Dec 23, 20201 min read

Wood Prices Up 41 Percent, Concrete and Steel Steady

Producer price index (PPI) for softwood lumber is up over 41 percent since November 2020 whereas PPI for ready mixed concrete is up less...

May 20, 20202 min read

Building Beyond Code Saves Money

National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) undertook a study in 2017 to quantify the value of designing buildings to exceed the 2015...

May 20, 20201 min read

Costs of Disasters in U.S. Continue to Rise

According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), there were 14 billion-dollar weather and climate disaster events in...

May 19, 20201 min read

Building material prices mixed since COVID downturn

According to the U.S. bureau of labor and statistics, changes in producer price indexes in basic building materials are mixed. Softwood...