New to owning a blackstone. Only had for about 6 months but fucked up and apparently didn’t let the silicone cover completely dry before putting back resulting in a ton of rust. Any tips to restoring this or is my only option to purchase replacement griddle top?
PE here with 6.5 years of experience in civil site and land development. Wanted to get a gut check from others in the industry because the past 3.5 months have felt noticeably different.
Work has been slow. Not completely dead — I’ve been kept reasonably busy day-to-day — but we haven’t kicked off any meaningful new projects in that stretch. The one exception is a small 68-unit single-family phase that’s part of a larger phased development, but that’s about it. For a firm that was moving at a pretty solid clip before, this shift has been hard to ignore.
For context: I’ve been at this firm for just over a year. It’s a national firm that has been aggressively acquiring and expanding in the Southeast, and the office I’m at was actually one of their earlier acquisitions. So there’s an element of “we’re still figuring out the culture and pipeline here” that might be playing into things.
My questions for the group:
• Is anyone else in civil site/land dev — particularly in the Southeast — experiencing a similar slowdown right now?
• For those at firms that have gone through aggressive acquisition phases, is this kind of lull normal as they digest new offices and build out their regional pipeline?
• At what point do you start getting genuinely concerned vs. just riding it out?
Not panicking yet, just trying to get a realistic read on whether this is a me/firm thing or a broader market thing. Appreciate any input.
Edit: Forgot to note they’re more residential focused (~85% single family/townhomes with occasionally some multifamily)