Landscape Management, December 2018
The landscape industry is feeling the effects of low unemployment in terms of not having the desired number of workers to grow or fulfill contracts and having work delayed because of other trades labor shortages The labor shortage has really wreaked havoc on all industries so it has slowed our work down in the divisions that are dependent on other people say Nate Fetig vice president and co owner of Alpine Gardens Our commercial division is down this year because it took general contractors 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 DECEMBER 2018 LANDSCAPEMANAGEMENT NET 45 49 25 26 47 26 27 56 25 19 75 19 6 80 16 4 85 11 4 85 11 4 90 7 3 92 65 15 Very or relatively healthy Flat Slightly or significantly down longer to get their work done Work we thought would happen in April didnt happen until July The Fort Collins Colo based firm which does about 9 million in annual revenue expects to wrap up 2018 down about 05 percent due to problems getting work done For 2019 the company should grow about 10 percent Fetig says SOLID SPENDING Both construction spending a leading indicator for the commercial landscape sector and consumer confidence are high research shows Landscape contractors are 55 Very optimistic 37 Somewhat optimistic 7 Uncertain 0 Somewhat pessimistic 1 Very pessimistic Whats your 2019 business outlook Continued on page 46 Prosperity continues How landscape professionals describe the state of the market
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