The Great American Home Buying Trend is Alive and Well
Even as the housing market continues to be slow, a new survey shows current homeowners will buy again. More than half of current homeowners — 52 percent — said they fully expect to be back in the market for another home sooner or later. And more than a fifth of those people — 22 percent […]
New Mass Timber Act Introduced in Congress
There’s still a long legislative process to get through but if this is enacted, it’s a big advancement for the construction field.
Labor Shortage and Higher Costs Impacting Kitchen and Bath
The industry remains optimistic about growth with retailers feeling more positive than manufacturers.
Construction Material Prices Up Almost 10 Percent
A new ABC report says that everything it takes to build has increased over the past year.
Congress Passes Builder-Friendly Bill, but Will It Be Signed Into Law?
The 21st Century Road to Housing Act passed both the House and the Senate last week and is headed to the president to be signed into law.
Data Centers, Infrastructure Driving Building Right Now
The residential construction sector may be slow, but a new report says other categories are making up for it.
Your ticket to woodworking’s biggest night is here.
IWF Night At The Tabernacle is the biggest after-hours event in woodworking and the 2026 show’s hottest ticket. Buyer attendees: Preview all the fun happening on Wednesday, August 26…
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 […]