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How Trade Partnerships & Talent Development Will Change Your Employment Forecast

Construction Business Owner

How Trade Partnerships & Talent Development Will Change Your Employment Forecast. Mon, 03/02/2020 - 17:04. Elizabeth Manning. Your guide to using trade relationships and collaborations and employee development to ensure your company's future growth and talent.

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The Economist's Outlook for 2020

Construction Business Owner

The Economist's Outlook for 2020. Wed, 01/15/2020 - 16:32. As we embark upon the new year and head together into economic uncertainty, CBO is here to help clear the air with a summary of three major economic forecasts from construction’s top industry analysts. Rachel Fulford.

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Assuredness in Today’s Global Surety Market

Construction Business Owner

In 2020, there was some tightening of surety credit for certain sectors, but generally speaking, the premier contractors had no issues securing bonds and that trend is expected to continue and the surety and finance industry is forecasted to be robust for the remainder of 2021 and into 2022.

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What eight leading economists predict for nonresidential construction in 2020 and 2021

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Following modest increases in construction spending for nonresidential buildings in 2019, economists from eight leading industry organizations forecast slight growth in 2020 and 2021—1.5% and 0.9%, according to AIA's latest Consensus Construction Forecast panel.

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2023 industry recession to be deeper than first forecast

Construction Enquirer

this year after economists at the Construction Products Association sharply downgraded forecasts for the second time. Falling private new housing combined with recent government delays to major infrastructure projects has prompted the spring forecast downgrade from a previously forecast 4.7% fall in output. in 2023 and 1.2%

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Multifamily construction market remains strong heading into 2020

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Multifamily housing will remain a robust market for A/E/C companies heading into 2020, according to the most recent results of PSMJ’s Quarterly Market Forecast (QMF) survey.

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The Market Trends Driving the Transportation Industry in 2021

Construction Business Owner

As the turbulent economy of 2020 enters its final stretch, businesses are experiencing uneven patterns of equipment investment demand depending on which market sectors they serve. Equipment and software (E&S) investment collapsed 27.7% (annualized) in the second quarter of 2020, the sharpest decline since the Great Recession.