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June 12, 2026

Construction Materials Prices Jumped 2.6% in May — Now Up Nearly 10% Year-Over-Year. Here’s What It Means for Your Bids.

The latest BLS data shows the steepest single-month construction input increase in months — and the inflationary pressure is broad-based.

Trade Tools

May 17, 2026

How to Use the Producer Price Index to Track Construction Material Costs — And Protect Your Bids

The federal government publishes detailed monthly data on what your materials actually cost. Here’s how to find it, read it,

Products/Methods Residential

April 4, 2026

Carbon-Negative Building Material Developed That Pulls CO₂ from the Air

Engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have developed a groundbreaking new building material called enzymatic structural material (ESM) that removes more