The Associated General Contractors of America has published their Construction Outlook Survey Results.  Based on this information, they generated an easy to digest infographic in addition to a more lengthy report titled, “2015-Construction-Hiring-and-Business-Outlook-Report”

For full Northeast Regional Results, view 2015_Outlook_Survey_Northeast. You will find such statistics as:

• 47% higher expected dollar volume for Manufacturing projects to compete for in 2015
• 44% higher expected dollar volume for Energy projects to compete for in 2015
• 55% reported that employee count increased between December 2013 and December 2014
• 41% reported a current workforce challenge of “having a hard time filing both professional and craft worker positions.”
• 82% reported an increase in the cost of providing health care insurance for employees in 2014