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Construction Economics for October 12, 2026
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ACA & Partners Develop New PCR for Cementitious Materials
WASHINGTON (Oct. 5, 2026) - The American Cement Association (ACA) has partnered with the Slag Cement Association, the Natural Pozzolan Association and the Amer…
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Suspect in FlyDubai incident was previously identified as security risk: Officials
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AI
Acelab Named First Materials Partner of AI Group - the Innovative Design Consortium
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Housing
Construction Economics for October 5, 2026
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Construction Economics for September 28, 2026
ENR's 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR's 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics
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Singapore's Nexstrom wants to bring 2D semiconductors to chip fabs
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Housing
ABC: Construction Materials Prices Jump Again in August
WASHINGTON (Sept. 10, 2026) - Construction input prices increased 1.2% in August compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contra…
Housing
Construction Economics for September 21, 2026
ENR's 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR's 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics
Housing
Brick deliveries plunge 23% as materials demand weakens
Seasonally adjusted brick deliveries in Great Britain slumped 22.8 per cent year on year in July, according to new government figures. Deliveries fell to 95.4…
Housing
Chasing paperwork is costing subcontractors more than they think
Margins in subcontracting have been thin for years, but something has shifted. It isn't just materials and labour costs squeezing profit; it's the sheer amount…
Housing
NEPO launches £800m building materials framework
The North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) has launched an £800m framework covering building materials, managed stores and modular buildings for public sec…
Fluctuating material costs are rewriting who wins the bid
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Cost spikes hit bevy of construction materials
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Housing
Construction Economics for September 14, 2026
ENR's 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR's 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics
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Construction Materials Prices Jump Again in August
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A Stealth Startup Thinks It Just Hacked the Memory Shortage
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Chief of nuclear watchdog says secret Assad-era facility would have been able to produce fissile material A nearly complete nuclear reactor built secretly duri…
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Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO): Is Today's Move Really About Copper?
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Housing
Construction Economics for September 7, 2026
ENR's 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR's 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics
AI
US government sides with OpenAI on issue of training LLMs on copyrighted material
"The United States has a strong interest in continuing to develop a robust and competitive artificial intelligence industry that sets the standard for the prac…
Commodities
Opinion: Battery Passport 2027 - the EU rule that reaches back to the mine
A regulation aimed at batteries is about to make demands of the people who dig up their raw materials. From Feb. 18, 2027, every battery placed on the EU marke…
Autos
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