復興特需の「後」へ何をつなぐか

摘要

The January 2002 issue of this magazine featured the theme "Is there a future in the building industry?" That was ten years after the bubble economy had burst; the industry's future was in question, especially given the tendency toward dwindling amounts of private investment. Now another ten years have passed, and although private investment has tended to recover in metropolitan areas, public projects have generally backed up. Hence, the local building industry particularly has been pushed to reduce personnel and equipment, while by contrast major general contractors have fought to expand into wider Asian markets.%本誌2002年1月号の特集テーマは「建築業界に未来はあるか」であった。バブル崩壊から10年後である。特に民間投資額の縮小傾向をとらえつつ、業界の「未来」が問われた。それからまた10年が経つ。 大都市圏での民間投資の回復傾向こそあれ、公共事業は後退し、特に地方建築業が人員・設備の縮小に追われる一方で、大手ゼネコンはアジア市場に活路を求めてきた。