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Cost of construction materials is on the rise again
After almost a year of stabilizing, the cost of construction materials is on the rise. Again.
Though the price of building commodities had seen a steady decline in 2009, construction economists are predicting that prices are expected to expand nearly six percent in 2010.
Ken Simonson, chief economist with the Associated General Contractors of America, found that ...
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