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2nd Quarterly Cost Report 2008: Inflation's One-Two Punch

Publication Date: 16-JUN-08
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Description:

Inflation 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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