Three years after policy decisions to address COVID induced a severe recession, we have recovered. The pendulum has swung 180 degrees, and we are now confronted with raging inflation and, again, real possibilities of another recession. Nonresidential construction has nicely weathered the storm as employment, spending, and wages are at all-time highs, but it seems that many of these trends are unsustainable. Our focus continues to be on the primary drivers of selling price to owners.

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