ENR's Q4 2006 cost report is a special, international package of news, analysis and data with many charts and statistics unavailable from any other source (including a forecast of both domestic and international cost increases). The cost report contains stories about how inflation has started to trend downward, the affect of the across-the-globe construction boom and how the competition for qualified employees drives up designer salaries. In this cost report there also are tables showing ENR's 2007 Cost Forecast, Material Price Inflation Through 2007, U.S. Cement Consumption Forecast, Construction Materials Price Movement in 2006, Steel Prices Will Fall in 2007, Builders' Construction Cost Indexes, International Price Trends, International Building Cost Forecast 2007, Building Inflation in Europe, Middle East/Africa/Asia and North and South America, World Labor Rates, International commercial and Industrial Building Costs, International Residential and Retail Building Costs, and Industrial building Purchasing Parities/Index, International Material Prices and Design Firm Managers' Salaries and Bonuses. Table of Contents 1. Forecast: Inflation Shifts Gears in 2007
2. International: Global Demand Pushes Inflation
3. Design Salary Schedules in Jeopardy As Demand for Talent Exceeds Supply |
