LCK Report: Manufacturing construction starts are up sharply year over year

August 16, 2023

 

Mid-Year 2023 South Carolina Construction Trends Report

Key Takeaways:

  • 2023 statewide mid-year construction starts have surpassed 75% of 2022 construction starts with positive growth in all sectors
  • Material pricing continues to stabilize with most sectors seeing less than 5% fluctuations from January to June 2023
  • Planning ahead and being creative on projects can save time and money with long lead procurement and critical path scopes

Construction Starts
Statewide construction starts have increased in five out of six sectors as compared to mid-year 2022. Commercial, manufacturing and multifamily starts for the first six months of 2023 total over $2.4B dollars, followed by $396M in the education sector and $173M in government buildings. Manufacturing starts in particular are seven times higher than last year statewide.

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