High energy and material commodity prices continue to fuel construction industry inflation, which broke into the double-digit realm after the surge in steel prices during 2004 and has remained near those levels ever since. "It's a market I have not seen in my lifetime," says Neil Platz, vice president of procurement for Turner Corp., New York City. "I can't remember when everything was going up and going up at a good rate," he adds.
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