a:25:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"4";s:8:"entry_id";s:0:"";s:6:"sticky";s:0:"";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2010-10-28 04:04 AM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:1:{i:0;s:1:"4";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"4";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:43:"Costs Increases Here Less than U.S. Average";s:9:"url_title";s:41:"costs_increases_here_less_than_us_average";s:4:"save";s:10:"Quick Save";s:11:"field_id_26";s:42:"Cost Increases Here Less Than U.S. Average";s:11:"field_ft_26";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_31";s:0:"";s:11:"field_id_44";s:104:"Building costs in St. Louis are increasing more slowly than the rest of the U.S., McGraw-Hill reported. ";s:11:"field_ft_44";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_28";s:18:"costs, McGraw-Hill";s:11:"field_ft_28";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_29";s:861:"<p>Building costs in St. Louis are increasing more slowly than the rest of the U.S., McGraw-Hill reported.</p>
<p>The October Building Cost Index (BCI) for St. Louis showed a 3.2 percent year-to-date increase, compared to a 3.9 percent increase for the 20-city McGraw-Hill BCI.</p>
<p>Skilled labor costs for the year were up 2.6 percent, which is 1.5 percent less than the national average. Lumber costs were up 5.1 percent here, compared to a half-percent decline nationally. That number was still 14 percent below 2007 peak prices.</p>
<p>The index uses the year 1913 as its base index of 100. Other cities in the index are Atlanta, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle, Montreal, and Toronto</p>";s:10:"category_0";s:1:"4";}