NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #cre--U.S. construction cost pressures are shifting from labor to materials, with construction-related commodity prices rising 13.3% year-over-year (YOY) as tariffs, metals supply constraints and demand from data centers and infrastructure projects push input costs higher, according to Cushman & Wakefield's latest Construction Insights for Global Occupiers report. The increase in commodity prices is more than 4.7 times the rate recorded a year earlier, led by aluminum a.