Engineering Information Document Choose Building Aggregates and Pipe Costs

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Welcome to our eighth Substack Weblog that focuses on development prices. Engineering Information Document (ENR) historical past that may be traced again to 1874. The publication has its roots in two separate publications, Engineer & Surveyor and The Plumber and Sanitary Engineer. The primary difficulty of Engineering Information-Document was revealed on April 5, 1917. On January 1st, 1987, the acronym ENR was adopted because the title of the journal. The charts that comply with use information which can be courtesy of ENR journal that’s revealed 26 instances a 12 months. Historic information was pulled from microfiche copies of the journal obtained from the New York Public Library. ENR journal is simply a small portion of the merchandise provided by Engineer Information Document and we advocate readers, notably these with an curiosity in engineering and development, take the time to view the ENR web site to be taught extra at…

https://www.enr.com/

Concrete Sand

Concrete Sand costs are up +3.1% since final month and are up +50.81% over the previous twelve months rising at a speedy clip to new document highs persevering with to be suffering from world provide shortages as does Masonry Sand (chart beneath). See Stanford geographer and environmental scientist Eric Lambin’s dialog on the sand scarcity disaster beneath.

https://information.stanford.edu/2022/07/26/four-questions-eric-lambin-sand-shortage/

Masonary Sand

Though Masonry Sand has not risen on the similar parabolic fee as Concrete Sand it nonetheless is up +2.1% month over month and +27% since final November.

Ashphalt Paving

The ENR 20-Metropolis Common Value of Cutback MC800 Ashphalt Paving per/ton registered a brand new document excessive this summer season however the fee at which costs had risen is slowing. Costs stay up +3.7% over the previous 12 months.

Crushed Stone

The ENR 20-Metropolis Common Value of Crushed Stone / Base course has marked a brand new excessive in November and is up+2.1% over final month and is up +22% since this time final 12 months.

Portland Cement

After reaching a document excessive Portland Cement costs had skilled a shallow pullback in October however are hooking increased (up +0.7% MOM). Over the previous twelve months costs are up +14.40%.

Concrete Prepared Combine

With the rise in Concrete Sand costs so goes the worth of Concrete Prepared Combine (though not on the similar speedy tempo as a result of different aggregates are sometimes within the combine). The 20-Metropolis Common Pice of Prepared Combine Concrete fell barely this month (down -0.4%) however stays up +7.2% since final November.

Concrete Block

The ENR 20-Metropolis Common Value of Light-weight Concrete Block registered a brand new excessive three months in the past is up +9.39% over the previous twelve months.

PVC Pipe

The ENR 20-Metropolis Common Value of 8” PVC Water Pipe notched one other new excessive this month and is up +29.89% since final November.

Bolstered Concrete Pipe

The parabolic rise in 36” Bolstered Concrete Pipe stays unabated up +2.2% since final month and (pardon the adjective) a “whopping” +41.6% over the previous twelve months.

Ductile Iron Pipe

The ENR 20-Metropolis Common Value of 8” Ductile Iron Pipe additionally registered a brand new worth excessive this month. Over the previous twelve months it’s up +25.67%.

Copper Water Tubing

The ENR 20-Metropolis Common Value of 1 1/2” Copper Water Tubing fee of change continues to drop and costs pulled again barely this month however nonetheless it’s up +18.32% since this time final 12 months.

Corrugated Metal Pipe

After a interval of static costs the 20-Metropolis Common of 36” Corrugated Metal Pipe Costs have marched to a brand new document excessive of $41.84 per/ft this month and are up +5.28% over the previous twelve months.

Knowledge is coutesy of Engineering Information Document

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The Market’s Compass will publish choose ENR development information charts by way of The Market’s Compass Substack Weblog each two to 3 weeks when new information is accessible.

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