An article today at ENR.com clarifies this year’s World of Concrete attendance numbers. It appears that my previously speculation of a 30% decline is off a bit. The drop from last year was 16% according to this article, but the decline from the peak year of 2007 was 40%. That is a pretty big hit, to say the least.
Vendor attendance was also off, as many opted to not come, and many others scaled down their presence. This made for a lot more elbow room in the convention halls, which I didn’t mind at all.
In the midst of this the mood was at least moderately upbeat. Certainly I did not see the widespread “you look like your dog just died” kind of thing that is so prevalent in southern California. Maybe it was just because the most pessimistic people didn’t even bother to come, but it was nice to change the tone of the conversation to “how are we going to do things better,” from “I wonder if we will ever get any more work?”
David Prizio has over 35 years experience in the fields of general contracting, concrete subcontracting, and civil engineering. He functioned in the capacity of carpenter at Prizio & Prizio while attending college. After graduating from Cal Poly, Pomona in 1975, David Prizio began working as a project manager at the firm. He was responsible for design coordination, cost estimation, construction coordination and administration of commercial general contracting projects. He consulted with clients regarding design, marketing, and financing of building and construction projects.