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Dec
14
Your Building Centers (YBC) has announced that it will acquire Allensville Planing Mill (APM). The acquisition will create new employee owners in...
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Dec
14
Specific requirements have been added to the 2021 International Building Code (IBC) to address bracing of wood trusses. These requirements mirror...
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Dec
14
When spaced more than 2’ o.c., an individual long-span truss simply does not have the support structure it needs to perform as designed, and if left...
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Dec
14
According to the latest Annual Builder Practices Survey (ABPS), one in four new single-family detached homes were built in established neighborhoods...
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Dec
14
Analysis from NAHB shows that open construction jobs increased to 410,000 positions in October. This is the highest rate of the Job Openings and...
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Dec
14
Simpson Strong-Tie has created curriculum resources for educators of students in structural or civil engineering, construction management and...
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Dec
13
In this episode, Blake and Pat Schwieters of JL Schwieters Construction near Saint Paul, Minnesota, talk about how their company has had great...
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Dec
7
Census Construction Spending data shows that total private residential construction spending stood at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $774.9...
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Dec
7
According to homebuilders, the Commerce Department’s economically inexplicable decision to double tariff rates on lumber is harmful for housing...
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Dec
7
Researchers at MIT have performed a detailed analysis and created a set of computational tools to enable architects and engineers to design truss...
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Dec
7
The supply chain reacted negatively to the Department of Commerce's announcement it is considering doubling countervailing and antidumping duties on...
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Dec
7
ECI Software Solutions, a cloud-based business management solutions firm based in Fort Worth, Texas, announced that it has acquired Insearch,...
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