While the Southwest construction market isn’t projected to suffer through another downturn, the results of ENR Southwest’s Specialty Contractors Survey and comments from several leaders of specialty contracting firms suggest that talk of a return to boom times any time soon is premature and unwarranted.
“The economy, especially on the private side, is not as bullish as some have made it out to be. The jobs that are being discussed are not developing fast enough,” says Victor Fuchs, president of Helix Electric in Las Vegas.