尽管医疗机构多年来一直是休斯顿的稳定工作来源,但哈维指出,医疗保健工作也暂停了,部分原因是对《平价医疗法案的未来》的不确定性。他补充说:“每个人都屏住呼吸。”

尽管如此,一些承包商仍看到大型医疗项目在2011年开始。McCarthyBuil新利18备用网址ding and Balfour Beatty在Hood Fort Hood的5.31亿美元Carl R. Darnall陆军医疗中心替代项目上打破了地面。亨特建筑集团(Hunt Construction Group)还开始在达拉斯(Dallas)西南医学中心的4.5亿美元威廉·P·克莱门茨大学医院(William P. Clements Jr.

运输僵局

Gridlock对一项新的联邦运输法案造成了州机构和承包商的头痛,但得克萨斯州找到了一种使该地区最大公司忙碌的方法。詹姆斯建筑集团巴吞鲁日(Baton Rouge)在2011年的收入得到了改善,部分原因是该州在该州的I-35 I-35扩张项目上的工作。

公司拥有四个项目沿着走廊c新利18备用网址urrently under construction, totaling $421.5 million. The company's combined revenue in Texas and Louisiana has increased steadily from $370 million in 2008 to $463 million in 2011.

公私合作伙伴关系也在推动大量工作。伍德兰兹韦伯(Webber)于去年在奥斯丁(Austin)290 Toll Road的Manor Expressway上开始从事一个耗资2.8亿美元的项目。休斯敦的威廉姆斯兄弟建筑公司(Williams Brothers Construction)在休斯敦的美国290/IH610上进行了1.52亿美元的项目打破了地面。

As post-Katrina reconstruction projects wind down, construction opportunities are getting tight in Louisiana, according to Robert Boh, president of Boh Bros. Construction in New Orleans. "For the last year, it has been extremely competitive to get new work," he points out. "As projects finish, it gets more difficult to find something new."

Still, Boh Bros held its own in 2011 with $381 million in revenue, virtually flat compared with the $380 million reported in 2010. But times are getting tougher, and Boh forecasts that 2012 could be down slightly.

在他的担忧中,Boh指出,在卡特里娜飓风飓风在该州的立足点稳定的立足之后,几年前就开始工作的大型国家公司。他说:“您可以通过过去没有在这里的公司的投标人数来判断。”“如果情况在该国其他地方变得更好,他们可能会继续前进,但是现在他们待在这里,他们仍在竞标。”

Although the state could see a boom in activity tied to petrochemical projects, Boh doesn't see many local firms getting much of a boost.