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Old 03-13-2022, 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Sargie View Post
I’m in commercial construction. Almost everything we use takes 2-3 (what was 6 weeks now 12-18 weeks) times longer to get. Overall commercial building cost is up north of 25%. Pricing for copper & steel up 100% lumber 210%. All this started January 21’. Haven’t figured out what changed in early 21’ that could have caused this …
If you think it just started in early '21, you were probably not paying a lot of attention to the years before that. I visit hundreds of machine shops and they have been complaining for close to 10 years now they can't find any help. Giving away all that free money in 20 and 21 didn't help at all.
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