A year ago, Southeast contractors were singing about the regional construction economy’s impressive strength across many different project sectors. That depth caused some to even describe the 2018 market as “unprecedented” in their careers.
Today, amid various national predictions of 2019 declines in new contracts, Southeast cities are looking to buck that trend. As noted elsewhere in this edition of ENR Southeast, the Charlotte and Orlando construction markets, for instance, are both forecast to deliver a higher volume of new contracts than a year ago. Charlotte, for example, will see its strongest year in at least five, with an estimated $8.7 billion in new contracts estimated to move ahead in 2019, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.