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This article series has aimed to make clear metal-plate connected wood trusses are incredibly efficient at spanning large distances, but can buckle...

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What a ride it has been for the vast majority of the component manufacturing (CM) for wood trusses and wall panels in North America during the past...

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US LBM has acquired Crown Components, a manufacturer and supplier of structural roof and floor trusses in the metropolitan Phoenix area.

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Home shoppers who paused their search last year, in hopes that 2022 would be friendlier, aren't feeling great: We learned on Tuesday that...

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Odd-shaped tree parts such as knots and forks are typically scrapped or turned into mulch, but Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are...

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The Association of Professional Builders (APB), a business coaching service for custom home builders, with members in the United States, Canada,...

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No, not that helter skelter. Charles Manson lifted the term from Paul McCartney, who used it as a metaphor for a turbulent romance.

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After dropping to a one-year low last month, consumer confidence rebounded slightly in March as strong job growth offset consumer’s concerns about...

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Mead Lumber Company today announced the purchase of Triple “S” Building Center Inc. of Butte, Montana.

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SBCA president Gene Frogale is passionate about growing membership in the association, stating, “I want everyone involved in the component...

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The 2022 International Code Council’s (ICC) International Residential Code (IRC) Group B[1] Committee Action Hearings (CAH) in Rochester, New York,...

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Congratulations to Anne Haider at WB Components in Edgeley, North Dakota, for winning the first annual SBCA March Madness Bracket Challenge!

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