Dive summary:
- Responses from AEC leaders who responded to a survey by Building Design + Construction magazine show that they are generally a bit more optimistic about 2013 than they were a year ago.
- Office construction is seen as a bit less bad, but 55.2% think it will be weak again, an analysis that appears to fit with anemic job creation in the U.S.
- Demographics clearly played a part in what executives foresee, with healthcare and senior and assisted-living facilities looking likely for business.
From the article:
The majority (52.2%) of respondents – architects, engineers, contractors, buildings owners, and others in the commercial, industrial, and institutional field – said their firms were in at least "good" financial health, compared [with] 49.7% last year. ...
