As the U.S. credit crisis dampens the market for domestic general building projects, contractors and designers with the ability to work globally are eyeing foreign prospects more than ever.
While North American and European markets are freezing up, causing projects to be delayed, scaled back or canceled, design and construction markets in Asia and the Middle East are still being propelled by the momentum of a spate of major development and infrastructure projects. In Asia and especially the Middle East, massive-scale projects to build and design self-contained cities and huge residential, office and entertainment complexes are drawing designers, project managers and other construction skills from the West in large numbers.