Significantly more construction firms are planning to add new staff than plan to cut staff, while demand for many types of private-sector construction projects should increase this year, according to survey results recently released by the Associated General Contractors of America and Computer Guidance Corp.
The survey, conducted as part of “Tentative Signs of a Recovery: The 2013 Construction Industry Hiring and Business Outlook,” provides a generally optimistic outlook for the year even as firms worry about rising costs and declining public-sector demand for construction.