While there are plenty of challenges this year including higher interest rates, continued high construction and materials costs and the threat of recession most of the larger construction companies have work booked well into next year.
A roundup of construction news from around Maine includes the groundbreaking for the Harold and Bibby Alfond Center for Health Sciences, a $93 million complex that will be the focal point of the University of New England's medical campus in Portland.
Works in progress include the Longfellow Hotel & Spa in Portland, a hotel proposal in Wells, a Market Basket planned for Topsham, dedication of a Thomas College athletic field and how the lack of loggers is affecting lumber supplies.