Consolidation within the constructi...

Consolidation within the construction industry will remain a significant turn in the 1990s, and general contractors with a unique market position will be in demand as acquisition candidates, according to Fails Management Institute, a Raleigh, N.C.-based management consultant that specializes in construction.

as it is firms include those with an completion user, rather than a developer customer base, and those involved in other than low-bid markets, of the like kind as construction management and program management, Fails said in its forecast of industry sweeps during the century's final decade.