He seriously doesn’t know?

All the major civil engineering firms have been in the doldrums since the housing market started going down. Many firms have been laying off staff for the past two years.

The only civil engineering firms not suffering are the ones who have diversified into government contracts (usually the small ones).

I don’t have any personal knowledge, but I heard that the Hunsaker office in San Diego had to lay off a major portion of their surveying and civil engineering personnel. This happened around last year.

He seriously doesn’t know?

All the major civil engineering firms have been in the doldrums since the housing market started going down. Many firms have been laying off staff for the past two years.

The only civil engineering firms not suffering are the ones who have diversified into government contracts (usually the small ones).

I don’t have any personal knowledge, but I heard that the Hunsaker office in San Diego had to lay off a major portion of their surveying and civil engineering personnel. This happened around last year.

I work in Real Estate Development and I can tell you in no uncertain terms the CE firms in San Diego are hurting for work. I have been getting a lot of calls lately of guys looking for work. The good firms will whether this fine as they adjust their portfolio of work to include more recession proof work (ie Caltrans, public works, Senior Housing, etc.) but the smaller firms are hurting. You will also see the bigger firms lay off some people as well. It’s the nature of the business and we who work in it are all used to it.

Doesn’t surprise me that a guy working at a large firm doesn’t know what is going on. A lot of guys just do production day in and day out and don’t see the external forces going on. Especially if your friend does a lot of public works projects. That has a fairly constant stream of workflow recession or not.

I work in Real Estate Development and I can tell you in no uncertain terms the CE firms in San Diego are hurting for work. I have been getting a lot of calls lately of guys looking for work. The good firms will whether this fine as they adjust their portfolio of work to include more recession proof work (ie Caltrans, public works, Senior Housing, etc.) but the smaller firms are hurting. You will also see the bigger firms lay off some people as well. It’s the nature of the business and we who work in it are all used to it.

Doesn’t surprise me that a guy working at a large firm doesn’t know what is going on. A lot of guys just do production day in and day out and don’t see the external forces going on. Especially if your friend does a lot of public works projects. That has a fairly constant stream of workflow recession or not.

I work in Real Estate Development and I can tell you in no uncertain terms the CE firms in San Diego are hurting for work. I have been getting a lot of calls lately of guys looking for work. The good firms will whether this fine as they adjust their portfolio of work to include more recession proof work (ie Caltrans, public works, Senior Housing, etc.) but the smaller firms are hurting. You will also see the bigger firms lay off some people as well. It’s the nature of the business and we who work in it are all used to it.

Doesn’t surprise me that a guy working at a large firm doesn’t know what is going on. A lot of guys just do production day in and day out and don’t see the external forces going on. Especially if your friend does a lot of public works projects. That has a fairly constant stream of workflow recession or not.

I have done work with Hunsaker Engineering’s Irvine Office. They are doing quite well right now. Things are slower, but the larger, well-diversified firms are keeping busy. If you friend can make it through the next 2 years without getting laid off, he will be fine. Residential investment with the homebuilders always bottoms out well before the resale residential market. Land planning and engineering are at the leading edge of the land development process, so when there is even a hint of a recovery, this work will pick up.

I have done work with Hunsaker Engineering’s Irvine Office. They are doing quite well right now. Things are slower, but the larger, well-diversified firms are keeping busy. If you friend can make it through the next 2 years without getting laid off, he will be fine. Residential investment with the homebuilders always bottoms out well before the resale residential market. Land planning and engineering are at the leading edge of the land development process, so when there is even a hint of a recovery, this work will pick up.