Backlog Survey

Thank you for participating in ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator (CBI) survey. The information provided below supplies the data for CBI, a valuable national metric unique to ABC that reflects the amount of work that will be performed by commercial and industrial contractors in the months ahead.

If this is your first time completing the survey, please enter your company’s information for the following 10 questions and provide the contact information for the person who will be completing the survey going forward. On or about the 20th of each month, a reminder email will be sent to the address provided requesting your company’s data. We appreciate your participation in this important national economic indicator.


In the four regions listed below, please identify the approximate percentage of your company’s revenue that comes from each of these regions. Regional definitions are provided:

Northeast – Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, West Virginia

Approximately what percentage of your company’s revenue comes from this region?

South – Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas

Approximately what percentage of your company’s revenue comes from this region?

Middle States – Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois

Approximately what percentage of your company’s revenue comes from this region?

West – Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii

Approximately what percentage of your company’s revenue comes from this region?


In the three business segments listed below, please identify the approximate percentage of your company’s revenue performed in each segment. Business segment definitions are provided:

Commercial and Institutional - construction related to office space, retail, malls, restaurants, hotels/convention centers, arenas, stadiums, as well as construction related to hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living centers, K–12 schools, colleges/universities, military bases, government research centers, distribution centers, warehouse space, flex space, etc.

Approximately what percentage of your company’s revenue comes from this business segment?

Heavy Industrial - construction related to manufacturing facilities, refineries, etc.

Approximately what percentage of your company’s revenue comes from this business segment?

Infrastructure - construction related to supply of water, wastewater disposition, power generation/distribution, oads/highways/bridges, telecommunications infrastructure, etc.

Approximately what percentage of your company’s revenue comes from this business segment?


Please provide the range of your company’s total fiscal year 2012 revenues:

If your company's fiscal year 2012 Revenue was over $100 million, please provide an estimate the total 2012 Revenue to the nearest $10 million:

Please provide the range of your company’s total backlog in dollars as of June 2013. (if your company does not have a backlog, choose $0 backlog; if this information is unavailable, please choose Information unavailable ):

If your company's total backlog for May 2013 was over $100 million, please provide an estimate of the total backlog the nearest $10 million:


How will your business sales likely change over the next 6 months?


How will your profit margins likely change over the next 6 months?


How will your staffing levels likely change over the next 6 months?


Please provide contact information of the individual to whom we should send future survey–related correspondence.

Surveys submitted with no contact information are discarded.

If you have previously provided your contact information, you do not need to fill out all of the fields below, but in order for your information to be included in the data for the Construction Backlog Indicator, surveys must include at least an email address.