SBC Industry News

The two brothers, who attend Oregon Episcopal School, brought together a group of their fellow students and two local companies involved in the building industry to design and build a tiny structure to benefit a Dignity Village resident.

BMC Stock Holdings, Inc., one of the leading providers of diversified building products, services and innovative building solutions in the U.S. residential construction market, announced that David E. Flitman has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer.

To determine the effects of weather on a truss, SBCRI is working with CMs from around the country to provide data, leading to an improved understanding of trusses exposed to weather.

Component manufacturers (CMs), home builders and homeowners looking for best practices to ensure they have the most current mold facts and mold mitigation and remediation information can look to two new research reports created by SBCA.

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Universal Forest Products Inc. (UFPI) released their second quarter earnings recently during a teleconference with investors. UFPI’s CEO Matthew Missad made the following observations.

Wood is being considered for an ever-growing type and size of building. Great news for component manufacturers (CMs), of course. However, competitors are not taking their loss of market share lying down.

Lowe's will close all Orchard Supply Hardware stores nationwide by Feb. 1, the company announced Wednesday. Orchard Supply Hardware, founded in 1931 in San Jose, California, and acquired by Lowe's in 2013, has 99 stores in California, Oregon and Florida.

OSHA’s Temporary Worker Initiative is focused on provide guidance to employers with regard to their responsibilities for protecting the health and safety of workers hired through staffing agencies. 

BlueTarp Financials' Building Supply Index was just released. The Q2 2018 12-month trailing average, which accounts for seasonality, hit an all-time high at 132.48, up from 130.92 in Q1 2018.  The unadjusted view also remained high at 139.16.

George F. Eberle (1926 – 2018) passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 4, 2018 at the age of 91. Eberle co-founded Efco Corporation which was later sold to Pella Window and then founded Lumbermate Company which is now part of Illinois Tool Works (ITW).

Oregon has become the first state to approve the use of science-based building code requirements for tall mass timber buildings under their statewide alternate method (SAM). The SAM program is unique to Oregon, allowing early technical consideration and approval on a statewide basis.

Over the first six months of 2018, the total number of single-family permits issued year-to-date (YTD) nationwide reached 444,600. On a year-over-year basis, this is a 6.3% increase over the June 2017 level of 418,128.

On the jobsite, the combination of consistency and tight manufacturing tolerances allows builders to safely and easily construct building modules and panelize cold-formed steel wall systems to reduce onsite labor costs and improve overall project cycle times.

US LBM, a Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based lumber and material dealer, filed a financial report August 10th for the first six months of 2018. In it, they highlight the $13.1 million second quarter net profit compared to the previous year, as well as a 10.1% increase in revenue to $885 million.

Atlanta-based U.S. Lumber is set to acquire Alexandria Moulding, a Canadian-based company and one of the largest companies in North America providing molding and other products to LBM dealers.

Nine months after a fire destroyed Tolko’s Lakeview Division sawmill in Williams Lake the company said it hopes to resume full production by February 2019.

Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes edged down one point to a solid 67 reading in August on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).

At a cabinet meeting with President Trump last week, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke provided an update on the wildfires occurring in the west (particularly California) and provided his insight into the issues that have contributed to the widespread nature of these fires.

It wouldn’t be BCMC time without numerous opportunities for exercise and competition.