2nd Quarterly Cost Report 2008: Inflation's One-Two Punch
Keywords: management, markets, finance, construction methods, construction industry, labor, government, costs
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Publication Date: 16-JUN-08
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Article DescriptionInflation is a relentless boxer and it is throwing its hardest punches when the industry is already reeling from a depression in the housing market. Record high oil and steel prices is a combination that could KO several projects. The globalization of commodity prices and a weak dollar are both in inflation's corner in the next quarter.
Primary Contents
Articles:
- Fuel: Record Diesel Prices Add to Delivery Costs
- Inventor's Fuel-Saving Mud Flaps Make Splash With Truckers
- Rebar: Price Spikes Rival Those of The 2004 Crisis
- Economics: Oil And Steel Cost Escalation Drive Inflation
- Compensation: What It Costs To Keep Top Managers
Data Tables: - Builder's Construction Cost Index
- Construction Material Price Movement in 2007-08
- Contractor and CM-Pay
Graphs: - A Spike in Scrap Prices Pushes Rebar Prices to Record High
- Imports Offer Little Relief
- Inflation's Two Major Drives: Oil Prices and Steel Prices
- Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Prices
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