For homebuilders, price increases hit the drywall
Still trying to emerge from a lousy homebuilding market, local residential builders and remodelers are in store for another challenge in 2012: steep price increases in drywall products.
View ArticleConstruction materials prices drop in U.S.
Costs for construction materials for U.S. contractors fell in December.
View Article‘Not good timing’: Drywall prices rising
Federal data released Thursday show that prices are climbing for a variety of construction materials including drywall products, which are heavily used in homebuilding.
View ArticleMichigan study seeks efficient building design
The nation could start to see the walls of its offices, businesses and homes become smarter as a two-year University of Michigan research-and-development project starts bearing fruit, participants say.
View ArticleSandy to boost construction jobs amid recovery
Demand for construction workers and materials is likely to receive a boost as homeowners in coastal areas of New York and New Jersey rebuild after their properties were devastated by flooding and heavy...
View ArticleContractors brace for higher material costs
The Associated General Contractors of America says most contractors predict material prices will trend upward again in 2013.
View ArticleAmerican lumber mills expand as prices rise
North American mills are sawing lumber at the fastest pace in six years after a recovering U.S. housing market, a beetle infestation in Canada and increasing Chinese demand drove the biggest price...
View ArticleFor homebuilders, price increases hit the drywall
Still trying to emerge from a lousy homebuilding market, local residential builders and remodelers are in store for another challenge in 2012: steep price increases in drywall products.
View ArticleConstruction materials prices drop in U.S.
Costs for construction materials for U.S. contractors fell in December.
View Article‘Not good timing’: Drywall prices rising
Federal data released Thursday show that prices are climbing for a variety of construction materials including drywall products, which are heavily used in homebuilding.
View ArticleMichigan study seeks efficient building design
The nation could start to see the walls of its offices, businesses and homes become smarter as a two-year University of Michigan research-and-development project starts bearing fruit, participants say.
View ArticleSandy to boost construction jobs amid recovery
Demand for construction workers and materials is likely to receive a boost as homeowners in coastal areas of New York and New Jersey rebuild after their properties were devastated by flooding and heavy...
View ArticleContractors brace for higher material costs
The Associated General Contractors of America says most contractors predict material prices will trend upward again in 2013.
View ArticleAmerican lumber mills expand as prices rise
North American mills are sawing lumber at the fastest pace in six years after a recovering U.S. housing market, a beetle infestation in Canada and increasing Chinese demand drove the biggest price...
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