Oct 15, 2021 | Building Practices, DHL Monthly Newsletter, Doing Business, Lumber
ACM Acquisition – Iconic Architectural Supply Company Now Part of Davis-Hawn Family Though Davis-Hawn has been in business since 1923, we were basically starting over in 1999 as the “little guy” in town when I naively bought the business from Wirt Davis. ...
Aug 12, 2021 | Cost of Doing Business, Cost/Benefit, DHL Monthly Newsletter, Press
What a fascinating time to watch human nature in the face of unprecedented supply disruptions! Every which way we turn, it seems we are running out of this or lead times are long on that. It’s hard to get reservations at favorite restaurants, flights are canceled,...
Jun 3, 2021 | Cost of Doing Business, Cost/Benefit, DHL Monthly Newsletter, Press
EXPANDED LUMBER MARKET UPDATE – JUNE 2021 There is a lot of news and talk about these record lumber and panel prices! Being a commodities market, prices change continually and have been highly unpredictable. We’ll try to cast some light on what has been going...
Apr 15, 2021 | Cost/Benefit, Craftsmanship, DHL Monthly Newsletter, Press
Harold kick-started that old Yamaha, and as it came to life with the turn of his throttle I was catapulted back to 1971 – the year my Dad bought it new. Inspired by Steve McQueen in the movie On Any Sunday, he and his buddies rode the trails at Lake Grapevine...
Feb 16, 2021 | DHL Monthly Newsletter, Press
“It will never happen to me”. So we try to convince ourselves. In my striving for comfort, security and control, I so easily fool myself into believing I’m as bullet-proof as a teenage boy thinks. And then life happens. A deadly pileup on an icy freeway, road rage...
Jan 13, 2021 | Building Practices, DHL Monthly Newsletter
You may remember Jerry Reed as Cledus Snow. The “Snowman” was truckin’ eastbound and down with Fred the basset hound, as Bandit was clearing his path from Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason’s Smokey, of course). Years earlier, Jerry recorded a certified gold record...
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