Alongside swarms of contractors and others pouring in to the annual World of Concrete trade show in Las Vegas, the Portland Cement Association released a relatively rosy economic forecast for 2020 into 2021. 

Experts foresee enough construction work to hold off recession fears in the coming year, particularly in transportation.

The forecast calls for a gain of 63,400 jobs in Colorado in 2017.

The ink barely had dried on this year’s batch of construction market forecasts when economists had to take a second look at their numbers to evaluate the impact of Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, which brought with it a Republican-controlled Senate and House.

In a sign that the trend toward equipment renting is not slowing down, the American Rental Association says the rental industry can expect a compound annual growth rate of 4.9% over the next few years. ARA’s five-year forecast predicts that U.S. rental revenue will top $57 billion in 2020, a significant increase over the $47.6 billion estimated for 2016.