Construction material pricing has been subject to extreme market swings since 2020. With steel being one of the primary raw material inputs in metal construction projects, it has faced these sharp fluctuations over the last 5 years.  How can contractors and suppliers’ price their projects with these market fluctuations? Join this session to discuss where pricing has been, where it is now, and where it could be going as the market continues to digest rapidly changing trade policy, raw material flows and domestic steel mill investments.

Learning Objectives:

• Gain a better understanding on what drives changes in raw material costs.
• Learn how to mitigate pricing risk for projects.
• Understand what investments are occurring in the US steel industry and how that could impact metal construction raw material supplies.
• Discover how government policy is influencing steel pricing.
• Find out where imports fit into the supply chain and what reliance buyers should have on those trade flows.

Continuing Education Credits:

1.0 AIA LU

1.0 FL CILB (Business)

Speaker:

Michael Fitzgerald

VP of Business Development, Metals, Argus Media

Michael Fitzgerald is the VP of business development for metals at Argus with a focus on growth and usage of Argus prices throughout different metals industries. He previously served as the managing U.S. ferrous editor at S&P Global Commodity Insights, directing coverage and prices of finished steel and raw materials. He has spent the past 14 years covering and analyzing the global steel market with a focus on North America. Michael holds an MBA from Duquesne University and a bachelor’s in economics from the University of Pittsburgh.