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Razor-Thin Margins As Contractors Fight For Stimulus Projects

Publication Date: 24-JUN-09
Author: Andrew G. Wright
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What a difference a year makes. In the second quarter of 2008, construction starts had moved slightly off the record-run rate of the previous three years. The economic bloodletting set off by the subprime meltdown did not really spill over into construction until the second half of the year.
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