2021 Engineering and Construction Industry Overview

Our latest comprehensive economic assessment of the U.S. and Canada engineering and construction market is here. Download your copy for our market commentary, strategies...

FMI’s North American Engineering and Construction Outlook: Third Quarter 2020 Report

The Outlook offers comprehensive construction forecasts for a broad range of market segments and geographies in the U.S. and Canada as well as information...

FMI’s North American Engineering and Construction Outlook: Second Quarter 2020 Report

The Outlook offers comprehensive construction forecasts for a broad range of market segments and geographies in the U.S. and Canada as well as information...

FMI’s Outlook Preview & CIRT Current Issues Survey: Second Quarter 2020

This report is to inform readers of developing economic conditions impacting the design and construction industry and to provide interim guidance on FMI’s construction...

FMI’s North American Engineering and Construction Outlook: First Quarter 2020 Report

The Outlook offers comprehensive construction forecasts for a broad range of market segments and geographies in the U.S. and Canada as well as information...

2020 FMI Overview Featuring the 2019 U.S. and Canada Fourth Quarter Construction Outlooks

As we head into 2020, we find ourselves at the top of an extended economic cycle, confronted with polarizing geopolitical tensions and increasing uncertainty....

FMI’s North American Engineering and Construction Outlook: Third Quarter 2019 Report

The Outlook offers comprehensive construction forecasts for a broad range of market segments and geographies in the U.S. and Canada as well as information...

FMI’s North American Construction Outlook: Second Quarter 2019 Report

The Outlook offers comprehensive construction forecasts for a broad range of market segments and geographies in the U.S. and Canada as well as information...

FMI’s North American Construction Outlook: First Quarter 2019 Report

The Outlook offers comprehensive construction forecasts for a broad range of market segments and geographies in the U.S. and Canada as well as information...

2019 FMI Overview Featuring FMI’s latest forecast, the 2019 U.S. and Canada Construction Outlooks

Through 2019, FMI expects E&C spending to continue to grow at an anticipated 3% annual rate, with mostly positive, albeit moderately decelerating, growth rates...

FMI’s Third Quarter 2018 Construction Outlook

FMI’s Construction Outlook offers comprehensive construction forecasts for a broad range of market segments and geographies across North America, as well as information on key...

FMI’s Second Quarter 2018 Construction Outlook

FMI’s Construction Outlook offers comprehensive construction forecasts for a broad range of market segments and geographies across North America, as well as information on key...

FMI’s First Quarter 2018 Construction Outlook

FMI’s Construction Outlook offers comprehensive construction forecasts for a broad range of market segments and geographies across North America, as well as information on key...

2018 FMI Overview, Featuring FMI’s Fourth Quarter Construction Outlook

FMI executives share their retrospectives on how 2017 shaped up for the engineering and construction (E&C) industry and discuss what’s ahead for the next...

Third Quarter 2017 Construction Outlook

Total construction spending put in place for the U.S. is forecast to end up 4% in 2017 compared to 2016. Looking ahead to 2018,...

Second Quarter 2017 Construction Outlook

While there is some uncertainty as to growth in 2018 and beyond, it appears that, as we have been reporting, the industry will continue...

First Quarter 2017 Construction Outlook

With all the recent public discussion on infrastructure, we might expect that spending for highways and bridges, water supply, sewage and waste disposal, and...

U.S. Markets Construction Overview 2017

The election was a big point of uncertainty and contention. With that behind us, many of our clients are cautiously optimistic—if not even bullish—on...

FMI’s 2016 Construction Outlook, Third Quarter Report

The construction industry has largely recovered from the recession, at least in terms of billions of dollars in construction put in place. Up until...

FMI’s 2016 Construction Outlook, Second Quarter Report

After a slow start to the year, the U.S. economy is picking up speed in the second quarter, with consumer spending continuing to rise...