 237990 - Cribbing (i.e., shore protection), construction
  17. 237990 - Dam construction
  18. 237990 - Dike and other flood control structure construction
  19. 237990 - Dock construction
  20. 237990 - Drainage canal and ditch construction
  21. 237990 - Drainage project construction
  22. 237990 - Dredging (e.g., canal, channel, ditch, waterway)
  23. 237990 - Drive-in movie facility construction
  24. 237990 - Earth retention system construction
  25. 237990 - Earth-filled dam construction
  26. 237990 - Electricity generating plant, hydroelectric, construction
  27. 237990 - Embankment construction
  28. 237990 - Farm drainage tile installation
  29. 237990 - Flood control project construction
  30. 237990 - Floodway canal and ditch construction
  31. 237990 - Gabion construction
  32. 237990 - Golf course construction
  33. 237990 - Harbor construction
  34. 237990 - Horizontal drilling (e.g., underground cable, pipeline, sewer installation)
  35. 237990 - Hydroelectric generating facility construction
  36. 237990 - Ice rink (except indoor) construction
  37. 237990 - Jetty construction
  38. 237990 - Land drainage contractors
  39. 237990 - Levee construction
  40. 237990 - Light rail system construction
  41. 237990 - Lock and waterway construction
  42. 237990 - Marine construction
  43. 237990 - Microtunneling contractors
  44. 237990 - Missile facility construction
  45. 237990 - Monorail construction
  46. 237990 - Nuclear waste disposal site construction
  47. 237990 - Outdoor recreation facility construction
  48. 237990 - Park and recreational open space improvement construction
  49. 237990 - Pier construction
  50. 237990 - Pile driving, marine
  51. 237990 - Pipe-jacking contractors
  52. 237990 - Play ground construction
  53. 237990 - Port facility construction
  54. 237990 - Power plant, hydroelectric, construction
  55. 237990 - Railroad construction
  56. 237990 - Railway construction (e.g., interlocker, roadbed, signal, track)
  57. 237990 - Railway roadbed construction
  58. 237990 - Recreation area, open space, construction
  59. 237990 - Recreational vehicle park construction
  60. 237990 - Retaining walls, anchored (e.g., with piles, soil nails, tieback anchors), construction
  61. 237990 - Revetment construction
  62. 237990 - Riprap installation
  63. 237990 - Rock removal, underwater
  64. 237990 - Seawall, wave protection, construction
  65. 237990 - Sediment control system construction
  66. 237990 - Ski tow construction
  67. 237990 - Spillway, floodwater, construction
  68. 237990 - Sports field construction
  69. 237990 - Streetcar line construction
  70. 237990 - Subway construction
  71. 237990 - Tennis courts, outdoor, construction
  72. 237990 - Timber removal, underwater
  73. 237990 - Trail construction
  74. 237990 - Trenching, underwater
  75. 237990 - Tunnel construction
  76. 237990 - Wharf 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 237990
2007 237990
2012 237990
2017 237990
2022 237990

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Mappings

  1. 1622 - Bridge, Tunnel, and Elevated Highway Construction
  2. 1629 - Heavy Construction, Not Elsewhere Classified
  3. 8741 - Management Services

Insurance Industry Mappings

The US Property and Casualty Insurance Industry may use the following classification descriptions which might encompass national industry 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction:

  1. breakwater jetty pier dock levee
  2. bridge tunnel and elevated highway construction
  3. cable installation
  4. caisson coffer dam
  5. caisson or cofferdam work not foundation for bldg
  6. caisson or cofferdam work not foundation for building
  7. caisson work
  8. coffer dam caisson
  9. cofferdam work not pneumatic
  10. construction
  11. construction of drainage or irrigation system
  12. contractor construction or erection all construction subcontracted
  13. contractor sub work bridge or tunnel or elevated street or hwy construction or reconstruction or repair
  14. contractor sub work construction or reconstruct or repair or erection not bldg not otherwise classified
  15. contractor subcontracted work in connection with bridge tunnel elevated street or highway construction reconstruction or repair
  16. contractor subcontracted work in connection with bridge tunnel or elevated street or highway construction reconstruction or repair
  17. contractor subcontracted work in connection with bridge tunnelor elevated street or highway construction reconstruction or repair
  18. contractor subcontracted work in connection with construction reconstruction erection or repair not building
  19. contractor subcontracted work in connection with construction reconstruction repair or erection not building
  20. dam or lock construction concrete work
  21. dam or lock construction earth moving or placing
  22. dam or lock construction timber cutting and removal
  23. dam or reservoir construction
  24. dam reservoir including hydro electric const
  25. dike levee or revetment construction
  26. dike or revetment construction
  27. dock construction and repair residential property only
  28. dock jetty breakwater pier levee
  29. drainage or irrigation system construction
  30. drainage or irrigation system construction of
  31. dredging
  32. dredging all type coverage under admiralty law program i
  33. dredging all type coverage under admiralty law program ii state act benefit
  34. dredging all type coverage under admiralty law program ii uslandhw act benefit
  35. dredging for material on non navigable water
  36. dredging for material on nonnavigable water
  37. dredging not otherwise classified
  38. electric light or power line construction not otherwise classified
  39. electric light or power line construction rural electrification administration project only
  40. electric light or power line construction rural utility service
  41. electric light or power line construction rural utility service project only
  42. exhibition fair ground not including grandstand or stadium
  43. heavy and civil engineering construction
  44. heavy construction not otherwise classified
  45. irrigation or drainage system
  46. irrigation or drainage system construction
  47. irrigation or drainage system construction of
  48. jetty breakwater pier dock levee
  49. jetty breakwater pier dock levee construction commercial use
  50. jetty or breakwater construction
  51. levee construction
  52. levee jetty breakwater pier dock
  53. management service
  54. metal erection steel lock gate gas holder standpipe water tower smoke stack tank silo prison cell fire or burglar proof vault
  55. metal erection steel lock gate gasholder standpipe water tower smokestack tank etc
  56. metal erection steel lock gate gasholder standpipe water tower smokestack tank silo prison cell fire or burglarproof vault
  57. other heavy and civil engineering construction
  58. pier jetty breakwater dock levee
  59. pile driving
  60. pile driving not otherwise classified
  61. pile driving other
  62. pile driving other not otherwise classified
  63. pile driving sonic method
  64. railroad
  65. railroad c e and i
  66. railroad construction
  67. railroad construction laying or relaying of track or maintenance of way by contractor no work on elevated railroad
  68. reservoir dam including hydro electric const
  69. retaining wall construction
  70. retaining wall construction general liability is not available
  71. subway construction
  72. subway tunnel
  73. subway tunnel c e and i
  74. tunnel subway
  75. tunneling
  76. tunneling 150 foot in length tier 4
  77. tunneling 150 foot or greater in length all tier
  78. tunneling pneumatic
  79. underground cable or conduit excl excavation and blasting
  80. underground cable or conduit including incidental excavation
  81. underground cable or conduit including incidental excavation blasting
  82. underground cable or conduit including incidental excavation excl blasting

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