Engineering News-Record

Jeff Yoders, ENR Midwest Editor and Associate Technology Editor, describes the challenges contractors are facing this summer with procuring materials. Yoders reports that “Several contractors working on everything from transit systems to high-rise office buildings say that the cost of lumber, particularly for use in concrete framing, is hurting their bottom lines.”

Here is his timely report:

2021 2Q Cost Report: Supply Issues Persist Even as Lumber, Other Prices Stabilize | Engineering News-Record (enr.com)