An ongoing concrete strike has prompted local leaders to question whether Seattle-area suppliers are engaging in collusion to inflate their supply contracts. Full story:
Now in its fourth month, a Seattle-area concrete delivery driver strike has had a profound impact on the price of construction projects across the region. Those costs prompted local leaders to question whether the suppliers are engaging in collusion to inflate their supply contracts.
The strike has driven up the demand for concrete, a supply that city leaders repeatedly mention as having unique geographic considerations which affect the county and city’s abilities to source the construction material from other areas.
that they required five days to process the partial return-to-work offer after the Teamsters’ Monday announcement.While price fluctuation among the concrete supply is subject to a number of variables that go beyond the direct impact of the strike, there has been demonstrable inflation in the price of construction projects in the Seattle area in recent weeks and months.
The memo goes on to detail construction costs suffered by 10 additional affordable housing projects, comprising 1,948 units in total. While the financial cost’s relationship to the concrete strike is attributed to multiple variables, the price of concrete in the region is undeniably higher than when the strike began industry-wide Dec. 3, 2021.A shop steward for Cadman Seattle and Teamsters Local 174 representative tells MyNorthwest that the price of concrete had risen three-fold in recent months, noting that per-yard concrete can currently be priced as high as $500 after its sold directly to developers.
“The owners have been absorbing most of these costs. We have a pour today, it’s 100 yards. … For 100 yards today, we’re paying $20,000 over the contract, and I’m absorbing $10,000 of the $20,000 in the general contract. That’s the reality,” Johnson tells MyNorthwest.
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