“We’re in the best position we’ve ever been,” Barton Malow Builders’ COO Todd Ketola says of the company’s standing in the Southeast construction market. And judging by Barton Malow’s 2022 performance in the region, that sentiment seems well justified.
Toyota's under-construction battery plant in North Carolina is now an almost $6B project with new funds, while Ford BlueOval plants in Tennessee and Kentucky are boosted by a $9.2-billion U.S. Energy Dept. conditional loan, its largest ever single investment.
Contractors grew revenue in 2022, buoyed by rising populations and favorable business climates amid labor and materials shortages and rising interest rates
Contractors working in the Southeast continued to enjoy rising revenue in a hot market in 2022. And even as some see the momentum of recent years starting to cool a bit, activity remains high.
The state highway agency and consultant Stantec unearthed historic discoveries at a Denton County project that once was the site of a former slave's blacksmith shop.