Across the Southeast region, after a steadily strong 2021, many—but not all—design firms are anticipating continued robust activity across multiple market sectors. Firms active in the transportation and other infrastructure markets, for instance, are rightly gearing up to position themselves for a piece of the historic federal funding pledged by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. But others instead see rising inflation, continuing problems with equipment and materials availability and pricing, along with other issues, and they are beginning to logically consider the potential for recession.