By John Guzzon for Engineering News-Record Southwest
“I’m seeing cautious optimism and steady momentum, although there is some concern about the slowdown in new and used home sales,” says Doug Plasencia, vice president of Michael Baker Corp.’s Phoenix office. “However, we’re still seeing a continuous stream of design-build opportunities coming from the federal sector.”
Overall, the 75 firms that participated in the survey had a combined $799M in total revenue for the 2013 calendar year, up nearly $18M compared with the previous year—although only 63 firms participated in the year-ago survey.
