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Published on: 1/5/2009
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,,, Doug Dohn, founder and president, Dohn Construction Inc. in Fort Collins;
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,,Hacker: Doug, tell us what you see for the construction industry in the region.
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,,Doug Dohn: It's a challenging time, I think, especially as far as residential construction is concerned.
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,,Hacker: Thanks, Doug.
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,,Dohn: Well, obviously they've talked about restructuring the whole regulatory process for banks, and whenever the government talks about a massive change, you get nervous about what they're really going to do.
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,,Hacker: Doug, in what sector do you think there's going to be the most activity in construction?
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,,Dohn: I think institutional building is definitely going to be probably the strongest sector.
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,,Dohn: I think this community bank system has really worked well in our area and in a lot of the smaller markets when they all work together and they can participate in loans.
But the lending limits and the liquidity levels of community banks make it a struggle on larger projects.
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,,Hacker: Doug, it's been kind of a roller coaster ride for the last few years with building commodity prices - steel, cement, lumber - just rising through the roof.
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,,Dohn: The only commodity that we're getting any kind of indication of price increase is cement.
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,,Dohn: I have seen a lot of really positive things.
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,,Hacker: Thanks, Doug.