New South News Dear Friends, The weather and the economy continue to be good for the construction industry. While Hurricane Dorian definitely affected business in our markets the good news is that the Carolinas and Georgia were largely spared from any major damage. Also, the major construction...
>> New South eNews New South News Dear Friends, As I compose this letter many companies in our industry are starting on their 2020 budget. This means that forecasters are now releasing their projections for next year. Most of the projections are calling for a slight slowdown. Dodge...
>> New South eNews New South News Dear Friends, As I compose this letter in late July the rains have largely been holding off and business has picked up for most of us. Despite this there have been only a few price increases from our main manufacturers. See...
New South News Dear Friends, With the rain largely staying away in the Carolinas and Georgia, the last few weeks have been very good for construction. Hopefully that will continue for the balance of the summer, although late afternoon thunderstorms are par for the course in our...
New South News Dear Friends, It appears (knock wood) that the rainy weather that has plagued us since last July has ended, at least for the last two weeks. Many jobs that have been delayed for up to nine months or more due to job sites being too...
New South News Dear Friends: Spring has sprung and the construction industry is shifting into high gear with the onset of the prime construction season here in the South. However, prices increases haven’t shifted into high gear yet so now is a good time to lock in...
New South Monthly News Dear Friends: As I write this in late March is appears winter is over here in the South. We have also gotten a respite from the unusually high amounts of rain we have been dealing with since last July. Greenville, SC where our...
New South Monthly News Dear Friends: As I write this in late February the stock market is roaring, the government shutdown is over, and forecasters are saying we will duck the recession bullet yet again. Now if the rain would just stop. I don’t know about you...
New South Monthly News Dear Friends: Happy New Year! As I write this the government is still in partial shutdown mode for almost a month; however, the construction industry doesn’t seem to be suffering….yet. It’s amazing how we pay these politicians to do the people’s work and...
New South Monthly News Dear Friends, It’s hard to believe we’re already at the end of 2018. It seems we were just doing our 2018 budget a few months ago and now the year is almost over. It has been a good year overall for the construction...