The possibility of tariffs is awful for construction. We bid contracts out far enough where we already have to read chicken bones on price escalations for the next 6-12 months. Now I am having conversations with GCs about what the contracts will say about possible dipshit level tariffs, who gets stuck with them, etc. ultimately, it almost doesn’t matter because if any normal job gets hit mid job with big tariffs, it may shut jobs down mid job. Uncertainty certainly isn’t going to make small biz great again. I am sure I am just bad at 4D chess and it will all work out. I know if I was a developer, I may want to not start anything right now. If too many have the wait and see philosophy, construction will be hurt. This is all madness.
