The Architecture Billings Index reflects consecutive months of increasing demand for design activity at architecture firms. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lead ...
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The Architecture Billings Index saw a dip into negative terrain for the first time in five months in January, but inched back up in February with a small increase in demand for design services. As a leading economic indicator of ...
U.S. demand for paint and coatings is forecast to grow 3.8 percent annually to 1.4 billion gallons in 2019, valued at $31.5 billion. Gains will be driven by a strong rebound in construction activity, which will stimulate demand in the ...
There were ten out of twelve months of increasing demand for design services in 2014, and the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) points to a healthy outlook for the nonresidential construction industry. As a leading economic indicator of ...
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Buoyed by sustained demand for apartments and condominiums, coupled with state and local governments moving ahead with delayed public projects, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) has been positive for seven consecutive months. As a ...
Headed by the continued strength in the multi-family residential market and the emerging growth for institutional projects, demand for design services continues to be healthy as exhibited in the latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI). As ...
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Insteel Industries, Inc. reported Thursday net earnings for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 of $4.6 million, up from $2.3 million in the same period a year ago. Net sales increased 19.3 percent to a record high $117.1 million from $98.2 ...
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The US Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced Wednesday that construction spending during August 2014 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $961.0 billion, 0.8 percent (±1.8 percent) below the revised ...
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Nucor Corporation announced Wednesday guidance for its third quarter ending October 4, 2014, expecting results to be in the range of $0.70 to $0.75 per diluted share, which represents an increase from both the third quarter of 2013 and ...
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The US Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced Monday that construction spending during June 2014 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $950.2 billion, 1.8 percent (±1.8 percent) below the revised May ...
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The US Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced Monday that construction spending during April 2014 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $953.5 billion, 0.2 percent (±1.5 percent) above the revised March ...
The US Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced Thursday that construction spending during March 2014 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $942.5 billion, 0.2 percent (±1.3 percent) above the revised ...
Mount Airy, North Carolina-based wire producer Insteel Industries, Inc. announced that net earnings for its fiscal second quarter ended March 29, 2014 totaled $3.5 million, or $0.19 per share compared with $3.7 million, or $0.20 per diluted ...
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US service center inventories of steel products contracted in March, while Canadian steel inventories rose to their highest level since June 2013, according to Metals Service Center Institute data published Tuesday. At the end of March, ...
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