Many contractors had a down year in 2002, as the country experienced a downturn in the economy and the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in 2001. Last year saw the economy begin to rebound as interest rates stayed low, housing starts were up, and unemployment levels declined. Those trends should bode well for 2004 - or will they?
The News' Contractor Consultants were asked to identify the biggest challenge that they will face this year. The answers showed that everything still isn't rosy for the HVACR trade.