Throughout 2020 and 2021, commercial construction contractors most often reported suffering shortages in wood and/or lumber, and steel. In the last quarter of 2021, 27 percent of the surveyed contractors suffered a shortage on steel, 19 percent of them in roofing materials, and 17 percent of them in wood and/or lumber. In that same period, more than 90 percent of contractors reported facing shortages in at least one material.
Top material shortages reported by commercial construction contractors in the United States from 2nd quarter 2020 to 4th quarter 2021
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US Chamber of Commerce. (December 15, 2021). Top material shortages reported by commercial construction contractors in the United States from 2nd quarter 2020 to 4th quarter 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288882/top-material-shortages-in-commercial-construction-usa/
US Chamber of Commerce. "Top material shortages reported by commercial construction contractors in the United States from 2nd quarter 2020 to 4th quarter 2021." Chart. December 15, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288882/top-material-shortages-in-commercial-construction-usa/
US Chamber of Commerce. (2021). Top material shortages reported by commercial construction contractors in the United States from 2nd quarter 2020 to 4th quarter 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288882/top-material-shortages-in-commercial-construction-usa/
US Chamber of Commerce. "Top Material Shortages Reported by Commercial Construction Contractors in The United States from 2nd Quarter 2020 to 4th Quarter 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288882/top-material-shortages-in-commercial-construction-usa/
US Chamber of Commerce, Top material shortages reported by commercial construction contractors in the United States from 2nd quarter 2020 to 4th quarter 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288882/top-material-shortages-in-commercial-construction-usa/ (last visited January 29, 2023)
Top material shortages reported by commercial construction contractors in the United States from 2nd quarter 2020 to 4th quarter 2021 [Graph], US Chamber of Commerce, December 15, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288882/top-material-shortages-in-commercial-construction-usa/