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US LBM has acquired Professional Builders Supply, a supplier of building materials to local, regional, and national custom and production...

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Census Construction Spending data shows that total private residential construction spending stood at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $774.9...

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According to homebuilders, the Commerce Department’s economically inexplicable decision to double tariff rates on lumber is harmful for housing...

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Researchers at MIT have performed a detailed analysis and created a set of computational tools to enable architects and engineers to design truss...

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The supply chain reacted negatively to the Department of Commerce's announcement it is considering doubling countervailing and antidumping duties on...

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West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is expanding its U.S. operations after reaching an agreement to purchase a lumber mill in Lufkin, Texas, for about...

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ECI Software Solutions, a cloud-based business management solutions firm based in Fort Worth, Texas, announced that it has acquired Insearch,...

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In this episode, Blake and Pat Schwieters of JL Schwieters Construction near Saint Paul, Minnesota, share how their company grew from a small...

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Healthy pipelines drove another quarter of strong performance among pro customers at Home Depot in the third quarter.

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In episode 228, Bradley offers another preview of the 2022 Sales Fundamentals Workshop by revealing several phrases to never use when trying to make...

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An expected impact of the virus crisis is a need for more residential space, as people use homes for more purposes including work. Recent data...

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Burnaby, B.C.-headquartered forestry company Interfor will acquire EACOM Timber Corp. in a $490-million cash deal, the companies have announced.

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