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Population and Construction Boom Challenges in 2023

Dan Duszynski
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  In 2023 the heavy industry sector continues to meet the challenges of a perfect supply and demand storm consisting of a robust 21st-century construction boom while complying with the restrictive production inhibiting “green” policies often founded on obsolete 1970s environmental false alarms.  Building Demand For Essential Resources to Support…
2023 Mining Construction Forecast
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A Look Ahead: Metals, Mining, & Construction Outlook in 2023

Dan Duszynski
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  Compared with a strong 2022, the year ahead looks to be a bit more challenging for the metals, mining, and construction industries. Despite the (potential) demand of a large number of road and infrastructure projects in the US, continuing high inflation and the threat of global recession continue to…
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The State of the Engineering & Construction Industry 2022

Dan Duszynski
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  The more things change, the more they stay the same!” That seems to be the legacy of 2021 for “industries across the board” as we like to say when describing the scope of our heavy industry recruiting services here at Resource Erectors.  As we put the workforce and supply…
Infrastructure Bill
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Is There an Infrastructure Spending Bone Under All That Trillion Dollar Green Pork?

Dan Duszynski
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Resource Erectors Industry Watch Q4 2021: What a difference a year makes. Last year in October 2020, we reported that President Trump had rightly declared a national emergency in the US mining industry to secure reliable domestic mineral and battery metal resources, all to meet explosive demand in the brave…
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Construction Materials Volatility and Double Digit Price Increases in 2021

Dan Duszynski
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  “July was the sixth straight month of double-digit price increases for construction inputs,” said Ken Simonson, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) chief economist, in calling for President Joe Biden to immediately end tariffs and quotas on steel, aluminum, lumber and other essential construction items.”- DCN-JOC News Service-August…
Construction Industry Trends
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The “Next Normal”: Construction Industry Trends That Are Here to Stay

Dan Duszynski
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  While the pandemic wreaked havoc on supply chains and production output in mining, manufacturing, and construction it also provided an impetus for some long-delayed innovation. Even before Covid 19 reared its ugly head, the industrial world faced the ongoing challenges that continue to this day in the way of…
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Associated General Contractors Say Biden Policies Adding to US Infrastructure Crisis

Dan Duszynski
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  The civil construction infrastructure sector is looking at a mass exodus of construction workers, with the Brookings Institute forecasting a yearly exit from the industry at 1.5 million workers per year, every year, over the next decade according to a June 16, 2020 article by Construction Equipment Guide correspondent…
Construction Materials Lumber Prices
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Pipelines, Politics, and the Construction Materials Price Spikes

Dan Duszynski
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  Thanks to the current White House resident, the US construction industry is rolling through a perfect storm of construction material price spikes that some might think is an intentional assault on what would otherwise be a thriving economic sector.  Already depressed by the government overreach that culminated in the…

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