|
Publication Date: 25-OCT-07
Pages: 32
Format: PDF
Price: $495.00
To receive the 25% Association discount, please enter the promotion code in your shopping cart.
|
Description
The McGraw-Hill Construction Outlook 2008, is a first-hand view of industry trends and detailed economic forecast that will affect the construction industry in 2008. Construction Outlook 2008 includes everything Robert Murray, vice president of economic affairs for McGraw-Hill Construction, discussed including over 50 charts, tables and graphs. Highlights of the 2008 Construction Outlook include: • Institutional buildings will rise 4% in dollar volume, while square footage edges up 1%.
• School construction is expected to strengthen again after its 2007 pause
• Public works construction will move up 3%
• Commercial buildings will slip 6% in dollar volume and 11% in square feet.
• Multifamily housing will slide 8% in dollars and 11% in units With the Construction Outlook 2008 you will have all the information needed to identify key opportunities and target growth markets (Regional and Project types). Get the competitive advantage needed to create critical decisions. This information is valuable for building product manufacturing firms, architectural and design firms, financial and real estate firms, and other industry related professionals as they plan for 2008 and beyond. The Construction Outlook 2008 Report will include: Economic Environment projections and Forecast Tables - Construction Starts for 2008 National and Regional Estimates. Forecasts and estimates included cover:
• Single Family Housing
• Income Properties
• Institutional Buildings
• Manufacturing Buildings
• Public Works and Electric Utilities and more... About the McGraw-Hill Construction Outlook 2008 Author
Robert Murray
Vice President, Economic Affairs McGraw-Hill Construction Robert Murray is vice president of economic affairs for McGraw-Hill Construction, the leading source of project news, product information, industry analysis and editorial coverage for design and construction professionals. Murray joined McGraw-Hill Construction in 1980 as an economist, with a primary focus on analyzing construction industry trends. In the mid-1980s he directed a team of economists that developed the Construction Market Forecasting Service, providing five-year projections for 22 building types by nine regions of the U.S. This product has subsequently become the pre-eminent forecast of the nation's construction industry, and it serves as the foundation for other construction and real estate forecast products offered by McGraw-Hill Construction Research and Analytics. Murray is the author of the McGraw-Hill Construction Outlook, and also coordinates the five-year industry forecast and the Construction Market Forecasting Service, which analyzes national and regional trends for building products. He received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University, and holds both an M.B.A. and a Master 's degree in economics from Columbia University.
|
