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
The source does not provide any information regarding missing data points.
The data for each quarter came from previous editions of the same publication.
The contractors contacted for these surveys do projects in the commercial and institutional sectors of the U.S. (including multifamily residential). The number of contractors that responded to the survey has suffered slight variations from quarter to quarter, ranging from a minimum of 207 contractors in each survey to a maximum of 215. In all cases, their demographics had a similar distribution regarding the type and size of the company, their job function, and the location.
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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 December 03, 2024, 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 December 03, 2024. 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: December 03, 2024. 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 December 03, 2024)
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/
