21
Feb
2008
U.S. Architects See Demand Drop as Developers Fear Recession
Posted by Tom as Economy
YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet=YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet||{};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet['lw_1203593393_0']={”text”:”Billings”,”weight”:0.819259,”type”:["shortcuts:/us/instance/place/destination","shortcuts:/us/instance/place/us/town"],”category”:["PLACE"],”metaData”:{”geoArea”:”95.1173″,”geoCountry”:”United States”,”geoCounty”:”Yellowstone”,”geoIsoCountryCode”:”US”,”geoLocation”:”(-108.50549, 45.7836)”,”geoName”:”Billings”,”geoPlaceType”:”Town”,”geoState”:”Montana”}};Some of my Architect friends have been talking about the lack of work in the pipeline and they definitely are worried about slowdown in residential and commercial real estate. Just like Civil Engineers, Architects are another canary in the coal mine.
The Architecture Billings Index declined to 50.7 last month from 55 in [...]
30
Nov
2007
US Economy On The Mend? Part 3
Posted by Tom as Economy
My Engineering buddies in New Mexico and Kansas have reported and the news is mixed. My buddy in Kansas indicates that he’s really busy with public sector work but slow with private work. His outlook is neutral to up. A few States over, my New Mexico buddy is telling me that he’s [...]
27
Nov
2007
US Economy On The Mend? Part 2
Posted by Tom as Economy, Real Estate
To build on yesterday’s post, I called a few more of my Civil Engineering buddies yesterday, one resides in California and other in NJ. Both gave me conflicting reports on how active their phone has been ringing. My NJ buddy told me that his phone has been very active but its because owners want [...]
26
Nov
2007
US Economy On The Mend?
Posted by Tom as Economy, Real Estate
I’ve been in the Civil Engineering business for over 13 years now and I work on large transportation related projects such as light rail, roads, subways, etc. I recently left my old job because they weren’t winning any work and I had nothing left to do. I thought this was strange because engineering [...]
