Pandemic Alters Landscape for Southeast Designers
As 2020 began, Southeast design firms and contractors seemed to be preparing for at least one more year of solid growth across most geographic markets and project sectors. Worries from 2019 about a coming recession had largely faded, and all seemed to be progressing as anticipated.
In March, ENR Southeast, as part of its annual Top Starts ranking of major projects, reported that firms working in the region were significantly optimistic about the coming year, with an engineer offering this assessment of the health care market: “The market is certainly hot, and as long as population growth continues to be realized, the Southeast will continue to grow.”