Power and Life Are Driving Forces for Major Projects
The Top Starts ranking of the Southeast’s largest projects under way is a yearly glimpse into the heart of a regional market. From owners and contractors, to sectors and geographic hot spots, Top Starts inevitably showcases the forces and players driving work for the Southeast’s construction and design firms.
For a few years now, major private-sector projects have been few and far between in the Southeast. Recent figures from McGraw-Hill Construction, the parent of ENR, bear this out. For example, the value of new nonresidential contracts in the Southeast fell as little as 12% in Georgia and as much as 27% in Florida, compared with 2009 totals.