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Wednesday, July 5, 2017
 
MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS
WMA Education Spring Sale Set to Expire July 14, 2017
WMA dedicates itself to providing our millwork industry members with quality online educational opportunities. WMA’s highly regarded online courses will help you achieve greater efficiency, encourage innovation and develop more confident employees in order to better serve the customers of today.Take advantage of the discounted online education before this limited time offer expires by clicking the flyer!
WMA Welcomes New Member SSI Millwork LLC
SSI Millwork LLC is a wholesale millwork distributor located in Lafayette, Louisiana, providing interior and exterior door units to lumber yards, millwork distributors, retail door and millwork stores, and other qualifying companies throughout Louisiana and Southern Mississippi. SSI Millwork also supplies a full line of fencing materials including wood, chain-link, ornamental, and vinyl fencing materials. Visit SSI Millwork LLC
MILLWORK SAFETY
Report That Trump Will Gut OSHA Rules May Be Premature, Says LeClairRyan Attorney
A recent New York Times article, “Under Trump, Worker Protections Are Viewed With New Skepticism,” suggests that the Trump administration will significantly relax the government’s approach to occupational safety. But chemical, manufacturing, construction, and other industry executives and advisors should not assume that they’ll soon get a free ride on regulatory issues, warns veteran labor and employment attorney Joseph P. Paranac, Jr. in a just-published blogpost in the online edition of business publication Occupational Health & Safety. Read More at PR Newswire
HOUSING INDUSTRY
Home Affordability Just Hit the Lowest Level in a Decade
Affordability dropped in the second quarter, sinking to its lowest level since 2008, according to the Q2 2017 U.S. Home Affordability Index by ATTOM Data Solutions, a multi-sourced property database. Read more at HOUSINGWIRE
BUILDER 100: The 2017 List
This year’s BUILDER 100 list is a testament to the success of U.S. builders last year, with many companies reporting hundreds and even thousands more closings in 2016 than the year before. Read more at BUILDER
Census Bureau Releases 2016 Housing Characteristics Report
Everything you need to know about the housing market, in numbers, is here. Read more at BUILDER
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Southern Softwood Timber Prices Poised for 10-Year Climb
Stumpage prices for Southern softwood sawtimber look set to rise, reaching inflation-adjusted price levels in 10 years that haven’t been seen since the Great Recession, a new research study predicts. Read more at PROSALES
2017 Shaping Up as Best Recovery-Era Year for Housing
Despite headlines reporting that the housing industry has slowed during the second quarter of this year, both new and existing housing are having the best year of the eight years of recovery since the recession according to Chuck Shinn Jr., Founder, Builder Partnerships. So far this year, total housing starts are up 3.2 percent from 2016, with single-family starts running 7.2 percent over last year and multifamily down 5.1 percent. Read more from Builder Partnerships
American Optimism of Future Economy Drops in June
Americans grew more uneasy about the future of the U.S. economy in June, according to the Survey of Consumers conducted by the University of Michigan. Read more at HOUSINGWIRE
GREEN BUILDING
Energy Department Thinking Green When Tackling Federal Real Property Improvements
Federal real property is getting greener, one lighting fixture, window treatment and HVAC system at a time. The Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program [FEMP] recently awarded 21 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts to energy service companies [ESCOs] to help the government increase energy savings and lower operating costs. Read More at Federal News Radio
CODES AND STANDARDS
Florida Legislature Updates Building Code Adoption Procedures – The State’s Building Commission Finalizes Adoption of the 2015 Edition of the International Codes
Florida Governor Rick Scott signed into law House Bill 1021 to modify the code adoption process for Florida. This law provides that the Florida Building Commission continue to update the Florida Building Code on a three-year cycle and adopt updates based on the International Code Council‘s family of model codes (International Codes or I-Codes) and the National Electrical Code. Also last week, the commission finalized the sixth edition of the Florida Building Code. The new edition of the state code is based on the 2015 I-Codes and will be effective on Dec. 31. Read More at Contractor Magazine
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