84 Lumber Teams Up with Home Builders Institute

The retail chain will fund scholarships at HBI’s training academies as well as sponsor an annual awards program. The lumber retailer’s new national partnership with the Home Builders Institute will include eight scholarships for the HBI’s BuildStrong Academies and will also sponsor the 2025 Shirley McVay Wiseman Award. “The HBI is thrilled to strengthen our […]

Home Builders Institute Opens Training Academy in NC

The new BuildStrong Academy created to address labor shortages in the construction sector has opened in Charlotte. The new training center offers carpentry and electrical training in an effort to create skilled construction field workers to address what the HBI calls a “critical” shortage that has caused delays, increased costs and stifled growth in the […]