High building material costs, continued shortages, and shipping delays continue to affect business operations
Contractors, consumers, and anyone who spends money have high hopes that inflation will continue to abate, and supply chains and prices will stabilize back to normal levels.
While inflation has cooled in recent months, construction material costs have been uneven, and contractors are still plagued with supply-chain problems.
Why are building materials in short supply?
The obvious question is—if the pandemic is no longer at its height, why are building materials still in short supply? The answer is multi-faceted, but the major reasons include the following:
Domestic issues like the construction labor shortage, and stricter immigration policies
