Rising asphalt prices curbing paving plans Asphalt jungles have been looking more like paved gold recently.
As oil prices cruise to record highs, the costs of petroleum-based products, such as asphalt, are skyrocketing beyond the budgeted expectations of commercial, residential and municipal customers.
A consortium of steel framing and roofing manufacturers and their associations are putting $1.1 million into training builders and laborers in the use of steel products to meet stricter building codes.
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