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Fighting the Ravages of Time
“You’ll just love these two homes!” Tiffany exclaims, as your SUV rolls down the tree-lined street in your dream neighborhood. Both are hip-pockets, freshly updated and looking their best. With good schools nearby, you plan on staying here at least 10 years until...
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How Embracing “Lean” Improved Efficiencies in our Lumberyard
It’s part of our culture to continual improve ways to serve our customers. By embracing the principles of lean, 5s and continual improvement we have improved efficiencies in both our architectural millwork shop and lumberyard.
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Good Story Telling- Marketing in the Digital Age
Maybe I am a little slow in coming around to this, but I am beginning to think this Instagram thing may just work. Perhaps even FaceBook and Twitter will catch on.
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Sharpen Your Saw
Dr. Stephen Covey, in his famous book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, actually trademarked the phrase “Sharpen the Saw”.
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2018 July Market Updates
Record Run for lumber pricing appears to have peaked and is beginning to recede. Mill lead times are still long and transportation from mills remains challenging, so coupled with continued high demand, some experts have predicted that pricing may stair step down...
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East Bound and Down – Where did all of the truckers go?
In annals of the American worker there is no more unique contributor than the Truck Driver (“Trucker”).
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Beatles or Beetles? We Can Work It Out
The British Invasion brought us the Beatles (John, Paul, George & Ringo), forever changing the landscape of Rock n Roll in the US.
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Water Water Everywhere!
There had to be a leak! You know that sound in the pipes – like the water is on in some other part of the house. Must be a toilet running, usually that’s it. Nope, not it. Maybe one of those rusty hose bibs outside that we can never quite turn off. Not there either,...
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Warm Up with Hot Building Market in 2018
January Take Always: Panel prices almost down to year-ago levels A little relief on Lumber prices, but Western species (SPF, DF and Studs) still remain high US Housing starts are up at the end of 2017 Housing demand remains strong Construction is predicted to be...
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Lumber’s Record Pricing: Will it continue into 2018?
The end of the year gun has sounded. Thanksgiving has come and gone and those of you who put up Christmas lights in late October your time is now. One must see movie at our house during the Christmas Season is It’s a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart. It is the...
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What is the Impact of Harvey?
Last month it was wildfires in Canada and now Mother Nature 2.0 has stuck again with Hurricane Harvey along the Texas Coast. While we are all thinking about those displaced by the storm one cannot help but think about the next storm to hit—Recovery and its effects on...
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August 2017 News
What do politics and Mother Nature have in common? They both mess with lumber pricing. Over the past months I have been communicating the details of the Softwood Lumber dispute and the resulting tariffs on Canadian Mills (I know riveting…I’m a blast at parties) and...
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