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Strong construction markets don’t just depend on contractors—they depend on the strength of the supply chains behind them. Yet across Fort Worth, one of the biggest barriers to growth isn’t demand—it’s misalignment between contractors and suppliers.
Last year, the City of Fort Worth partnered with the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber, the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber, and the Fort Worth Chamber to enhance small business participation in city contracts, promote procurement readiness, and provide technical assistance through partnerships and targeted support services.
As part of this program, the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (FWHCC) launched its Suppliers Roundtable Series, a quarterly initiative designed to bring both sides of the ecosystem together and tackle challenges at their source.
At the heart of the issue is risk. Suppliers are often expected to extend credit, manage fluctuating inventory, and scale with project demand—all while lacking visibility into contractor capacity, payment timelines, and long-term pipelines. Contractors, meanwhile, face pricing volatility, material shortages, and inconsistent communication that make planning and execution more difficult.
The result is friction that slows projects, limits competitiveness, and constrains growth for local businesses.
See the information below provided by the FWHCC on their Suppliers Roundtable Series and visit their website here to register for their second quarter event happening both in person and online on April 21st from 9 - 10:30 AM.
Suppliers Roundtable Series
Presented by the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Too often, programs focused on improving contractor readiness are designed about suppliers—without ever being designed with them.
Our Suppliers Roundtables are intentionally different.
These quarterly convenings bring together:
The purpose is simple: to hear directly from suppliers about what they need in order to reduce risk, improve forecasting, and support more complex work.
This includes real conversations around:
These are not abstract challenges—they directly impact whether local contractors can bid, price, and deliver competitively.
What the Data Is Telling Us
Nationally, the urgency is clear.
According to the Gallagher Redrawing Global Supply Chains Survey:
Those pressures are felt even more acutely by small contractors and local suppliers who often do not have the scale advantages of larger firms.
This is why the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber is committed to creating local resilience strategies, not waiting for disruptions to force reaction.
From Insight to Action
The most important part of these roundtables is that they lead to real system improvements.
Insights gathered each quarter are translated into practical solutions, including:
This is how we move from conversation to measurable supply chain strength.
Why We Host Them Quarterly
Supply chain challenges are not static.
Pricing shifts, labor shortages, permitting changes, tariffs, immigration policy, cybersecurity risks, and even global geopolitical tensions can all disrupt local contractor operations in real time.
By hosting these roundtables every quarter, we ensure that our programs evolve alongside the market and remain rooted in the real needs of both suppliers and contractors.
This helps us build:
Building a More Resilient Fort Worth
Our Supplier Strategy Roundtables are more than events.
They are a systems-building platform that helps Fort Worth contractors and suppliers reduce friction, strengthen trust, and scale together.
Because when suppliers are stronger, contractors are stronger.
And when both are stronger, Fort Worth wins.
Visit the FWHCC website here to register for their 2nd quarter event happening both in person and online on April 21st from 9 - 10:30 AM.
Also visit the FWHCC website here to learn more about a weekly virtual series where contractors will learn how to forecast material costs, manage supplier dynamics, and reduce risk—beginning April 21 at noon, week one’s focus will be on navigating price volatility and protecting project margins.
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