Dodge Data & Analytics revealed that new construction volume in the US increased 2% in January 2016 to a $607.9-billion seasonally adjusted annual rate, with all the gains coming in the residential sector. Dodge D&A's latest monthly construction-starts report, released on February 19, 2016 also showed that the estimated value of projects that broke ground in January, fell 14% from the year-earlier level, though comparisons were skewed by two huge liquefied-natural-gas complexes that started in January 2015. Using another yardstick, for the 12 months ended in January 2016, overall construction starts increased 6% from results for the same span in 2015.