General construction industry news, rants, questions

[seven 1,368]

Oh, and from what we are being told, deck is going to be hit hard in 2023 because of limited coil availability and the auto industry starting back up. 

[tbone_ 14,295]

If this infrastructure program ramps up I’m afraid it’s going to fuck construction even more than it already is.

Just got a budget today on a project for $375/sf for shit that we were building for $220/sf 2-3 years ago. Ouch.

[Incredulity 11,716]

38 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

If this infrastructure program ramps up I’m afraid it’s going to fuck construction even more than it already is.

Just got a budget today on a project for $375/sf for shit that we were building for $220/sf 2-3 years ago. Ouch.

Prepare thy(the customer) anus

[tbone_ 14,295]

Yea. I am the customer.

[yoladu 4,170]

On 9/30/2021 at 8:33 PM, seven said:

I work for a steel fabricator, and the last few warehouses we've done have had beams at the roof because the client didn't want to wait for joist delivery. Our joist suppliers are booked to October right now, and so is our shop. Business volume is at an all time high but the steel price increases are cutting into what should be fantastic profit.

the structural engineer must have loved those design change fees.

[Incredulity 11,716]

except they are slammed with requests and short of staff like everyone else.

 

So basically its all fucked.