Construction has seen a bit of a lull in 2012 in Texas and Louisiana, but local experts are noting signs that the industry will strengthen heading into 2013.
"We started 2012 off slowly, and then everything kind of picked up toward the middle to latter part of the year," says Brian Freeman, executive vice president and general manager of Texas operations for Skanska USA. "We saw a lot of good projects, but there's still a lot of pent-up demand. In the health care sector, infrastructure, even higher ed, Texas is a growing market."