Month: March 2024

161 posts

Ontario/Quebec Business Trends

By Richard LipmanGuest Writer Noted an SPF manufacturer in Quebec, “Both Ontario and Quebec are still very difficult. Now that the weather is improving in Ontario, we’re starting to see a little bit more activity there, but in Quebec, it’s still very slow and that’s a function of probably the economy as well. The lumber […]

Retail Review

Bliffert, Portage Lumber Merger Will Deliver More Building Support, Products To Central Wisconsin Market Bliffert Lumber, headquartered in Milwaukee, has merged with Portage Lumber Do-It-Best in Portage, WI. Portage Lumber was founded in 1953 and has offered building materials, hardware and home decor in the Portage market for the majority of its 70 years in […]

Washington Report

Housing Market May Be Headed For A ShiftBy Omar Mohammed (The following article was first published in www.newsweek.com. All data cited is the most current at press time for this publication.) A strong U.S. economy will be a boon for the housing market, Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) chief economist said (recently), as it will buoy […]

Bringing NAWLA Education To You

For over 130 years, the North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) has been the uniting bond from one end of the supply chain to the other, helping the industry grow by helping NAWLA members grow. The vision for 2024 is no different. If anything, NAWLA and the NAWLA Board of Directors are looking to help […]

APA Names New Chair, Vice Chair, Chair Of Finance, Trustees Join APA Board

Matthew Brown has been promoted to the newly created position – director of energy policy and code, effective December 18, 2023. With over 15 years of experience in the construction industry, Brown brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to APA. His career began with a prominent regional production builder and progressed through roles at […]

AWC Releases New Standards Used to Design & Build U.S. Wood Structures

The American Wood Council (AWC) has just released three new 2024 wood design standards: the National Design Specification® for Wood Construction (NDS®), Wood Frame Construction Manual (WFCM) for One- and Two-Family Dwellings, and Fire Design Specification for Wood Construction (FDS). These publications are the result of five years of work by AWC staff and committees […]

Why A Diversified Demand Base Is Key To Lasting Demand For Wood Products

Lumber demand from single-family home construction and remodeling is volatile—the last few years alone have seen major swings from the COVID pandemic in 2020 to high interest rates last year. To minimize the impact of that volatility on the wood products industry, the work of the Softwood Lumber Board to expand and diversify Softwood lumber […]

Who’s Who in Softwoods

Anthony Muck is the head of business development for DMSi, an Omaha-based software company. DMSi develops software exclusively for the building materials industry. The company is a member of the North American Wholesale Lumber Association, the National Hardwood Lumber Association, the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen’s Association and the North American Building Material Distribution Association. Muck began […]

Lumber Shipping Companies Are Cautiously Optimistic As Traditional Trends Return

Lumber shipping companies saw that their trends year over year have begun to revert back to how traditional markets have been in the past, but they hold a cautious optimism as geopolitical factors can easily affect the supply chain strategies. One shipper noted, “We slowly saw the industry normalize over the last 12 months and […]

Lumber Prices and Market Update: March 8, 2024 [video]

Check back with the Madison’s website www.madisonsreport.com often for the latest developments and updates. In the week ending March 1 2024, the price of benchmark softwood lumber item Western Spruce-Pine-Fir 2×4 #2&Btr KD (RL) was US$452 mfbm, which is up by +$10, or +2%, from the previous week when it was $442. This is up […] The post Lumber Prices and Market Update: March 8, 2024 first appeared on Madison’s Lumber Reporter.