The construction industry is largely defined by uncertainty and, at the same time, the promise of a better tomorrow. With that in mind, it may sound redundant to describe any particular year as being defined by uncertainty and promise. But for the Southeast’s builders, from the very beginning of 2013, those factors stood out.
On Jan. 1, for instance, Congress resolved the matter of the nation going over the proverbial “fiscal cliff”—the notion of which brought with it a considerable amount of uncertainty—by passing the American Taxpayer Relief Act.