Skanska has released its Summer 2025 Construction Market Trends Report, offering analysis on the impacts of tariffs, supply chain conditions and material pricing on the U.S. construction industry.

The Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts have stimulated the construction industry by reducing borrowing costs for new projects. Increased construction activity has led to a rise in demand for steel ...

Although ENR’s indexes measure the costs of non-residential buildings, the housing market has had a major impact on index movement. The ENR 20-city average yearly price for steel rose 11.2% by the end ...

In the dusty, extra-wide lumber aisle of Home Depot, a contractor taps the neatly piled boards as he walks, sizing up the wood that will soon become the backbone of his next project. He’s on contract ...

An unfinished commercial structure reflects the broader slowdown in traditional private development, even as industrial and data center work continues to drive most of the sector’s remaining strength, ...

As a provider of data-driven solutions for the building lifecycle, Gordian released its 2025 RSMeans Data. The RSMeans Data is updated quarterly to reflect the state of cost lines in the industry.

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The construction industry is navigating some of the most ...

The cost of construction materials and labor spiked at the beginning of 2026, spearheaded by rising prices for energy and materials. Construction input prices rose to a 12.6% annualized rate in the ...

In a statistical release published earlier this week, the Department outlined that, during February, the wholesale price of ...