A recent survey shows that officials at U.S. engineering firms have a strongly positive outlook about their businesses’ health and the economy overall, especially regarding infrastructure work, but they also say that a shortage of engineers remains a persistent worry.
Looking at engineering market categories, the report shows the positive sentiment is strongest in roads and bridges, with a rating of +84. The result for the water/wastewater segment was not far behind, at +83. But commercial real estate, including offices, hotels, retail and multifamily residential projects, had the lowest score at -3.