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Your Building Centers (YBC) has announced that it will acquire Allensville Planing Mill (APM). The acquisition will create new employee owners in...

Specific requirements have been added to the 2021 International Building Code (IBC) to address bracing of wood trusses. These requirements mirror...

When spaced more than 2’ o.c., an individual long-span truss simply does not have the support structure it needs to perform as designed, and if left...

According to the latest Annual Builder Practices Survey (ABPS), one in four new single-family detached homes were built in established neighborhoods...

Analysis from NAHB shows that open construction jobs increased to 410,000 positions in October. This is the highest rate of the Job Openings and...

Simpson Strong-Tie has created curriculum resources for educators of students in structural or civil engineering, construction management and...

In this episode, Blake and Pat Schwieters of JL Schwieters Construction near Saint Paul, Minnesota, talk about how their company has had great...

Justin and Ken explore how the North American lumber market has begun to heat up in recent weeks, and it appears to be just the start of heavy...

The US has decided to go ahead with a plan to double the amount of duty it imposes on softwood lumber that comes from Canada, based on what...

The suburban shift for single-family home building, which was precipitated in large part by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year continues....

Yonkers Contracting Company has found that the key to protecting workers is to make safety a core value, not a priority.

OSHA is extending the period for submitting comments on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor...