While there are signs of growing optimism among contractors about some aspects of their business, the bottom line is that only 20 percent of firms say they expect the overall construction market to grow in 2013, while 56 percent don’t expect it to grow again until at least 2015. Even though few firms expect the market to grown again in 2013, more manufacturing contractors expect growth in 2013 than any other market types, with 21 percent predicting growth this year. Water and sewer contractors will have to be more patient than other contractors, with more of.
