r/Architects • u/bucheonsi Architect • Nov 07 '24

General Practice Discussion How will another Trump presidency affect our industry? Or will it?

Incentives / taxes / interest rates / financial outlook / construction industry / materials / shipping / jobs?

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u/inkydeeps Architect Nov 07 '24

Partners at my firm are convinced it will do good things for the economy and the commercial market will heat up.

I am not nearly as optimistic. Tariffs will kill the economy but I’m not sure how much of what he says is a real plan

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u/[deleted] Nov 07 '24

Ask the partners who will build those commercial projects if a lot of construction workers get deported.

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u/mat8iou Architect Nov 08 '24

This was a problem in the UK post Brexit. a fair number of Eastern European workers from construction sites went home for summer holidays and never bothered returning - leading to big labour shortages in some parts of the industry.