Non-residential construction costs rose 2.24% in Q1 2025 as tariffs and trade policy shifts create uncertainty across U.S.

Fresh 50% duties on the critical building materials will inflate prices across a range of commercial projects, according to ...

General contractors are preparing for additional price hikes on key building materials in the wake of new steel and aluminum ...

Prices for the indexes’ materials component are published in the preceding month on the Construction Economics pages. Cement prices are in the first issue of the month, lumber prices in the ...

Non residential construction costs rose 2.24 in Q1 2025 as tariffs and trade policy create uncertainty across U.S. markets, ...

Prices for inputs to new residential construction—excluding capital investment, labor, and imports—fell 0.4% in April, ...

Building costs rose in the first quarter of 2025 by more than any four-month period in 2024, one cost index found.

Wholesale trade sales of construction materials also increased by 2.5%. The ACI is a composite index of the level of activity within the building and construction sectors. However, the ACI only ...