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2nd Quarterly Cost Report:
With Stimulus Spending Running Out Recession Will Keep Grip on Costs06/23/2010 The recession is expected to keep its grip on costs through the second half of this year, despite a shift in what is affected. View Complete Report with Data and Analysis |
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1st Quarterly Cost Report:
Despite Upturn in Steel, Lumber and Energy Prices, Deflation Sweeps Cost Index Board Prices for diesel fuel, structural steel, lumber and gypsum-wallboard products started to stir during the first quarter, but most increases were coming off dismal lows in 2009 and were not strong enough to break the stranglehold the recession has on construction costs. |
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4th Quarterly Cost Report:
Recession Spreads To Nonresidential Buildings: Little Room For Costs To MoveThe deepening recession in nonresidential building will keep a cap on costs, frustrating producers who are trying to take advantage of any signs of life in homebuilding. |
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3rd Quarterly Cost Report:
Competition Intensifies as Recession Deepens The drop in materials prices is starting to bottom out, but that is being followed by fierce competition that is cutting margins and driving construction costs well below last year’s levels. |
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2nd Quarterly Cost Report:
Hard Bids, Low Costs In less than a year the construction market has gone from owners fishing for bids to a bidding frenzy. |
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1st Quarterly Cost Report:
Inflation Reverses Course As Recession Floors PricesOver the last six months, the deepening recession its accompanying credit crisis have dramatically changed the construction industry’s cost picture. |
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4th Quarterly Cost Report:
Recession KO's Inflation in 2009The economic crisis has gone global, slowing contruction markets worldwide and knocking back inflation both in the U.S. and overseas. |
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3rd Quarterly Cost Report:
Crisis Changes Demand Side of CostsRecord high oil and steel prices during the first half of the year were just starting to work their way into construction industry cost indexes when the financial meltdown on Wall Street threatened to drastically reduce the demand side of the cost equation. |
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2nd Quarterly Cost Report:
Demand Crowns Diesel, Not Gasoline, Cost King Two to three years ago, some contractors began retiring diesel pickup trucks and replacing them with gasoline units in anticipation of the rising cost of cleaner diesel fuel and lower-emission engines. But many never expected diesel to lose its longtime price stability. |
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1st Quarterly Cost Report:
Stagflation Threatens Construction As High Prices Stare Down Recession As bad economic news continues to mount it is becoming increasingly clear that last year’s subprime mortgage crisis is spilling over into the overall economy and could eventually threaten still healthy commercial and public construction markets. |










