With the fiscal cliff and great political uncertainty of 2012 behind it, FMI sees nonresidential construction benefitting from overall economic improvement, but still facing several global issues such as national debt levels, Grayson reports.
However, according to the FMI report, 49 percent panelists surveyed by the management consultant and investment banking provider said they expect the construction industry to grow somewhere in the 0.5 percent to 2.5 percent range. And 19 percent expect the industry to have even larger growth, Grayson reports.
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