Description:ENR's Q2 2005 cost report is a package of news, analysis and data. The cost report contains stories on rising fuel prices and their challenge to fleet managers, the changing character of the current inflation trend, a discussion of asphalt paving price prospects and a story about how improved business conditions have increased pay. In this cost report there are also tables showing the Builders' Construction Cost Indexes, material price movements from 2004 to 2005 and asphalt price changes for the past 10 years.
Contents
1. Article on fuel prices, "Demand for Crude Oil Has Fuel Prices Pouring Over the Top."
2. Article on material prices, "Prices for Petroleum-Based Products Step Up as Steel Prices Begin to Ease
3. Article on asphalt, "Market Forces Water Down Impact of High Oil Prices on Paving Costs
4. Article on pay, "Hot Market Puts Pressure on Salaries.
