Despite the news of a rising stock market, or the fact that the Dow Jones average has topped 11,000, your own architectural practice may be struggling. Where is the recovery, you might ask? Why hasn’t the stimulus package hit the marketplace yet, or affected your revenues? You must wonder if the whole world feels as you do, if the economy has gotten back to normal anywhere, and is it possible there are places that are actually prospering.
McGraw-Hill Construction convened a gathering of construction leaders to address some of those questions last month, and the answer is: It’s a big world out there. At the Global Construction Summit, held in New York on April 7 and 8, approximately 400 people from more than 20 countries gathered to find out where the work is and who is doing what. Cosponsored by the China International Contractors Association, the gathering of leaders, many of whom seemed eagerly poised for answers on those sunny spring afternoons, included constructors, architects, owners, representatives from industry, and engineers, from places as diverse as Nigeria and Korea. At times, the stage resembled a mini United Nations.
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