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You measure, we do the math the way a good estimator would: the formula on the page, the waste factor named, the answer as the honest range you should order against. No lead forms pretending to be tools, no number without a source.

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What Materials Are Doing This Year

Steel mill products+22.5%
Copper & brass mill shapes+18.4%
Softwood lumber+15%
Nonferrous wire & cable+12.2%
Truck freight transportation+10.9%

12-month producer-price change, straight from the federal PPI tables. All 21 materials, charted and sourced, on the Materials Cost Index.

Field Notes

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Every formula and source on the site is auditable on the Methodology page.