A slip back in steel prices that be...

A slip back in steel prices that began last year is creating uncertainty from one extremity to the other of the construction industry--starting with proprietors debating whether to initiate a exhibit and extending to steel suppliers and contractors wondering whether they will be able to recoup higher prices
Neil Platz, director of management for Turner Construction Co., says structural dirk shapes (I-beams and channels) experienced significant base price increases during the last five month of 2003 when an increase of $70/ton was added to a base price of about $400/ton.
Also starting in mid-2003 was