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With increases in materials costs and shortages continuing for a multitude of items, AGC posted a new update today of the Construc [node:read-more:link]
Materials cost increases continue to intensify in magnitude and suddenness, while availability of materials appears to be worsening.. On March 25, Firestone Building Products notified customers of price increases ranging from 6% for TPO roofing membrane to 75% for glass fiber felt sheets, effective April 25. [node:read-more:link]
Impacts from Russia’s attack on Ukraine and Western nations’ countermeasures continue to affect construction materials prices and supplies. In the past two weeks, readers have forwarded notices of exceptionally large price increases for a variety of structural steel shapes, tubing, and prestressing strand. [node:read-more:link]
Construction input costs outpaced bid prices in February, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data posted on Tuesday. [node:read-more:link]
The war in Ukraine and Western countermeasures are stoking further price increases for numerous construction materials. [node:read-more:link]
Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled 7,613,000 in February, an increase of 60,000 from the upwardly revised January total, according to AGC’s [node:read-more:link]
The war in Ukraine and the West’s response are likely to have multiple effects on construction materials costs and availability. The most immediate impact is likely to be on diesel fuel and gasoline prices. [node:read-more:link]
Construction input costs and bid prices both accelerated in January, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data posted on Tuesday. [node:read-more:link]
AGC posts new Inflation Alert; materials costs, availability, supply chain show mixed changes. [node:read-more:link]
January employment dips by 5,000, record pay hikes as pool of unemployed workers shrinks. Houston adds most construction jobs with 8,000 in December. [node:read-more:link]
