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SBCA reviewed its current strategic plan at its most recent Open Quarterly Meeting (OQM) at the Greenbrier Resort in late May.

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Home building across the nation expanded the fastest in places with the shortest commute times, according to the quarterly NAHB Home Building...

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The median age of owner-occupied homes is 39 years, according to the latest data from the 2019 American Community Survey.

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Over the last two years, the Dayton, Ohio 84 Lumber store endured damaging tornadoes in 2019, followed by the pandemic in 2020.

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The Atlantic High School Trades Program has been building a garage for Dave Erickson this year.

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In the mid-afternoon of May 27, the homeowner* of a house on Via Cielito in the Ondulando neighborhood did a walk-through of their new home.

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Retail supply chains are working overtime to keep up as consumers return to normal shopping patterns amid increased vaccination rates.

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Canfor Corporation announced it will invest approximately $160 million USD to build a new, state-of-the-art sawmill near DeRidder, Louisiana. 

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The use of open-web floor trusses has steadily increased over the past decade, but there’s a lot of room to grow.

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North American softwood sawmill capacity increased by 1.4 billion board feet in the last year, according to Forisk.

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Despite lumber prices soaring to a record high of $1,670.50 per thousand board feet, and the housing market booming at a 17.2% price increase from...

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There is a lot of market share to be had with regard to structural wall panels and single-family homebuilders increasingly want to use them.

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