Construction in county complicated by supply chain issues

Owners discuss effects of shortages, price increases

Ryan (right) and Eugene Bamesberger work on a piece of wood that will soon be sawed into measured into planks. Materials like wood, concrete, latex, paint, windows and doors consistently are delayed for often months at a time.
Ryan (right) and Eugene Bamesberger work on a piece of wood that will soon be sawed into measured into planks. Materials like wood, concrete, latex, paint, windows and doors consistently are delayed for often months at a time.

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles focused on supply chain shortages and delays and how they are impacting local business and industry. This report highlights feedback from Hamilton County construction companies.

Taps of hammers, whines of saws and the heavy flops of concrete are at a high tempo in Hamilton County. According to four construction business owners, home owners a…