The materials market in May 2026 is not forgiving. Steel has reversed two quarters of decline and is trending upward again. Copper just shattered an all-time price record. Lumber has posted nine consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth. And concrete, while not spiking, is sitting at a persistently elevated level with no near-term relief in sight. If those four numbers are not already part of every project conversation your firm is having, they should be.

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The commercial construction industry is in the grip of a margin crisis that has been building for years and has now reached a tipping point. The firms that survive will be the ones that have restructured how they procure materials, how they write contracts, and how they run their businesses when every line item is a moving target.

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