Groundbreak.
For drywall and metal stud suppliers and framing subs

Drywall and framing work coming up, market by market

Construction starts and permits for apartments, hotels, offices and fit-outs. Groundbreak counts the projects that fit drywall and metal stud suppliers and framing subs in each market it reads, from the last 30 days of filings. Framing and drywall start once the building is dried in. On a mid-rise that is months after the start.

On 11 Miami jobs we measured, the drywall and framing permit landed a median 496 days after the first building permit, and three in four had it by day 613.

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Counts as of Nov 10, 2026. Each market's page counts again daily.

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With Pro, ask your AI assistant for drywall and framing jobs in any of these markets and it reads Groundbreak for you, names included.

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Questions

How do drywall and metal stud suppliers and framing subs find new construction projects?
Watch the public record, not the bid boards. Construction starts and permits for apartments, hotels, offices and fit-outs. Groundbreak reads the permits, starts and filings in 27 markets every day and counts the projects that fit, market by market. The busiest right now: Texas outside Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio (2,118), Pennsylvania outside Pittsburgh and Philadelphia (1,490), Florida outside Miami, Tampa Bay and Treasure Coast (1,119).
When does a GC buy drywall and framing on a job?
Framing and drywall start once the building is dried in. On a mid-rise that is months after the start. On 11 Miami jobs we measured, the drywall and framing permit landed a median 496 days after the first building permit, and three in four had it by day 613.
Is there a list of upcoming drywall and framing jobs near me?
Pick your market below. Each page counts the projects that fit drywall and metal stud suppliers and framing subs in the last 30 days and shows real ones. Sign-up shows the same count for your market and sends each new one the day it files.
How is this different from Dodge or ConstructConnect?
Dodge and ConstructConnect are built around bids and plan rooms, researched by their staff. Groundbreak reads the public record itself: permits, construction starts, deeds and loans, with the source document on every row, so you can be on a job before it is a bid. The comparisons page goes service by service.
What does Groundbreak cost?
Creating an account is free: tell Radar what you work on and it shows your matches. The names, phones and figures on every record are Pro. There is no free trial. Pro is $27 a month, every market. Cancel anytime.
Can I ask ChatGPT or Claude for this?
Yes, with Pro. Groundbreak runs an MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI assistants can search every market's permits, projects and companies and say who is on them. Setup takes a minute: https://docs.groundbreak.city/mcp.

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Every drywall and framing job in your market, the day it files.

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