An investment group led by former ProBuild president Paul Hylbert and Boreas Advisors LLC--a firm whose four top officers all worked at Probuild--announced it had acquired and injected new capital into Barton Supply, a fabricator and distributor of structural and reinforcing steel products serving Colorado's Front Range. More
Painted and exotic-wood cabinets, appliances boasting wireless connectivity, and hands-free faucets are some of the hot trends from overseas, The Home Depot's trend and design expert says. More
Scores of building material dealers and association executives headed to Capitol Hill to urge members of Congress to repeal a paperwork mandate spawned by last year's health care reform package, halt expansion of intensely disliked EPA rules on lead paint, and protect dealers from getting caught up in product-related lawsuits simply because they sold the product. More
A notable percentage of flooring and wallpaper contain substances linked to cancer, learning disabilities, reproductive problems, asthma, and birth defects, a Michigan-based research group announced today. More
A new survey of remodelers regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's recently launched rule regarding renovations in homes with lead paint indicates remodelers are counting--sometimes unsuccessfully--on their local building supply dealer to help them deal with a rule that they're following more out of fear and duty than out of concern over lead paint's health dangers. More
A recently formed trade group for window and door dealers urged the Government Accounting Office, Congress' investigative arm, to look into what the trade group describes as deficiencies in the studies that the Environmental Protection Agency relied upon in its proposal to toughen a newly launched rule governing renovations and retrofits in homes with lead-based paint. More
The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association urged the Environmental Protection Agency to halt plans to add extra testing requirements to its new Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting rule until the agency makes a better assessment of the rule's current impact and effectiveness. More
The National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association joined with three other trade groups today to file suit against the Environmental Protection Agency over the removal of an opt-out provision in the EPA's much-derided new rule governing renovations in homes where there's a potential health hazard from lead paint. More
The EPA extended until Aug. 6 the period it will accept comments on a proposed addition to its controversial lead-paint rule requiring there be dust-wipe testing after most renovations and that the results be provided to owners and occupants of the building. The extension came as the rule officially was toughened to eliminate a provision that had enabled some affected homeowners to opt out of the provision's requirements. More
Contractors must follow today the Environmental Protection Agency's new work standards and recordkeeping requirements designed to protect consumers against lead poisoning even as those contractors get extra time to be certified in lead-safe practices, the EPA is stressing in a newly issued question-and-answer guide on the controversial program. More
