The highlight of the McGraw-Hill Construction Outlook 2012 Executive Conference held in Washington, DC on October 19, 2011 was the presentation of McGraw-Hill Construction’s Dodge 2012 Construction Outlook, a detailed forecast of the industry's economic environment and market trends. This comprehensive 32 page report covers all the aspects that Robert Murray, vice president of economic affairs for McGraw-Hill Construction, discussed in his presentation including over 60 charts, tables and graphs. New construction starts are expected to reach $412 billion in 2012, barely budging from the 2011 total. The Construction Outlook discusses why total U.S. construction will bounce along at current levels over the next year, rather than staging a long-awaited recovery, and will provide the underlying reasons why some sectors will start to show improvement, while others will continue to weigh down progress.
