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North America Sawmill Capacity, Production: October 2017
US sawmills produced 28.638 billion board ft. (bbf) of softwood lumber in the first ten months of 2017, another 4.3 per cent increase over last month, from 27.446 bbf from January to October the previous year, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s latest Lumber Track report Wednesday. CANADA AND US LUMBER PRODUCTION, SAWMILL CAPACITY:…
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Severely Bad Weather Across Continent Barely Slows Lumber Industry
Demand, especially from retailers, continued so strong this week that many North American sawmills were actually able to grow their order files. Current Softwood Lumber Prices Compared to Historical Highs. The below table is a comparison of June 2017 and January 2018 prices for benchmark dimension softwood lumber 2×4 prices compared to historical highs of…
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US Home Building: Full Year 2018
All signs and numbers point to a huge year for the US construction industry, declared CNBC Thursday. Construction spending in the US is soaring, rising more than expected in November to a record US$1.257 trillion, according to the Commerce Department. That was up 2.4 per cent annually. US PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SPENDING: NOVEMBER 2017 The…
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NAHB 2018 International Builders’ Show®: January 2018
For the three days of the annual National Association of Home Builders 2018 International Builders’ Show® (IBS) last week, building industry professionals from across the globe discovered a variety of products and innovative concepts that are sure to enhance their businesses moving forward. For all of 2017, the US construction industry added 210,000 jobs, a…
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Williams Lake, BC, Sawmill Post-Fire Rebuild
Work is underway at Tolko Industries’ Lakeview Division in Williams Lake, BC, where the sawmill building was damaged by fire at the beginning of November. The Tolko board has approved the sawmill’s reconstruction, said Tom Hoffman, Tolko’s manager of external and stakeholder relations to the Quesnel Observer Tuesday. Williams Lake Sawmill Rebuild Tolko’s manager of…
