How's Your Market?

[msquared48]

Just wondering what the Civil and Structural engineering markets are doing across the country in the following areas:

"Regular" housing (under $500K Seattle Market)

High End Housing

Commercial / Retail

Multi-Family

Industrial

Any input appreciated. (I will be forwarding this string to Bush). - just kidding. Trying to get a better feel for what's happening out there.

Mike McCann
McCann Engineering

 

[PSE]

The "rust belt" here in the midwest is rusting again. We have a glut of empty structures around for lease/sale. The real estate portion of our Sunday paper had expanded into 3 sections for a while until local agencies just stopped listing everything. Still there are people building more trying to capitalize I suppose on "new" vs "older" buildings/homes.

Regards,

 

[swearingen]

In the mid-south, the industrial sector that I am in is on fire. The engineering firms and contractors can't come up for air and can't find enough bodies to do the work.

Things are going well...

I can't speak for the other industries, but I do know that there is a glut of brand new, complete, $400-$700k homes standing empty.



If you "heard" it on the internet, it's guilty until proven innocent. - DCS

 

[LittleWheels]

Which country? Australia is going great guns in just about every civil and structural category, capital cities in states benefitting from the resources boom particularly so.

 

[csd72]

DaveMinter,

Thanks for the tip, maybe I will go back home afterall.

Dont come to New York, the salaries are not really proportionate to the cost of living.

csd

 

[dicksewerrat]

Where is the MID-South? I might want to work this winter.

Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.

http://WWW.amlinereast.com

 

[msquared48]

Brazil - at the equator.

Mike McCann
McCann Engineering

 

[dicksewerrat]

Sorry, don't want to work that bad.

Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.

http://WWW.amlinereast.com

 

[swearingen]

The Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi industrial corridor is what I'm primarily speaking of. Even better if you have oil and gas experience. $88 a barrel makes for a bunch of infrastructure dollars...



If you "heard" it on the internet, it's guilty until proven innocent. - DCS