South Central Forecast

While the South Central region is feeling the effects of the global economic crisis and the national recession, contractors here won’t go hungry.

2009 National Forecast

Given the weak economy, there’s little doubt that construction activity is set to take a dive in 2009. It’s just a matter of how fast and how far.

Infrastructure Market Forecast

The outlook for infrastructure in 2009 is darkened by an economic recession, lagging state funding and a credit crunch on both private and public owners.

Building Market Forecast

Supply and demand factors are affecting the outlook of the construction market, which is not expected to improve until summer 2009, says Lary Cowart, interim chair of the Department of Finance and Economics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.