While contractors were optimistic that costs would stay low and contribute to a strong fiscal 2020 as recently as January, the coronavirus pandemic has upended construction just as it has every other industry.
Looking at the offerings from equipment manufacturers on display at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG show, held in Las Vegas on March 10-13, it would be easy to assume it was all about the bigger and stronger machines.
Whether it is an outlier event or something that occurs more frequently, the coronavirus pandemic has inflicted damage on the global economy—and construction—that can’t be judged or measured yet.
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