These footnotes correspond to those used for the published tables, which show data in billions of dollars and 2-decimal places, and may not completely apply to the tables in millions of dollars and 3-decimal places. The published tables may be found using the link: http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/index.asp

1. Consists of office buildings, except those constructed at manufacturing sites and those constructed by power utilities for their own use. Also includes medical buildings; in table 5.4.5B, these buildings are included in health care.
2. Consists of stores, restaurants, garages, service stations, warehouses, beauty and trade schools, mobile structures, and other buildings used for commercial purposes. Also includes financial buidings of two stories or less. In table 5.4.5B, financial buildings of two stories or less are included in office; bus or truck garages are included in transportation; and beauty and trade schools are included in educational and vocational structures.
3. Consists of hotels and motels, buildings used primarily for social and recreational activities, and buildings not elsewhere classified, such as passenger terminals, greenhouses, and animal hospitals.
4. Consists primarily of streets, dams and reservoirs, sewer and water facilities, parks, and airfields.
5. Excludes net purchases of used structures and brokers' commissions on the sale of structures.

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