Contractors across the U.S. have recently expressed concern about completing prospective construction projects due to a nationwide concrete shortage. It’s a problem not new to the industry — companies have...
A recently launched tool that bills itself as “Google Maps for finding construction aggregates” aims to level the playing field for finding, purchasing, and delivering construction aggregates across the country. ...
As traditional material prices continue to rise, more and more builders are looking for alternative materials to complete their projects. ByFusion, a Los Angeles-based startup founded in 2017, has introduced...
During an exclusive Levelset panel on September 15, construction industry experts Alex Carrick, Chief Economist for ConstructConnect, and Ken Simonson, Chief Economist for the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC),...
Major Seattle construction projects are being delayed and city officials are citing the city’s recent concrete strike as a major factor even months after its resolution. Notably, Seattle’s Sound Transit...
Supply chain issues and insolvency problems have unraveled the construction industry in Australia as billion-dollar developers are facing liquidation and rattling the nation’s economy in what’s been called “a construction...
With the construction supply chain on a constant rollercoaster, many builders have taken to looking towards alternative materials, and thanks to TikTok, one has been getting more and more attention:...
Costs of Goods Sold (COGS) is an integral part of doing business in the construction world, as it isn’t all just about the job itself. These costs connect directly to...
Lumber prices have fluctuated wildly over the past few years as pandemic-related supply chain disruptions and housing booms have thrown supply-demand patterns up and down. Since March 2020, lumber prices...
Construction input prices have now increased by 20.1% in the last 12 months — and are currently 46% higher than they were in the months leading up to the pandemic....