Federal obligations in power and communication line and related structures construction (NAICS 237130)

Heavy-civil line construction, not trade wiring 238210

NAICS 237130 covers construction of power and communication lines and related structures. Transmission, distribution, and tower work can land here when the award is tagged 237130. Building-interior wiring (238210) and pipeline construction (237120) are other construction classes. The $3,681,597,945.01 total is the line-construction tag, not “all electrical work.”

A panel upgrade tagged 238210 will not raise this heavy-civil row. A transmission-line vehicle tagged 237130 will. SpendingVault reports the USAspending award tag, not a utility franchise map and not an FEC employer string such as “lineman.”

1,050 awards on a $3.68 billion obligation stock

One thousand fifty awards produced $3,681,597,945.01 in obligations. That is a thinner action count than catalog trades. Large line-construction vehicles can dominate; the packet does not name them. The table shows tagged dollars and the 1,050-award count, not miles of conductor.

Obligations move with new awards, options, and modifications, including deobligations. Outlays are payments for construction performed and are not this $3,681,597,945.01 rollup. A multi-year line vehicle can show a large commitment while invoices follow stretches of right-of-way. The industry page does not convert obligations into a mileage calendar.

How USAspending attaches this NAICS

USAspending.gov stores NAICS on contract actions. Rural-utility grants and many broadband-assistance awards often have no NAICS field. Those dollars will not add to the 1,050 awards even when fiber is buried. Open program pages for grant-funded line work.

The label is a Census heavy-civil classification. It is not a FERC docket list and not campaign-finance text. Cite USAspending.gov via SpendingVault for $3,681,597,945.01 and the 1,050-award count.

What the 237130 table is and is not

The hub lists recipients and awards that share this NAICS tag. A large obligation is a disclosed commitment. It is not a finding that a line failed, that a tower fell, or that a small business was excluded. SpendingVault does not score reliability from the dollar total.

Use award IDs, not the $3,681,597,945.01 headline, to separate two companies. Subcontracted linemen may be missing if the prime coded 237130. UEI and name changes are ordinary in the file.

Neighboring 2371 and 2382 codes

Oil and gas pipeline construction (237120) and electrical specialty trades (238210) are separate pages. Adding them to $3,681,597,945.01 would mix pipelines and interior wiring with power/comm line construction. That recode is not this page.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside the 1,050-award count. For a constructor that also holds broadband grants, open the recipient record. This guide stays on contract NAICS 237130 from USAspending.gov. Keep obligations distinct from outlays.

Transmission construction versus building wiring

Interior wiring tagged 238210 will not raise the 1,050-award count. A transmission job tagged 237130 sits in $3,681,597,945.01 even if the same prime also holds a 238210 shop-wiring vehicle. SpendingVault does not merge those rows.

Searchers who want “all federal line work” must add pipeline construction, telecom-carrier NAICS, and assistance. This page does not perform that recode. Cite contract NAICS 237130 only. Do not treat the row as an FEC occupation called lineman. The $3,681,597,945.01 figure remains an obligation stock on USAspending.gov. Modifications that cut a stretch will lower the running total without publishing an outage statistic on this hub. Open award rows for voltage or fiber descriptions. Neighboring 2371 lines stay on their own pages unless those awards were tagged 237130.

A transmission stretch tagged 237130 still sits in $3,681,597,945.01; a panel job tagged 238210 does not. The 1,050 awards remain an action count, not a mile census. Keep 237120 pipeline construction on its own page. Cite USAspending.gov contract NAICS 237130 only. The headline is still obligations, not outlays. Broadband grants without NAICS stay outside this contract rollup. Do not add 238210 or 237120 into $3,681,597,945.01 without documenting a recode. The 1,050 awards stay an action file, not a mileage roster. Open award rows for CLIN-level descriptions the NAICS hub does not publish. Neighboring codes stay on their own SpendingVault industry pages unless those awards were tagged 237130. Keep obligations distinct from outlays on this rollup. Assistance awards without NAICS remain outside the contract tag. The packet reports only this NAICS tag from USAspending.gov contract actions, not outlays and not assistance without a NAICS field. Do not treat this industry total as an FEC employer string or as a cash-outlay extract from Treasury.

Questions

How much has the federal government obligated under NAICS 237130?

USAspending.gov contract aggregates on SpendingVault show $3,681,597,945.01 in obligations across 1,050 awards tagged power and communication line and related structures construction. The number is obligations, not outlays. Assistance awards without NAICS are omitted. It is not an FEC employer string and not a combined total of neighboring NAICS codes.

Does this include electrical contractors who wire buildings?

Building electrical contractors are NAICS 238210. Those awards will not add to the $3,681,597,945.01 total unless tagged 237130. The 1,050 awards are the power-and-communication-line construction contract tag from USAspending.gov via SpendingVault. Adding 238210 is a recode you must document on this page.

Does this include oil and gas pipeline construction?

Pipeline construction is NAICS 237120. Those awards will not add to the $3,681,597,945.01 total unless tagged 237130. The 1,050 awards are the power/comm-line contract tag. Open the 237120 industry page for pipeline obligations, not this line-construction rollup from USAspending.gov via SpendingVault.

Are these figures outlays or obligations?

They are obligations: legally binding commitments on contract actions. Outlays are payments and are not this $3,681,597,945.01 rollup. Modifications can change obligations without a same-day payment. SpendingVault cites USAspending.gov contract NAICS for the 1,050 awards, not a Treasury cash extract.