ABC economist Aniban Basu recently told a group of Orlando-area builders that the economy is improving, but that things may get worse before they get better.
Readers responded in a big way to the question I asked in my recent blog post about President Barack Obama's impact on the construction industry. Additionally, more than 500 people voted in our corresponding web poll.
President Barack Obama has been in office for more than a year now, and the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act just had its one-year anniversary. Still, construction's unemployment rate is nearly 1 in 4. With that in mind, we ask: What has been President Obama's impact on the industry?
The upcoming February/March issue of Southeast Construction represents a turning point in the history of the publication. That’s because this is the first issue of the magazine’s new print publishing schedule, which is now bi-monthly, instead of monthly.
It's now official: Florida will receive federal funds for high-speed rail. But questions remain, such as, How much will it receive? That's a critical question for this cash-strapped state.
Analysis by the Associated Press finds that funding from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act has had little impact on construction unemployment. Industry associations rebut AP's claims.
Luther Cochrane, chairman and CEO of BE&K Building Group of Charlotte, N.C., thinks 2010 could be a case of the survival of the fittest for the Southeast's construction and design industry.
Gov. Charlie Crist (R.) signed into law new legislation funding a $1.2-billion commuter rail program. But a controversy over e-mails that's been called "Wafflegate" mars the recent achievement.
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