Georgia-Pacific has agreed to partner with self-driving vehicle startup Gatik and KBX Logistics, the transportation arm for Koch Industries, to deliver its consumer products to more than 30 Sam’s Club locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The collaboration involves moving Georgia-Pacific shipments from point to point on predefined short-haul routes using an autonomous vehicle fleet […]
Beacon Announces Winner of North American Female Roofing Professional of the Year Competition
Beacon (the “Company”) announced today that Michelle Mulder, owner of Nailed It Roofing in North Bay, Ontario, Canada is the winner of Beacon’s annual North American Female Roofing Professional of the Year competition, which shines a spotlight on inspiring women in the roofing industry across the U.S. and Canada. Michelle has enjoyed hands-on work since […]
L&W Supply Names 20 New Managing Partners in 2022
L&W Supply Corporation, a leading distributor of top-quality building materials and specialty products, has announced the induction of 20 branch managers into its Managing Partner Program. The designation is the highest level of achievement among the company’s branch managers and places them in a distinguished position of leadership at L&W Supply. To be selected as […]
NAHB Urges Congress to Take Steps to Get More Women in the Workforce
To get more women working in the residential construction sector and overall workforce, lawmakers must pursue flexible, targeted and incentive-based strategies to tackle the high cost of childcare and availability of paid leave, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) told Congress today. Testifying on behalf of NAHB before the House Ways and Means Committee, […]
Timber Products: Mark Avery Promoted to CEO, Steve Killgore Moves to Board of Directors
The Timber Products Board and the Gonyea family, announce that effective July 1, 2022, Mark Avery, currently serving as Chief Operating Officer to Timber Products will be promoted to Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Steve Killgore, current CEO will move to the company’s Board of Directors. This move will ensure continuity in leadership. “We are pleased […]
BID to Acquire Smith Sawmill Service
BID Group is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement to acquire Smith Sawmill Service. The transaction brings together two customer-focused organizations and further expands BID’s industry-leading operational life cycle product and service offerings to include the essential recurring saw and tooling capabilities required to support modern wood processing operations. Smith Sawmill Service […]
LP Building Solutions Wins SFI President’s Award for Its Commitment to Forest-Focused Collaborations
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) announced today that LP Building Solutions (LP) is the recipient of the SFI President’s Award for 2022. The award is given annually to an organization or individual that leads the forest community on important issues related to sustainability, education, and collaboration. SFI recognized LP for its longstanding leadership in sustainability and its admirable focus […]
Mortgage Applications Increase in June 15th MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications increased 6.6 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending June 10, 2022. Last week’s results are compared to the prior week, which included an adjustment for the Memorial Day holiday. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage […]
NAHB: More Than 600 NAHB Members Urge Congress to Take Action to Ease the Housing Affordability Crisis
More than 600 builders, remodelers and associate members from across the nation trekked to Capitol Hill today for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) 2022 Legislative Conference to spotlight the growing housing affordability crisis that threatens to derail the economy and urge their lawmakers to support policies that will ease building material production bottlenecks […]
Madison’s Reporter: Prices of Lumber Level Off for Building Season
As usual for this time of year, most large home builders and construction companies have received the wood needed for their projects, and lumber prices start dropping. It was this week last year when lumber prices reached previously never-imaginable highs and stayed that way for a few weeks before tumbling way back down, to the […]