Western 9, April 25, 2021

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April 25 2021 Vol. XXII • No. 9

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Inside

Gateway Freeway Pr oject Enters Second Phase...12

Story on page 36

Doubling Recycle Capacity W ith Sennebogen...15

Komatsu Reengineer s XT-5 Feller Buncher s...30

Table of Contents ............4 Aggregate & Recycling Section .....................15-21 Truck & Trailer Section .... ..................................22-23 Attachment & Parts Section ......................27-32 Auction Section ........43-45 Business Calendar ........44 Advertisers Index ..........46

Contractors Now Dealing With Rising Costs Industry Battles Cost, Supply, Labor Issues Amid Construction Boom Gains The good news: Construction project bottlenecks are loosening, work is ramping up and the industry can start to breathe a general sigh of relief. The bad news: The cost of construction materials is going through the roof. A spring survey of civil contractors found that nearly three quarters of respondents have felt the impact of fluctuations in material costs on their projects in the past six months. Even more (76 percent) of those contractors expect cost increases in the next half year, according to the survey by Dodge Data in the latest issue of Civil Quarterly. Dodge chalks up the challenges to the pandemic, the reduction in material backlogs over time and disruptions in material production and distribution.

By Lucy Perry

CEG CORRESPONDENT

see COSTS page 34

A survey of civil contractors found that many are concerned with the rising costs of construction materials, chiefly lumber, steel, concrete and piping.


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