NAICS 238290 other building equipment contractors obligations

A residual building-equipment trade, not a whole building

NAICS 238290 is other building equipment contractors. Contracting officers assign it when the principal work is installing or servicing building equipment that the residual specialty-trade class covers — elevators, escalators, and similar equipment trades that are not plumbing, HVAC, or electrical contractors. This $1,349,949,507.18 is that trade tag. It is not a count of buildings constructed, not industrial building construction, and not NAICS 238220 plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractors.

Three thousand seven hundred nine awards produced a mean of about $364,000. Federal residual building-equipment vehicles mix installation, modernization, and maintenance, which sits between a single elevator job and a multi-site equipment program. The packet does not count elevators, boilers (if tagged elsewhere), or square feet.

Electrical contractors and other wiring installation contractors are a separate 238 class. A wiring contract tagged there does not sit in $1.3 billion under 238290.

Installation vehicles and payment timing

Building-equipment contracts often obligate estimated installation and service and pay as work is inspected. Unused option years leave obligated balances unpaid. Treating $1.3 billion as equipment already in service would overstate cash.

The 3,709-award count is not a unit count of machines installed. USAspending may still group multiple task orders into awards. Dividing $1,349,949,507.18 by 3,709 awards is a mean obligation per award identifier, not a price per elevator.

What this total excludes

Assistance that funds public-housing equipment often lacks NAICS and does not enter $1,349,949,507.18. In-house government maintenance shops are not 238290 contracts. Industrial building construction (236210) is a general-contractor class, not this specialty trade.

Plumbing, HVAC, and electrical wiring trades are neighboring 238 classes. Mixed mechanical packages follow the principal NAICS the officer selected. Elevator modernization, escalator work, and similar residual equipment trades can share 238290 when that is the principal class. The $1,349,949,507.18 total does not count machines across the 3,709 awards.

How to use the 238290 hub

Read $1.3 billion and 3,709 awards as the residual building-equipment contractor tag, then open the other building equipment contractors industry page for award-level fields. Rank 238 specialty-trade codes on the all-industries index without converting this residual class into plumbing, HVAC, electrical, or whole-building construction.

This guide does not add elevator inventories because they are not in the facts object. A general contractor tagged to industrial building construction is not this specialty-trade book. Quote obligations, not square feet, and keep plumbing and electrical wiring on their own 238 hubs.

Classification limits

Other building equipment contractors are not plumbing/HVAC, not electrical contractors, and not industrial building construction. SpendingVault reports the tagged 238290 sum.

Extract updates will move $1,349,949,507.18 and 3,709 with USAspending.

Specialty equipment trades versus whole buildings

Three thousand seven hundred nine awards at $1,349,949,507.18 produce a mean of about $364,000. Other building equipment contractors are a residual 238 specialty trade: elevators, escalators, and similar equipment work that is not plumbing, HVAC, or electrical wiring. Industrial building construction (236210) is a general-contractor class. A wiring contract tagged 238210 is not this $1.3 billion. A plumbing/HVAC contract tagged 238220 is not this $1.3 billion. The mean is not a price per elevator.

Assistance that funds public-housing equipment often omits NAICS and stays outside $1,349,949,507.18. In-house maintenance shops are not 238290 contracts. Mixed mechanical packages follow the principal NAICS. Open the other building equipment contractors industry page for award-level fields. Rank 238 specialty-trade codes on the all-industries index. Cite USAspending.gov. Unused installation options mean obligated trade dollars can exceed equipment already in service. Extract updates will move both the dollars and the 3,709-award count. A searcher asking how much the federal government spent on building equipment trades should still separate this residual specialty class from plumbing, HVAC, electrical wiring, and whole-building construction. The $1,349,949,507.18 figure answers the NAICS 238290 question only. The 3,709-award count answers how many award identifiers carried that tag, not how many elevators were modernized. Open the other building equipment contractors industry page, then compare other 238 specialty-trade codes on the all-industries index. Keep the language to obligations recorded in USAspending.gov, and do not convert the mean of about $364,000 into a price per machine.

Questions

How much is obligated under NAICS 238290?

Other building equipment contractors contracts in USAspending show $1,349,949,507.18 in obligations across 3,709 awards. That is a residual specialty-trade tag, not plumbing/HVAC and not whole-building construction. The figure is obligations, not outlays. Assistance without NAICS is excluded from this extract.

What is the average other-building-equipment award?

Dividing $1,349,949,507.18 by 3,709 awards yields about $364,000. That mean mixes installation and multi-site equipment vehicles in this extract. It is not a price per elevator and not a square-foot cost. The packet does not publish a median or a unit count.

Does this include plumbing or electrical contractors?

Only contract actions tagged 238290. Plumbing, HVAC, and electrical wiring are separate 238 classes. Mixed mechanical packages follow the principal code the officer selected. This $1.3 billion is the residual building-equipment tag. Use each industry hub for its own Census class on SpendingVault.

Are these dollars already paid to contractors?

No. USAspending reports obligations on this hub, not outlays. Open installation years and unused options can leave balances unliquidated after the award is recorded. The 3,709-award count is not a proof of equipment in service. Cite USAspending.gov for the tagged extract on SpendingVault.