Tariffs Drive Construction Materials Prices Up 2.8% in 2025

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30—Construction input prices decreased 0.6% in December compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data. Nonresidential construction input prices decreased 0.7% for the month. Overall construction input prices are 2.8% higher than a year ago, while nonresidential construction […]

Last-minute deal spares federal construction from government shutdown

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Democrats and Republicans hammered out the framework of a deal Thursday that would spare most construction-related federal funding from lapsing as a partial government shutdown still looms. The agreement follows negotiations around removing funding for the Department […]

How ProFormance Doubled Estimating Capacity with STACK

For ProFormance, the biggest challenge was not only the complexity of plans, but the sheer volume and pace of work. Their estimators managed massive volumes of repetitive data under tight deadlines, where even a small error could quickly multiply across hundreds of homes. Before STACK, updating materials or pricing meant revisiting estimates one by one. […]