Home Maintenance Cost Increases Driven by Bad Weather

New Thumbtack data shows a 5.04 percent increase in the last quarter with storms and harsh conditions as the biggest factor. We’ve all read about how increasingly drastic weather conditions are becoming more common across the country and now there’s new data to suggest it’s impacting the cost of home maintenance, especially in roofing. Thumbtack, […]

Boxable Latest to Push for Manufactured Housing

Long an element of new home construction, this start-up says its technology-based manufacturing is different from previous systems. If manufactured housing has long been the Holy Grail – or perhaps white whale – of the construction industry it remains a relatively small factor in the building business. But Boxable says it is out to change […]

Paulsen to Take Over as Floor & Décor New President

Come this April, the home remodeling and improvement retailer will have a new leader. Bradley Paulsen, a veteran of both the home improvement and home care industries, will take over as president of Floor & Décor effective April 28, 2025. He succeeds current president Trevor Lang who announced his retirement last fall. Paulsen reports to […]

C.R. Onsrud Showing at Mass Timber Conference

The CNC machinery manufacturer will showcase its new equipment for use in mass timber applications. Troutman, NC-based Onsrud, will be in attendance at the 9th Annual International Mass Timber Conference in Portland, OR next month, March 25–27, showing its latest CNC machinery that provides high-precision processing of materials for the mass timber industry, including cross-laminated […]

Stockholm Wood City Getting Closer to Opening

What is the world’s first city projected to be made entirely out of wood is under construction in Sweden. It’s been in the works for years but now Stockholm Wood City, a new urban city being built in the district of Sickla in Stockholm, is getting ever closer to becoming a reality. Wallpaper magazine reports […]

IWF 2024 Replay: Meet the Challengers Award Winners

The IWF Challengers Distinguished Achievement Award® competition recognizes woodworking industry-advancing technology innovations. From a field of 20 finalists—narrowed from 92 entries submitted by 75 IWF 2024 exhibiting companies—come seven IWF 2024 Challengers winners. Meet them here.