Start of Large Projects Continues to Impact Available of Skilled Labor, Reveals Turner Construction Index

Turner Construction Company announced that the Second Quarter 2019 Turner Building Cost Index—which measures costs in the non-residential building construction market in the United States—has increased to a value of 1149. This represents a 1.23% quarterly increase from the first quarter of 2019 and a 5.51% annual increase from the second quarter of 2018, respectively.

“Raw material costs in the second quarter of 2019 have been relatively stable and contractors continue to be selective due to the availability of skilled labor,” said Attilio Rivetti, the Turner vice president responsible for compiling the cost index. Attilio continued, “We will also need to keep a watchful eye on the potential of tariffs on specific materials in the third and fourth quarters of 2019.”