Even with steel sticker-shock over, infrastructure and private-sector boom, and worker shortfalls, won’t keep costs from rising.
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Month: July 2019
Lifted Tariffs Don't End Canada Risks
Construction prices are still going up in Canada, but the upward momentum has slowed on the heels of a deal between Ottawa and Washington, D.C., to scrap tariffs on steel and aluminum.
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Fluid Tariff and Trade Policies Make US Estimators Cautious
Construction procurement is operating in a constantly changing buying environment for key materials
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Checking For Signs of Slowdown in a Growth Market
Will rising materials prices and labor costs blunt the growth in the building sector?
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Construction Starts Rise as Material Prices Come Down
Large increases in 2018 have given way to better balance in lumber and steel sectors
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Construction Economics for July 8, 2019
ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics
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Autodesk Sees Construction Learning From Manufacturing
The latest Autodesk University user conference, held in London in June with an estimated 2,000 attendees, showcased some of the recent achievements in the automation of design and construction.
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Product Snapshot: Safety Walkway and Dozer
The Kee crossover safe-access platforms provide safe traversal on low-slope roofs.
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Pulse: Project News for the Week of July, 8, 2019
The Federal Highway Administration is planning to rehabilitate the 12.4-mile long Many Glacier Rd.
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