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Liberty Cedar
Leading top quality specialty wood products, tropical lumbers & domestic hardwoods, custom milling and flooring, trim packages, timbers and other materials serving Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Long Island with excellent customer service. Delivery to other areas via common carrier.
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L&W Supply Names New Grand Rapids Location Manager
By Bobby Craig / September 29, 2021Trish Boomsma has been chosen branch manager of L&W Supply’s Grand Rapids, Michigan, location. Boomsma has been with L&W Supply for the past four years and has been in...
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Huber Engineered Woods Launches Wall Application for Exacor Magnesium-Oxide Panels
By Vince Harvey / September 27, 2021Huber Engineered Woods, the company that brought Advantech Subfloor Assemblies and ZIP System Building Enclosures to market, has lately expanded its range of EXACOR Magnesium Oxide (MgO) panels to...
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Specialty Building Products to Acquire Reeb Millwork
By Zach Myers / September 27, 2021Specialty Building Products, LLC, a leading North American distributor of specialty building products, announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Reeb Millwork Corporation, a market-leading fabricator...
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Simpson Strong-Tie and Building Talent Foundation Partnership to Promote Trades
By Bobby Craig / September 25, 2021The Building Talent Foundation (BTF) and Simpson Strong-Tie have formed a strategic agreement to encourage the growth of the residential construction workforce in the United States. BTF is a...
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MoistureShield Introduces New Aegis Clip for Composite Decking
By Daniel Moore / September 23, 2021MoistureShield, a division of Oldcastle APG, a CRH Company, introduces the MoistureShield Aegis Clip, which features a 90-degree installation technique for grooved boards and may be used on wood...
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Knauf Insulation to Build a New Production Facility in Central Texas
By Glenn Pierce / September 22, 2021The Knauf Group (Iphofen, Germany), a family-owned company, has announced the expansion of Knauf Insulation North America with a 600,000 square foot state-of-the-art plant to be built at the...
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AGC Survey: Nearly 80% of States have Construction Levels Below Pre-pandemic
By Alex Matthews / September 20, 2021The construction industry appears to be hurting in more ways than one, but the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) sees some bright spots in the 2021 Workforce Survey....
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ABC Supply Expands to Three New Locations
By Daniel Moore / September 20, 2021ABC Supply has just announced the opening of new sites in Maryland, Oregon, and Utah. Ryan Laverdiere is in charge of the new Centreville, Maryland site. Laverdiere began his...
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Rising Lumber Prices Propelled a Long-Simmering Canada/US Dispute to the Forefront
By Jack Bjorklund / September 15, 2021The cost of lumber in the United States grew by 288 percent between April 2020 and June 2021. The rise in lumber prices pushed to the forefront a long-simmering...
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Fencing Supply Group Acquires Vinyl by Design
By Phil Garcia / September 14, 2021Fencing Supply Group, a major distributor and producer of fencing and outdoor living goods, announced the acquisition of Vinyl by Design, a full-service provider of vinyl fence, vinyl railing,...