Industry News

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Hancock Lumber has been named a “Best Places to Work in Maine” for the 7th consecutive year.

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84 Lumber, the nation’s largest privately held building materials supplier, today announced its 2020 Vendor of the Year: Southeast Forest Products. The award is presented every year and is based on various factors including sales growth and above-and-beyond service.

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A Texas-based producer of structural building components is adding another plant in Ringgold, Georgia, to build and fabricate wooden trusses and engineered beams to serve the Tennessee Valley.

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Offsite construction continues to emerge as an innovative approach to challenges that impact the home building industry, whether it’s effective response for disaster relief or reduced materials waste to cut down on costs.

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Zillow announced that it is adding Builder Ratings and Reviews to its builder profiles, community pages, and paid new construction listings, based on surveys of new homeowners conducted at move-in by Avid Ratings.

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SBCA has been a member of the American Lumber Standard Committee, Incorporated (ALSC) since 2007, where 25 accredited independent third-party agencies provide lumber mill grade marking oversight.

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Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, announced the relocation of its warehouse and annex facilities in Jessup, Maryland.

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Stark Truss, which has for the past three years manufactured wood products for construction companies out of its Franklin location, may now need some of its own products.

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The current volatile softwood lumber market is prompting stakeholders up and down the supply chain to take a fresh look at any and all construction method and material alternatives.

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The International Code Council recently published “Recommended Practices for Remote Virtual Inspections,” a guideline document that governmental jurisdictions should consider for an effective and consistent remote virtual inspections program.

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Kodiak Building Partners’ latest acquisition—its largest yet—will nearly double the company’s headcount.

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An evacuation order has been issued for some residents in Clackamas County because of a fire burning on South Unger Road near Bauer Road in Colton.

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The recently announced merger of Builders FirstSource and BMC is prompting speculation in the residential construction industry on how it will impact operations up and down the supply chain. 

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Earlier this year, we published the article “eBook: How to Create a Safer, Drug-Free Workplace” that explained some simple steps to follow in creating a safer work environment.

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After an accelerated pace of layoffs in March and April, construction hiring roared back in May, increasing the count of open jobs in July per data from the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS).