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Canada Construction Materials Costs: Nov 2015
Similar to the US, the price advances of many materials and building products going into the construction process in Canada remain restrained in November 2015, said Alex Carrick of Daily Commercial News Friday. The 0.3 per cent increase year-over-year for total construction costs does, how- ever, incorporate considerable variation at the type-of-structure sub-category level. Softwood…
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US Home Sales, Prices
A flurry of data out this week on US pending and existing home sales, home prices, year-end 2015 home sales provide an update on the housing and real estate situation in America. US Home Sales and House Prices: December and Year-End 2015 Existing home sales in the United States increased again in December after seeing…
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Sawmills Bought, Sold, Closed: Canada and US
Canfor Corp announced January 21 that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of Wynndel Box and Lumber, located in the Creston Valley of British Columbia. In the US, Woodgrain Millwork bought the Emmett sawmill, north of Boise, ID, from Gem Forest Products, said KTVB TV January 22. The company plans to…
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Japan Wood Olympic Stadium Roof
A new plan has been selected in Japan for the new National Stadium, to be built for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, according to Japan Lumber Reports Friday. The theme of the new stadium will be ‘wood and green’, with the roof made of a hybrid steel and wood structure. The wood will be laminated…
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Japan Wood Import Projection 2016
The Timber Supply and Demand Conference of Japan, comprised of five groups of imported wood products, came up with the projection for demand for 2016, said the Japan Lumber Reports Friday. The projection does not expect any significant change in the import of both logs and lumber. Japan housing starts 2016 are expected to exceed…
