SBC Industry News

National Lumber has expanded in New England with the opening of its ninth lumberyard location in East Harford, Connecticut.

The latest announcement of major sawmill curtailments Monday, this time with Canfor making production cuts at all its facilities, caused a complete reversal of lumber futures prices on the Chicago Merchantile Exchange.

American Construction Source (ACS), a leading national building materials platform for custom home builders and repair and remodel contractors, backed by Angeles Equity Partners and Clearlake Capital Group, today announced the acquisition of Freeborn Lumber Company (“Freeborn”) located in Albert Lea, Minnesota.

A-1 Roof Trusses was not offering the highest paying jobs in the room of 27 other companies in the St. Lucie, Florida area, yet 12 of 16 high school seniors wanted to come work for them.

A vast majority of single-family homes built each year in the U.S. are designed by someone other than a licensed architect.

On a year-over-year basis, single-family permits experienced a 6.5 percent decline over the April 2018 level of 279,302. The total number of multifamily permits issued nationwide reached 149,921 so far this year, representing a 2.4 percent year-over-year increase.

A shortage of skilled construction labor appears to have caught up with The Home Depot.

Back in January, SBC Magazine covered a Home Innovation Labs’ report that indications a positive five-year outlook for structural component framing. 

Canada have filed an appeal concerning the WTO panel report in the case brought by Canada in “United States — Anti-dumping measures applying differential pricing methodology to softwood lumber from Canada”.

Canfor Corporation has announced it will be "significantly" curtailing operations at all of its B.C.'s sawmills, except Wynnwood, for two to six weeks.

Prices paid for goods used in residential construction did not change in May (not seasonally adjusted) according to the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Panelization — the ability to assemble wall panels off-site in a controlled environment — is frequently used with cold-formed steel framing and provides many advantages.

BlueTarp Financial’s Building Supply Index experienced the most significant year-over-year (YOY) decline since the second quarter of 2016.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued advance notices of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on the removal of unnecessary barriers to the introduction of automated driving systems (ADS) in the United States.

NAHB analysis of the most recent 2017 American Community Survey (ACS) data reveals that the median age of construction workers is 42, a year older than a typical worker in the national labor force.

A prominent businessman yesterday said his “$1m-plus” new construction venture is aiming to “double sales within a couple of years” once its pre-engineered model takes off.

Even as U.S. home builders have put the energy savings of their highly efficient homes front and center in the American psyche in the last 15 years, the waste that’s created building them gets far less attention.

Nearly 100 component manufacturers (CMs) and suppliers from all over the country met in Fort Worth, Texas, last week to discuss emerging industry trends and develop relationships outside of their local markets.

Structural engineers, often referred to as an Engineer of Record (EOR), are positioned early in the construction design process ensure the structural viability of buildings designed by Architects or Building Designers.

Back in January, SBC Magazine covered a Home Innovation Labs’ report that indications a positive five-year outlook for structural component framing.