Specialty contractors in the five-state region of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas reported strong performance in 2021, according to the results of ENR Texas & Louisiana’s annual Top Specialty Contractors survey. While still contending with pandemic-related issues, such as finding skilled workers, supply chain delays and material prices and availability, specialty firms are finding ways to succeed.
“The market is somewhere in between strong and lagging, maybe a ‘solid-type’ range,” says Kyle Holland, president/CEO of Associated General Contractors of America’s Houston chapter. “There is work out there; it just might not be the kind of work everyone is used to performing, so subcontractors might be shifting their strategies as to which sectors they pursue.”