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2008 EDITION. What can your design or construction firm expect in 2008? What are the business trends that are changing the AEC industry? What is the outlook for your firm’s target markets? What are the strategies AEC firms will be using to grow in 2008? Knowing the answers to these questions can give your architecture, engineering, construction, or environmental firm an edge on the competition. And you’ll find the answers in ZweigWhite’s 2008 AEC Industry Outlook: Strategy and Insight for Design & Construction Firms. Drawing from analysis from ZweigWhite’s expert management consultants, data from ZweigWhite’s management surveys, interviews with industry leaders and forecasters, and a survey of AEC firm leaders, this timely report will provide you with a wealth of knowledge that you can use to make 2008 your most successful year ever.
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- Develop more informed and accurate strategic business and marketing plans for 2008 with this valuable and timely information
- Know what to expect in your target markets in 2008 so you can position your firm to profit
- Identify which markets will be hot—and which will be cold—in 2008
- Stay a step ahead of the competition by capitalizing on the business trends that will shape the AEC business in 2008 and beyond
- Find out which opportunities and obstacles to expect in 2008, so you can take advantage or take cover
- Eliminate the hassle of “do-it-yourself” market research and save thousands of man-hours of labor
- Arm yourself with market insight to make 2008 your most successful year ever
The past few years have brought prosperity to many design and construction firms, with broad-based growth in most sectors of the AEC industry. However, the nosedive in residential construction and the weakest U.S. economic growth in five years have raised many questions about what 2008 will hold for the AEC industry. Will the housing market bottom out or will the slowdown persist throughout the year? Will the downturn in residential construction have a spillover effect on nonresidential markets in 2008? Will the subprime loan crisis spread like a virus to markets in which you work and make credit more difficult to secure for construction projects? Will the economy weather the turmoil in the housing market and the credit crunch or is a recession looming on the horizon? Knowing the answers to these questions can give your firm an edge on the competition. And you’ll find them in the 2008 AEC Industry Outlook: Strategy and Insight for Design & Construction Firms, a new research report from ZweigWhite. This report will tell you what opportunities and obstacles you can expect to face in the coming year so you can make informed and accurate decisions about the future of your design or construction firm. The 2008 AEC Industry Outlook will provide you with comprehensive information and forecasts of all the major markets served by the AEC industry: commercial real estate, education, environmental, health care, power and energy, residential real estate, transportation, and more. Find out which markets will be “hot” and which ones will be “cold” in 2008 so you can develop your strategic and marketing plans for the coming year accordingly. Filled with charts and tables, the 2008 AEC Industry Outlook provides a comprehensive forecast for the U.S. economy as a whole along with breakdowns of economic and AEC industry activity for each region of the U.S. The report also includes information on select international markets, so you can get information on markets around the world or in your backyard— all in one place. Hundreds of design and construction firms have used the exclusive insight in this annual report, featured in the pages of The Wall Street Journal and other publications, to make their firms more successful. Make 2008 the best year in your firm’s history by ordering your copy of ZweigWhite’s 2008 AEC Industry Outlook today!
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Introduction Chapter 1: AEC business trends to watch in 2008 - Tightening labor market - Higher labor costs - Increasing focus on staff training - Rising cost of building supplies and energy - Green building - Offshore outsourcing of services - Robust merger & acquisition activity - The looming threat of U.S. economic recession - Residential real estate downturn - Attention to America’s crumbling infrastructure Chapter 2: 2008 market sector outlooks - Commercial real estate - Lodging - Manufacturing - Office - Retail - Mixed-use development - Education - K-12 - Higher education - Environmental - Air pollution - Brownfields/hazardous waste - Solid waste - Water/wastewater - Health care - Power and energy - Residential real estate - Single-family - Multi-family - Transportation - Aviation - Highways and bridges - Ports and waterways - Railroads - Transit - Other markets - Amusement/recreation - Criminal justice - Government - Religious - Telecommunications - "Hot" markets Chapter 3: AEC industry-wide forecast - U.S. summary - Regional summaries - New England - Middle Atlantic - East North Central - West North Central - South Atlantic - East South Central - West South Central - Mountain - Pacific - International summaries Chapter 4: 2008 AEC business trends survey results
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