Construction materials prices: Down 0.2% for quarter, 8.1% higher year ago

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Oct 18, 2011

The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that while the nation’s wholesale prices increased for the first time in five months, construction materials prices were unchanged in September, according to the Oct. 18 Producer Price Index (PPI) report by the ...

U.S. steel shipments down 7.2 percent

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Dec 20, 2010

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported on Dec. 16 that for the month of October 2010, U.S. steel mills shipped 6,629,195 net tons, a 7.2-percent decrease from the 7,140,369 net tons shipped in the previous month, September 2010, ...

Granite Construction Q1 results: Revenue down 36 percent

Tina Grady Barbaccia - May 03, 2010

Granite Construction today reported a net loss of $41.0 million, or $1.09 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2010 compared with net income of $8.9 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2009. Below is ...