Here are some news items of interest for you. Look for more industry news in our next issue of Builders Exchange Magazine.

The Builders Exchange Inc. has purchased three acres on Acorn Dr. in Independence to build a new 20,000-sf headquarters within the next three years.

Barely more than two and a half months after its launch, the American Institute of Architects’ stalled projects database now contains 36 projects worth a total of almost $1.2 billion, and 50 (both anonymous and public) investors looking for projects to finance, the AIA announced today.

Contractors are now paying less pay for key construction materials, as costs went down 0.2% in December.

Significantly fewer construction firms are planning to make layoffs in 2012 than at any point in the past few years according to survey results released today by the Associated General Contractors of America and Computer Guidance Corporation

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