Some of the more searing images over the past few years have been the scenes of people in Flint, Michigan lining up to receive bottled water due to concerns about the safety of their city’s water supply.
December 20, 2021For many construction professionals, the question now is what will the market look like in 2022? A pair of recent announcements by leading building product manufacturers indicates that the market will remain strong going forward.
December 9, 2021Compared to this time last year, retail sales in the category were up more than 13%.
November 29, 2021Prices of all construction materials – lumber, steel, drywall, fasteners, etc. – rose 1.5% in October, the highest such increase since June.
November 29, 2021The good news: shipments of asphalt shingles and polymer-modified bituminous membranes rose at a double-digit pace in the third quarter of 2021.
November 4, 2021Over the past year and a half, the US building construction industry has been buffeted by a wide range of issues
October 14, 2021The recent release of the August 2021 retail sales report by the US Commerce Department showed that sales by building materials and garden equipment and suppliers posted declines yet again in August, falling more than 4.5% in that month.
September 24, 2021Freedonia analysts will continue to monitor the ongoing effects of Hurricane Ida – as well as other severe weather events – on the US economy.
September 16, 2021If we designed a healthier waste, sewage, and water system to make cholera history… If we installed window screens, used pesticides, and managed standing water to reduce insect-borne illnesses such as yellow fever, malaria, West Nile, Dengue, Zika, and others… How did we manage to forget indoor air quality?
September 16, 2021As readers of this site will note, the shortage lumber – and its high price when available – was a completely unanticipated (and unpleasant) result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
September 7, 2021