SBC Industry News

The framework for a 10-year softwood lumber agreement between Canada and the United States could be reached in the coming weeks, an industry analyst says, citing discussions with unnamed trade contacts.

Roseburg Forest Products will build a new engineered wood products plant in Chester, South Carolina, company representatives announced Tuesday at a news conference

What was apparent when talking with industry leaders and listening in on panel discussions at this year’s PCBC, in San Diego, was that the homebuilding sector is aware of the need for change.

At the request of its component manufacturer (CM) members, SBCA has researched steel price indexes and developed a series of graphs to help illustrate trends in the price of cold-rolled steel.

A group of former White House economists is urging President Donald Trump not to impose new tariffs on foreign steel as the administration mulls taking that action in the name of national security.

New home shoppers can now use augmented reality to visualize what their potential new home may look like on their land before they break ground thanks to the release of an innovative new app.

In preparation for its initial public offering (IPO) of stock, US LBM recently published its Form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 

By Wednesday, the benchmark price of Western spruce-pine-fir lumber had risen by 5.5 percent to US$400 per thousand board feet from US$379 last Friday, according to figures from Random Lengths.

We've spent a fair amount of time discussing Canada's housing market over the past several months as Chinese money laundering operations have sprouted up bubbles all over the place.

Deutsche Bank's chief international economist, Torsten Slok, presented several charts which showed that "Canada is in serious trouble" mostly as a result of its overreliance on its frothy, bubbly housing sector

Logging contractor John McNeil’s crews have been double-shifting since late last week, when they can, cutting fire breaks around the mills and northeast boundary of 100 Mile House, instead of stacking up timber for his employer.

SBC Magazine has received a lot of interest and comments from readers concerning the article we published on Sunday, July 9, “Possible 'Handshake Agreement'' Reached in U.S.-Canada Lumber Dispute.”

The National Framing Council is pleased to announce that starting with the July 12, 2017 Framing News, NFC will be sharing the regional commodity market reports published by Idaho Pacific Lumber Company.

Huber Engineered Woods LLC, a leading manufacturer of innovative building solutions, has introduced a new R-9 insulation thickness to its ZIP System R-sheathing line.

When Ryan Burns started shopping for carriers to insure Dynamic Construction, he was pleasantly surprised. “They just started to flood in!” he recalled. “We had several options.”

A couple designed a 2,400-square-foot house on the beaches just south of Sandy Hook, and they made it hurricane proof.

We would like to draw your attention to the request for nominations of the SBCA Hall of Fame, Dick Bowman Industry Enthusiast, SBC Industry Leadership Awards and the Dwight Hikel Humanitarian Award, which was created this year. 

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Industry officials in Colorado say the shortage of skilled laborers is at a crisis level. They need people now — to build homes, malls, office buildings and roads.