Design Firm Management & Administration Report

“Cost estimating is difficult at any time,” Noriko Miyakoda Hall, vice president and director of preconstruction services at Tishman Construction Corporation in Boston, told DFMAR. “But the slowdown makes our job more difficult. Owners can’t decide whether to go forward with projects. Many projects are on hold, except for gaming, which is still booming in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Connecticut, and internationally. But everything else is pretty slow. In Boston, commercial and residential are really slow.”