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Stacks of lumber are moved last week by employees at Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber & Building Materials on North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. Building material costs, particularly lumber, have soared over the last year, leading to spikes in the cost of new homes, decks, home remodelings, hotels, offices and retail buildings, among other residential and commercial projects. JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE

Stacks of lumber are moved last week by employees at Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber & Building Materials on North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. Building material costs, particularly lumber, have soared over the last year, leading to spikes in the cost of new homes, decks, home remodelings, hotels, offices and retail buildings, among other residential and commercial projects. JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE

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