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Top Contractors by Joe Florkowski
General contractors across the state say they are keeping an eye on the economy as they continue to build in 2008. Most contractors contacted for this story report they had a solid 2007, but that the coming years will be more difficult as the effect of the state’s housing slump becomes more apparent. One of the initial trends that California’s general contractors are seeing in late 2007 and early 2008 is more competition for public works projects. “There are more and more people on the bidding lists for public work,” says Keith Gonsalves, vice president with San Carlos-based Gonsalves & Stronck Construction. Gonsalves says that on some public projects valued at between $5 million to $15 million, he’s seeing more than 10 bidders on projects where there once were only a few. |
