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A recent survey suggests new single-family home sales will increase significantly in the first half of 2018.

While most construction productivity isn’t keeping pace, the use of cold-formed steel framing (CFS) can help speed construction time and cut costs to help multi-family projects meet demand and produce quality residences.

Simpson Strong-Tie, the industry leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, has developed a new, lightweight auto-feed screw driving system for drywall applications, expanding its popular Quik Drive product line.

CalAtlantic Homes, on the eve of the anticipated merger with Lennar Corp., on Thursday said it has acquired the home building operations of Utah-based Candlelight Homes, one of the largest privately held home builders in the Utah market. Terms were not disclosed.

The housing starts report released this morning showed starts were down 8.2% in December compared to November, and starts were down 6.0% year-over-year compared to December 2016. 

Atlas Roofing Corporation has promoted Jennifer Sansone to the Midwest Regional Sales Manager of the Roof & Wall Insulation Division. This is the third senior level promotion within the Atlas Roof & Wall Insulation division in just three months.

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Despite positive residential growth one CM had to shut its doors recently. It’s unclear who is selling their plant, but a January 7 posting on Craigslist is asking $320,000 for a fully operational truss plant.

OSHA stated last week that employers can now begin to electronically report their Calendar Year (CY) 2017 Form 300A data to OSHA through the agency’s Injury Tracking Application.

If you are a wood framer and want to get into steel, the industry encourages you to do your homework. Talk to the dealers and manufacturers of steel framing products to gain knowledge. It is not as simple as replacing your hammer with a screwgun.

Sales of newly built homes have had a slow, steady recovery during the last several years, and the final quarter of 2017 was on pace to have the highest number of sales in a decade.

BMC Stock Holdings, Inc., one of the leading providers of diversified building products and services in the U.S. residential construction market, announced today that President and CEO Peter C. Alexander, 61, is leaving the Company under mutual agreement effective immediately.

The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday said it sent President Donald Trump the results of its probe into whether steel imports threaten U.S. national security, but declined to reveal any details of its recommendations.

OSHA has recently updated its On-Site Consultation Program. This program offers free and confidential safety and occupational health advice to small and medium-sized businesses in all states across the country, with priority given to high-hazard worksites.

Mid-MO Truss Company is working on a building addition project at its business property in the Cuba Industrial Park. Excavation work from that project has also helped to create Mount Mid-MO on the property, described as being the “largest pile of black dirt in Crawford County.”

Seventy-five percent of construction firms plan to expand their payrolls in 2018 as contractors are optimistic that economic conditions will remain strong as tax rates and regulatory burdens fall, according to survey results.

In 2018, the SBCA Safety Committee, which is made up of as many industry newcomers as veterans, is taking steps to help members protect their most valuable asset: their people.