Featuring: American Builders Supply, Chelsea Lumber, Hermann Lumber, West Shore Window & Door, Indiana Lumber and Builders' Supply Association, The Northwestern Lumber Association, Frank Miller Lumber, and McCarron's Building Center . More
A few years ago, Deb Kearse became interested in new ways to add insulation to homes. Kearse is vice president of sales for Kohl Building Products, based in Reading, Pa. As oil prices spiked and green building ideas spread, she embraced the idea of adding insulation outside of the wall cavity--making room in her stores for sheets of exterior insulation or insulated siding with exterior insulation built into each panel. More
Moving IT services to "The Cloud" is gaining traction at computer companies and fans among LBM dealers. More
Dealers in the Heartland struggle to fend off challenges from America's toughest big box. More
Increasingly, a home is a woman's castle: Today's homebuyer is more likely than... More
Gaze out the windows of William Swanson's office at Hoffrichter's West Side Lumber... More
Carter Lumber will open a lumberyard and manufacturing facility in Franklin, Ind., south of Indianapolis, taking over a facility that Stock Building Supply left last year. More
US LBM Holdings LLC will buy Edward Hines Lumber Co. of Chicago, Hines' Indiana-based Hall & House subsidiary, and certain other units, US LBM's parent, BlackEagle Partners LLC, announced. More