True Value Being Acquired by Do It Best

It’s yet another change in the home improvement and repair retail sector that will impact building materials suppliers. The upheaval in the retailing business continues with the news that True Value Co., the brand for more than 4,500 independently owned and managed outlets, had agreed to sell itself to a major competitor Do It Best […]

Home Depot Recognizes Four Vendors With 2024 Honors

Several suppliers of wood products have been honored by the big home improvement retailer with Innovation and Partner Awards. Each year Home Depot recognizes many of its vendors with Innovation Awards and Partner acknowledgements, including those in the wood products and lumber fields. The Innovation Awards recognize products that have “transformed the home improvement landscape,” […]

Zillow to Show Climate Threat Score for Housing Listings

The move comes in the wake of a wave of hurricanes and other natural disasters that many scientists blame on climate change. Zillow, the popular real estate website where many Americans shop for their next homes, will be adding a climate risk threat score for every for-sale listing on its platform starting by the end […]

Grass America Introducing Latest Innovations

At the recent International Woodworking Fair 2024 in Atlanta, the leading supplier of functional hardware showed a number of new systems. The Nova Pro Scala double-wall drawer system, the Tiomos hinge system, the Dynapro drawer slides and Elite Plus undermount slide were among the new functional hardware innovations from Grass America at the show this […]

Building Trade Steps Up in Wake of Hurricane Helene

The latest natural disaster caused billions of dollars of damage in a path from the Florida Big Bend into the Western Carolinas. The toll will be staggering when it’s all added up following the destructive bent Hurricane Helene took and while it will eventually result in a boom in the rebuilding trade in the affected […]

Wood Waste Isn’t Waste Anymore with New Building Technology

A group of researchers have created a potential alternative for structural flooring material using wood waste and bioplastics. Wood waste won’t be wasted anymore if a new technology developed by researchers comes to fruition. SHoP Architects working with the Department of Energy and the University of Maine have created a structural floor material that is […]

Back to the Office Movement Gaining Momentum

Almost eight of ten corporate CEOs say work from home is no longer viable as they see in-office levels returning to pre-pandemic levels. During the worst of the pandemic the work-from-home movement exploded and even as conditions have improved many thought it would become a permanent feature of the workplace. But that’s not happening and […]

Peel-It-Off Paint? It’s for Real Now with Unpaint

An accidental discovery led to the creation of what is the first temporary paint you can peel off the wall. For builders and contractors involved in finishing out interiors, painting those spaces was always subject to client’s ever-changing opinions and whims. Now that could be a thing of the past. A Colombian company called Glasst […]

Paged Plywood Is Coming to the U.S. Market

The company, Poland’s largest plywood producer, exhibited at this year’s International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta. After debuting at IWF 2024 in August the company is now building out its distribution network in the U.S. to bring its line of advanced plywood solutions for a wide spectrum of industries, from transportation, through construction and to the […]

Housing Market Already Feeling Rate Cut Impact

The one-half-point cut was larger than many predicted, triggering positive signs for the building and construction trade.  It took longer – far longer – than many of the experts predicted and just about everybody in the building trade was hoping for but the Federal Reserve finally reduced interest rates earlier this month and they went […]