Despite an anticipation of widespread project delays caused by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, starts across the region remained steady last year, especially during the first half of 2020. The current top starts ranking reveals that most of the new projects were more modestly priced—with no megaprojects in the mix—representing a mix of highways and bridges, wind farms, education and health care work.
In addition, capital construction in many states has benefited from the recent passage of the federal relief act, and public-sector budgets have stabilized despite dire predictions to the contrary.