The continued prevalence of energy projects across the Gulf Coast is one of the main reasons specialty contractors are seeing largely stable or increasing workloads in Texas and Louisiana.
Also, the steady influx in 2014 of new residents seeking to fill the region’s plentiful job openings means more work for contractors. The need for more service infrastructure to support a growing population has bolstered new construction, as evidenced by the number of health care facilities, office buildings and apartment complexes, along with energy work, that were cited by the top 10 firms as their largest projects to break ground in 2014.