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The allure of the stimulus package has proven tempting enough for public government contracts, or Requests for Proposals (RFPs), to become an integral and steady revenue stream for the construction industry in particular.Over the past two years many private construction projects have had to be either shelved totally or in a few cases put on hold for the time being. When that time for restarting these projects will be announced is anyone's guess.

The lagging construction part has a wide ranging impact on not only the main contractors but also on the various sub-contractors as well. The main contractors have suffered the downturn. It has also been relatively taxing on peripheral construction industries such as architecture design firms, whose lifeblood is roughly symbiotic with the highs and lows of the construction sector. It was not too long ago that many industry leading architectural firms were in high demand and even backlogged. The high demand that architectural firms had been feeling is now replaced with confusion bordering on despair as they, too, scramble to stay afloat and keep a steady project pipeline. In addition, the sales and leasing of tractors and construction equipment have experienced a drastic downturn in the private markets, as well as construction management and inspection.

Facing Draconian short-term forecasts has coincided nicely with the growth for architectural and construction needs within the public sector.

While most of these companies have done some civic work in the past it was usually just another division in their inside infrastructure. The flow of money gives more opportunities to gain and eventually make profit. Now we are seeing them go after government agreement work with gusto. They are who has successfully worked in the private sector.

The trickle down concern has been a massive boost for the bottom lines of mutually the construction companies and the architectural firms. In addition, products like tractors, cranes, and dredging equipment have seen support in various RFPs and bids released as part of the stimulus.. In a twist of irony, it could be argued that there are so many new public construction RFPs coming in daily that some feel the several exists for even more quality and seasoned companies to at least propose bids lest they are faced with an unfortunate predicament.

Nation's bedrock industry has a new life to work. With the need for renovations to definite areas of an aging infrastructure thrown into the mix it bodes well for probable contraction and architectural firms of all sizes. In government contracts they are able to find steady and continual work that simply did not exist prior to the release of the stimulus package. This has produced a rare win-win situation that shows no signs of abating anytime soon.