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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENT
WMA 53rd Annual Convention and Trade Show
The exhibit contract and floor plan are now available for the WMA 53rd Annual Convention and Trade Show. Reserve your booth space today! Read More
GOVERNMENT
Proposed DOE Cuts Would Eliminate Single-Pane Retrofit Program
The 2018 budget proposal released this week by President Trump seeks $1.7 billion in cuts for the Department of Energy (DOE) – about 5.6 percent of its current funding. To achieve those reductions, the spending plan would eliminate several agencies, including the Advanced Research Project Agency – Energy (ARPA-E), which runs a program aimed at improving the energy efficiency of existing single-pane windows. Read More
HOUSING INDUSTRY
Job Growth Continues for Builders and Remodelers
The count of unfilled jobs in the construction sector was below trend for the second consecutive month, as hiring has accelerated in the industry. According to the BLS Jobs Opening and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) and NAHB analysis, the number of open construction sector jobs (on a seasonally adjusted basis) came in at 147,000 in January. The cycle high was 238, 000 set in July of last year. Read More
Here’s What’s in Trump’s Budget That Affects Construction and Lumber
Here is a summary of what’s in the Trump Administration’s proposed budget that is likely to be of greatest interest to the construction and lumber industries. Read More
Spring Ahead
As weather improves and construction kicks into a higher gear, what’re the odds of progress on a ‘guest worker program’ to secure labor capacity? Read More
Single-Family Housing Starts Reach Highest Level Since Late 2007
Nationwide housing starts rose 3 percent in February from an upwardly revised January reading to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.288 million units, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Commerce Department. Read More
Demand for Houses Still Grows Despite Interest Rates Increasing
Millenial demand remains strong even in seller-market Read More
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Construction Prices Expand in February
Construction input prices increased 0.3 percent from January to February and 4.8 percent from a year ago, according to analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Read More
Distribution Sales: The Best Offense Is A Great Defense
Distributor salespeople struggle with one key aspect of defensive selling, value reinforcement. Value reinforcement is getting credit for the value you deliver and the impact it has on the buyer’s business. Read More
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UPCOMING WEBINARS
Smart Home Evolution: Intelligent, Connected, and Solar
Presented by
GREEN BUILDER MEDIA
Wednesday, Mar 29
2:00 PM EST
Attention: Door pre-hangers and distributors, who use components from multiple suppliers, with a means of substituting components in a rated system when engineering analysis is not acceptable to validate a component.
Reference
ANSI/WMA 100
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