What worries contractors?

What keeps construction contractors up at night? The cost of materials; energy and fuel costs; and taxes. Those are the topics listed as their three leading business issues in a survey by the IPA Small Business Research Board. The cost of materials was described by 25% of the participants as the leading concern (the same as the previous period), 15% named energy and fuel as a leading issue -- an increase from 3% of the respondents in the organization's May 2006 report. Taxes were listed by 14% as the leading issue. Your comment?