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Lumber Demand Remains Soft in May

New reports suggest the current conditions of limited inventories and last-minute ordering is continuing between the US and Canada. Madison’s Lumber Reporter wrote that Southern Yellow Pine East Side 2×4 prices were back down to where they had been in January and February. It added that Western Spruce-Pine-Fir 2×4 prices, often considered a benchmark, steadily […]

Balsa Wood Model of New York City Took 21 Years to Make

It encompasses nearly one million buildings and it’s now on display in the city it represents. Architectural models are common in the building trade but nobody was quite prepared for this. The hand-carved model of the city encompassing 1,500 square feet took 63-year-old truck driver Joe Macken more than two decades to create. And while […]

Mass Timber for Shakespeare

A new theater in the Hudson Valley of New York State features 451 seats covered in a mass timber shell. Birnam Forest didn’t supply the wood for the new Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center in Garrison, NY, that houses the local theatre company Hudson Valley Shakespeare but it is the latest use of mass timber […]

USMCA July Deadline Likely to be Missed

Adding to the uncertainties surrounding trade amongst the US, Mexico and Canada is the forecast that a new agreement is unlikely once the current one expires. The deadline for renewing the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement — the successor to the better-known NAFTA — is July 1, but Bloomberg reports that according to those close to the situation, […]

Berkshire Hathaway Doubles Down on its Home Business

Its acquisition of Taylor Morrison Home shows it believes the housing market will come back. It’s just not saying when. Under legendary leader Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway invested modestly in the home and home furnishings industry so industry observers wondered if his successor Greg Abel would continue along the same path. Last month he did.  […]