SCM Confirms Partnership with Timberlab
U.S. timber solutions company Timberlab is teaming up with SCM, the Italian machinery manufacturer. The collaboration includes the supply of special technologies for a new plant in Millersburg, OR, focused on Cross-Laminated Timber production. SCM will supply a new Celaschi XL profiling machine and double-end tenoner that can process panels over 18 meters long at […]
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 […]
Lowe’s, Home Depot and Others Come to Relief in LA Fires
The devastating fires in the greater Los Angeles area have brought out DIY and other building trade companies trying to help. Some of the building and home improvement industry’s biggest players, including the twin DIY giants Lowe’s and Home Depot, as well as others are pledging millions to help in the relief and rebuilding of […]
DesignShop Newest Tool to Send Samples to Consumers
Following the success of its Material Bank service for the trade, parent company Sandow has set up one for shoppers. Material Bank changed the way designers could get building and design samples for future projects and the new DesignShop service is aiming to do the same thing for homeowners and others who are shopping for […]
Lumber Prices Finish 2024 in More Traditional Pattern
Madison’s Lumber Reporter’s year-end review shows a return to less volatile prices, encouraging news for 2025. The noted source for lumber prices says there is a “sureness” for the new year that should be good news for the construction industry which saw widespread volatility over the past several years. In 2024, lumber prices stayed within […]
Taylor Morrison and Tri Pointe Top the Most Trusted Builder Rankings
It’s ten years in a row for Taylor Morrison according to Lifestory Research’s annual America’s Most Trust Home Builder Study. The rankings are based on input from nearly 67,000 consumers who were asked to judge builders on several criteria, including trustworthiness, quality, positive word of mouth, overall impression, perceptions of quality and likelihood to recommend. […]