Major Group 16: Heavy Construction Other Than Building Construction Contractors

This major group includes general contractors primarily engaged in heavy construction other than building, such as highways and streets, bridges, sewers, railroads, irrigation projects, flood control projects and marine construction, and special trade contractors primarily engaged in activities of a type that are clearly specialized to such heavy construction and are not normally performed on buildings or building-related projects. Specialized activities that are covered here include grading for highways and airport runways; guardrail construction; installation of highway signs; trenching; underwater rock removal; and asphalt and concrete construction of roads, highways, streets and public sidewalks. Establishments primarily engaged in specialized activities that may be performed on buildings or on other heavy construction projects are classified in Major Group 17. These include contractors primarily engaged in painting (including bridge painting and traffic lane painting), electrical work (including work on bridges, power lines, and power plants), and carpentry work.

• Industry Group 161: Highway And Street Construction, Except
  
  • 1611 Highway And Street Construction, Except Elevated Highways
    General and special trade contractors primarily engaged in the construction of roads, streets, alleys, public sidewalks, guardrails, parkways, and airports. Special trade contractors primarily engaged in the construction of private driveways and sidewalks are classified in Industry 1771.
    
    • Airport runway construction-general contractors
    • Alley construction-general contractors
    • Asphalt paving: roads, public sidewalks, and streets-contractors
    • Concrete construction: roads, highways, public sidewalks, and
    • Grading for highways, streets, and airport runways-contractors
    • Guardrail construction on highways-contractors
    • Highway construction, except elevated-general contractors
    • Highway signs, installation of-contractors
    • Parkway construction-general contractors
    • Paving construction-contractors
    • Surfacing street and highways-contractors
    • Road construction, except elevated-general contractors
    • Sidewalk construction, public-contractors
    • Street maintenance or repair-contractors
    • Street paving-contractors

• Industry Group 162: Heavy Construction, Except Highway And Street
  
  • 1622 Bridge, Tunnel, And Elevated Highway Construction
    General contractors primarily engaged in the construction of bridges; viaducts; elevated highways; and highway, pedestrian, and railway tunnels. General contractors engaged in subway construction are classified in Industry 1629. Special trade contractors primarily engaged in guardrail construction or installation of highway signs is classified in Industry 1611.
    
    • Abutment construction-general contractors
    • Bridge construction-general contractors
    • Causeway construction on structural supports-general contractors
    • Highway construction, elevated-general contractors
    • Overpass construction-general contractors
    • Trestle construction-general contractors
    • Tunnel construction-general contractors
    • Underpass construction-general contractors
    • Viaduct construction-general contractors
  • 1623 Water, Sewer, Pipeline, And Communications And Power Line
    General and special trade contractors primarily engaged in the construction of water and sewer mains, pipelines, and communications and power lines.
    
    • Aqueduct construction-general contractors
    • Cable laying construction-contractors
    • Cable television line construction-contractors
    • Conduit construction-contractors
    • Distribution lines construction, oil and gas field-general contractors
    • Gas main construction-general contractors
    • Manhole construction-contractors
    • Natural gas compressing station construction-general contractors
    • Pipelaying-general contractors
    • Pipeline construction-general contractors
    • Pipeline wrapping-contractors
    • Pole line construction-general contractors
    • Power line construction-general contractors
    • Pumping station construction-general contractors
    • Radio transmitting tower construction-general contractors
    • Sewage collection and disposal line construction-general contractors
    • Sewer construction-general contractors
    • Telegraph line construction-general contractors
    • Telephone line construction-general contractors
    • Television transmitting tower construction-general contractors
    • Transmission line construction-general contractors
    • Water main line construction-general contractors
  • 1629 Heavy Construction, Not Elsewhere Classified
    General and special trade contractors primarily engaged in the construction of heavy projects, not elsewhere classified.
    
    • Athletic field construction-general contractors
    • Blasting, except building demolition-contractors
    • Breakwater construction-general contractors
    • Bridle path construction-general contractors
    • Brush clearing or cutting-contractors
    • Caisson drilling-contractors
    • Canal construction-general contractors
    • Central station construction-general contractors
    • Channel construction-general contractors
    • Channel cutoff construction-general contractors
    • Chemical complex or facilities construction-general contractors
    • Clearing of land-general contractors
    • Cofferdam construction-general contractors
    • Coke oven construction-general contractors
    • Cutting right-of-way-general contractors
    • Dam construction-general contractors
    • Dike construction-general contractors
    • Discharging station construction, mine-general contractors
    • Dock construction-general contractors
    • Drainage project construction-general contractors
    • Dredging-general contractors
    • Earth moving, not connected with building construction-general
    • Flood control project construction-general contractors
    • Furnace construction for industrial plants-general contractors
    • Golf course construction-general contractors
    • Harbor construction-general contractors
    • Hydroelectric plant construction-general contractors
    • Industrial incinerator construction-general contractors
    • Industrial plant appurtenance construction-general contractors
    • Irrigation projects construction-general contractors
    • Jetty construction-general contractors
    • Kiln construction-general contractors
    • Land clearing-contractors
    • Land drainage-contractors
    • Land leveling (irrigation)-contractors
    • Land reclamation-contractors
    • Levee construction-general contractors
    • Light and power plant construction-general contractors
    • Loading station construction, mine-general contractors
    • Lock and waterway construction-general contractors
    • Marine construction-general contractors
    • Mine loading and discharging station construction-general contractors
    • Mining appurtenance construction-general contractors
    • Missile facilities construction-general contractors
    • Nuclear reactor containment structure construction-general contractors
    • Oil refinery construction-general contractors
    • Oven construction for industrial plants-general contractors
    • Oven construction, bakers'-general contractors
    • Petrochemical plant construction-general contractors
    • Petroleum refinery construction-general contractors
    • Pier construction-general contractors
    • Pile driving-contractors
    • Pond construction-general contractors
    • Power plant construction-general contractors
    • Railroad construction-general contractors
    • Railway roadbed construction-general contractors
    • Reclamation projects construction-general contractors
    • Reservoir construction-general contractors
    • Revetment construction-general contractors
    • Rock removal, underwater-contractors
    • Sewage treatment plant construction-general contractors
    • Ski tow erection-general contractors
    • Soil compacting service-contractors
    • Submarine rock removal-general contractors
    • Subway construction-general contractors
    • Tennis court construction, outdoor-general contractors
    • Timber removal, underwater-contractors
    • Tipple construction-general contractors
    • Trail building-general contractors
    • Trailer camp construction-general contractors
    • Trenching-contractors
    • Washeries construction, mining-general contractors
    • Waste disposal plant construction-general contractors
    • Water power project construction-general contractors
    • Water treatment plant construction-general contractors
    • Waterway construction-general contractors
    • Wharf construction-general contractors