BlueLinx's privately branded onCenter family of engineered structural supports give builders a one-stop shop for their engineered lumber framing needs.
Weyerhaeuser's new Flak Jacket protection added to its Trus Joist line helps a building meet fire resistance codes by adding a special coating that helps keep a home upright during a fire.
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Three experts argue for using advanced building systems to meet new standards and reduce overall costs.
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U.S. Lumber will distribute Georgia-Pacific engineered wood products once the manufacturer's current distribution agreement with BlueLinx ends on Feb. 12. U.S. Lumber and GP are working to finalize terms to the agreement, which is expected to go into effect on Feb. 13.
Reduced design values for Southern pine 2x4s dismay many users. They take solace in now knowing when the changes start.
MFM Building Products protects deck ledgers, joists, top edges, and in-ground posts from rot and fungus with DeckWrap, a waterproofing membrane that self-seals around fasteners.
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The American Lumber Standard Committee's decision to accept design value changes to Southern pine No. 2 2x4s didn't make everyone happy, but industry trade groups highlighted the positives in their comments regarding a decision many opposed.
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The consultancy that believes demand for more than 1 billion board feet of visually graded Southern pine lumber could be affected in coming years by potential changes in design values for the species now also believes the change will have markedly differing impacts on the region's timber mills.
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Proposals to reduce some design values for visually graded Southern pine could affect demand next year for more than 1 billion board feet of the species--one-eighth of all the Southern pine dimensional lumber milled annually--as well as trigger longer-term changes in the price and popularity of...
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Georgia-Pacific Wood Products announced a new strategic direction for its engineered lumber business designed to facilitate more direct involvement with its customers.
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Third quarter net loss at Boise Cascade improved to $3.7 million, compared with a $5.6 million loss during the same period a year ago. Sales increased 6% to $623.2 million for the quarter ended Sept. 30.
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BlueLinx more than halved its net loss from the same period a year ago to improve to $6.2 million. Net sales for the period ended Oct. 1 also rose by almost 2% to reach $472.9 million, which the company said was due to favorable year-over-year product pricing and flat overall unit volume.
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The proposal to reduce some design values for Southern yellow pine by as much as a third has created fear and concern among some dealers, in part because of uncertainty over just how big a deal the change is, participants in a ProSales discussion say.
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The agency responsible for overseeing the setting and publication of performance standards for lumber notified the construction supply industry Wednesday that it will hold a second hearing within two months of the Thursday, Oct. 20, meeting at which it will take up a controversial proposal to lower...
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Weyerhaeuser Co. announced it will abandon the "iLevel by Weyerhaeuser" name it has used for the past five years to brand its wood products businesses and instead will simply call them "Weyerhaeuser."
With the new standards for the federal Energy Star Qualified Homes program issued earlier this year, it's likely that the term "thermal bridging" will increasingly make its way into your conversations with homebuilders and framing contractors.
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Boise Cascade Holdings posted a $19 million net loss during the first quarter 2011, a huge fall from the $11.4 million profit recorded during the first quarter 2010.
When builders think of going green in coming years, which construction products are they most likely to put into their homes?
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Boise Cascade LLC (BC) posted a fourth-quarter net loss of $16.2 million, swinging from a $33.6 million net profit in the year-earlier quarter that was fueled primarily by sales of stock in Boise Inc.
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Weyerhaeuser Corp. declared third-quarter net earnings of $1.12 billion, of which $1.035 billion was deferred taxes that were reversed as a result of Weyerhaueser's conversion to a real estate investment trust (REIT).