SBC Industry News

Atlas Engineered Products reports today it has paid the outstanding closing cash payment of $2.2 million related to its acquisition of South Central Building Systems Ltd. ("South Central"). 

Franklin Building Supply has announced it will soon begin construction on a new truss plant in Jerome, west of its existing facility.

While the latest indices suggest headwinds still abound for the housing industry, the near-term sentiment of those driving the market are still very positive.

Boise Cascade Company announced tit will acquire American Lumber Distributors and Brokers, a wholesale distributor of top quality lumber as well as plywood, oriented strand board, James Hardie Siding and engineered wood products.

Spahn & Rose Lumber Co. has reaffirmed its commitment to contractor and homeowner customers with the acquisition of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin-based Dunn Lumber.

Oregon's Freres Lumber has received U.S. and Canadian patents on its mass plywood panel (MPP), the first veneer-based mass timber panel in the world, and fire approvals to build up to 18 stories high with the panel.

BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. revealed that Mike McGaugh, chief operating officer, has departed the pro dealer.

A fire-retardant structural material can be made by chemically softening and compressing wood to remove the spaces between cell walls. When burnt, the resulting material forms a protective char layer on its outside which helps preserve its internal strength.

SBCA’s Quality Control and Engineering and Technology committees were heavily involved in both the creation and the execution of SBCA's weathering research and testing program, this article discusses how that plan was finalized and reviewed.

Heavy, wet snow that fell over the weekend in parts of the Upper Midwest caused roof collapses at a church, hotel, gas station and some homes.

Tim Carter is an award-winning builder and nationally syndicated columnist with over thirty years of hands-on experience building and remodeling homes. He recently began working with SBCA to highlight the ways structural building components truly are the best way to frame a house.

Utilizing panelized metal framing construction methods, this impressive residential building took only 40 working days to be installed.

Sherwood Lumber has sold substantially all of the assets comprising its Northeast & Mid-Atlantic Engineered Lumber Business to U.S. LUMBER.  

Georgia-Pacific (GP) plans to spend approximately $30 million to purchase and install new equipment at its Rome Lumber facility in the coming months.

 Ed Hudson recently presented, “When and Where Off-Site Housing Technologies Will Emerge.” The presentation included information from a 10-year summary of our Annual Builder Practices Reports and a survey conducted in December 2018. Some topline findings included:

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Builders FirstSource, Inc. reported its results for the fourth quarter ending December 31, 2018.

Katerra leadership announced the new products and provided demonstrations at its Katerra TAKE OFF event on February 18 in Las Vegas.

Simpson Strong-Tie launched the Strong-Wall site-built portal frame system (PFS) to provide designers, engineers, and builders in prescriptive markets with an easy way to meet code-defined wood wall-bracing requirements when building narrow wall widths.