Window Boxes, Shelving, Picket Fences Among Top No-Demo Reno Projects
For homeowners looking to spruce up their homes a number of DIY projects using wood rank high on their to-do lists. As Americans continue to remain in their current homes, unable to move due to high mortgage rates and lack of supply, they are looking at do-it-yourself or low-cost renovations that can add value to […]
Ace Hardware Hits 5,000 Locations; 200 More on the Way This Year
The big retailer is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year with an aggressive expansion plan. With the recent opening of its 100th location in Henderson, NV, Ace is on pace to hit its goal of 200 new stores during calendar 2024. The dealer-owned retail cooperative saw 203 new stores last year and with this year’s […]
Dodge Index Shows 10.4% Jump for June
The Dodge Momentum Index measuring building planning offers encouraging news for the industry. The latest news from the Dodge Index shows that commercial planning, especially for data centers, increased 10.4 percent for June, providing an indicator that more construction projects are in the works. “Data centers continued to dominate planning projects in June, fueling another […]
Will LL Flooring Be Forced to File for Bankruptcy?
Speculation is rising that one of the wood industry’s most important retailers may be close to going into Chapter 11. Following a precipitous drop in sales – down 21.7 percent this year – and with its share price tumbling more than 70 percent since the start of the year, the big retailer may be weighing […]
Big Developers Love Timber Buildings
Announcements from two of the biggest developers in the business offer encouraging news for the timber building business. It was good news for the mass timber building sector at the recent National Association of Real Estate Editors in Austin as two of the biggest commercial developers said that wooden buildings are leasing up faster and […]
SCM Planning Full Demo Schedule for IWF in August
The woodworking technology company will show new digital innovations at the show as well. SCM Group, a global leader in technologies for machining a wide range of materials and industrial components, is returning to IWF next month with cutting-edge technological and digital innovations and a rich program of live demonstrations dedicated to the whole woodworking […]
Lumber Prices Don’t Get Usual Spring Boost
As the building and construction sectors continue to struggle, reduced demand for lumber is depressing prices this year. In the spring a builder’s thoughts always turn to buying wood. But not so much this year. With both residential and commercial building not getting its usual bump in the spring season, lumber prices are at levels […]
The Biggest Mass Timber Building in U.S. Planned for Oakland, CA
The stakes keep getting higher – literally and figuratively – for mass timber construction with a 28-story structure in the works in California. The past few years have seen bigger and bigger mass timber buildings, particularly in the Pacific Northwest and Upper Midwest regions of the country and now a new record-setter is being planned […]
Which Ten States Are Best for Home Remodeling Businesses?
A new study points to these states with homeowners “most committed” to upgrading their homes. Even as many current homeowners are hesitant to leave their low-rate mortgages and move elsewhere those very same people are quite interested in fixing up their current houses. A new study from the self-storage company SpareFoot identified ten states in […]
Delays Expected for Several Weeks Following Particleboard Plant Explosion
An explosion at Tafisa’s Quebec plant, the largest particleboard factory in North America, knocked out some production the company says. It will be “several more weeks” before Tafisa’s giant particleboard manufacturing facility in Lac-Magantic, Quebec in Canada is expected to get back up to full production, the company said. The explosion, on June 14, affected […]