Construction costs nationally rose 2.7% in the second quarter of this year as commodities, including lumber and copper, grew more expensive, according to a national cost index. Costs rose 5.4% ...

A burst of optimism rippled through the construction world last week when copper prices plunged nearly 22%. President Donald Trump had just spared raw copper from tariffs, surprising markets that had ...

Copper prices are on track for their largest annual increase in more than a decade, intensifying cost pressures across construction and development just months after the Trump administration imposed a ...

Theft is a phenomenon that follows the news cycle. In a year marked by economic uncertainty and seismic changes in international trade, thieves have taken notice. Increasingly, they see opportunity on ...