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Construction Costs on the Rise: Unpacking the PPI Price Surge

Consumer Prices vs. Construction Costs The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that as of December 2025, the year-over-year increase in consumer prices (CPI-U) and construction bid prices both stood…

adminFebruary 13, 2026

Commercial Construction

Metal Price Volatility Squeezes Projects Amid Data Center Boom

Mounting Cost Pressures Entering 2026 Construction firms entered 2026 under mounting cost pressure as tariffs, energy costs, and record data center demand keep key metal prices elevated,…

adminJanuary 20, 2026

Commercial Construction

Development charges a runaway train that needs to be stopped now

Buried deep in the final sticker price of a new home is a complex stack of hidden costs for land and approvals, materials and labour,…

adminJanuary 15, 2026

Commercial Construction

How Will Construction Face Its Third Margin Squeeze In a Decade?

For the third time in a decade, material price increases are substantially outpacing bid prices. The latest occurrence has been exacerbated by persistent wage growth…

adminJanuary 6, 2026

Commercial Construction

RESCON summit speaker urges industry to ‘challenge the productivity stagnation narrative’

The perception productivity of the Canadian construction industry isn’t up to snuff might not be true, says a professor in the civil and engineering department…

adminOctober 1, 2025

Commercial Construction

Tariffs drive largest construction materials price spike since early 2023: AGC

The cost of materials and services used in nonresidential construction posted its steepest annual increase in two-and-a-half years, according to federal data published yesterday by…

adminAugust 15, 2025