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Chattahoochee Valley construction industry faces rising building costs amid pandemic
Chattahoochee Valley construction industry face rising building costs amid pandemic By Cindy Centofanti | April 20, 2021 at 8:00 PM EDT - Updated April 20 at 8:19 PM
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - It has been a year and some days since the first reported cases of coronavirus were detected in China, but COVID-19â²s global spread continues to plague residential and commercial construction.
âThe cost of OSB plywood has skyrocketed,â said construction worker Robert Daniel. âA year ago it was $9 and now Home Depot is selling it for $36.25 a sheet.â
The rise in construction and building material prices could be due to several things, like labor shortages and supply chain issues. But most of the likely reasons stem from the pandemic.