The labor pool is shrinking, projects are coming out of mothballs, and business volume is picking up. Here are 8 ways to make sure your distributorship has the manpower to handle business in the year ahead.
Read more at The Electrical Distributor
Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 10.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 495,000 units in October, according to newly released data from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau.
Read more at NAHB
Hanley Wood Data Studio reports in Builder that the 2015 Smart Market Report on Green and Healthier Homes: Engaging Consumers of All Ages in Sustainable Living was released last Wednesday. It surveyed a total of 249 builders, remodelers, multifamily firms, and interviewed 9 homebuyers who had purchased a home within the last year. “Our studies demonstrate that home builders still think of green homes as an important trend,” said Dr. Donna Laquidara-Carr, industry insights research director at Dodge Data & Analytics, during a presentation Wednesday at the 2015 Greenbuild Conference in Washington, D.C. Nearly one-third of builders report that over 60% of their home projects this year included green technology. Builders are driven by multiple factors to build greener homes, including the following five, which builders find all equally important, according to Dr. Laquidara-Carr: 1.)customer demand (68%), 2) energy cost increases (66%), 3) green product availability and affordability (66%), 4) greater valued recognized appraisers (66%), and 5) code, ordinance, and regulation changes (65%). Read More in BuilderOnline>
November 23, 2015
Dear Members of World Millwork Alliance,
Once again, it’s the time of the year when we gather around the table with our families and pause to reflect that which we are thankful. This year, in addition to family and friends, I’m thankful for the privilege to serve our members as WMA’s chief executive officer. It’s an honor to work with dedicated and supportive members, board of directors and committee volunteers.
As we enter the second year of our strategic plan, we welcome your ideas and comments to enhance WMA’s ability to meet the needs of millwork businesses now and in the future. While we have made great strides forward, as always there is still work to be done—but when we come together, there is no limit to what we can accomplish.
This week’s Thanksgiving holiday offers a special opportunity to reflect on our many blessings and to be grateful for the gifts we have received. We are mindful of those less fortunate and struggling in our country and our world. Thanksgiving is an invitation to rededicate ourselves in our own special way that could make a difference to the most vulnerable members of our communities.
On this day, set aside for giving thanks, we express our gratitude to the men and women and their families who selflessly serve to protect our country and the American way of life. As we come to the end of the 2015 eventing year, the WMA Board and Staff would like to wish all of our members a happy Thanksgiving holiday. We are thankful for our members; without you, there would be no WMA. We hope to have you with us in 2015.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families.
Sincerely,
Rosalie Leone
Chief Executive Officer
Builder confidence in the market for newly constructed single-family homes slipped three points to 62 in November from an upwardly revised October reading on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
Read more at NAHB
Jeld-Wen Names Mark A. Beck President and
Chief Executive Officer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – JELD-WEN, inc. (“JELD-WEN”) today announced the appointment of Mark A. Beck as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer effective November 30, 2015. Kirk Hachigian, who is currently in these roles, will continue as an active member of JELD-WEN’s leadership team as Executive Chairman of the Board. Mr. Hachigian and Mr. Beck will work closely together into the new year to facilitate a smooth management transition.
Registration for 2016 UID Now Open
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2016 University of Innovative Distribution
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2015 Building Code Conforming Wood Design
Now Available
LEESBURG, VA. – The 2015 Code Conforming Wood Design (CCWD), a joint publication of the American Wood Council (AWC) and the International Code Council (ICC), is now available.
The free download, along with 2012 and 2009 versions, is available here:
http://www.awc.org/codes-standards/buildingcodes/ccwd.
CCWD concisely summarizes provisions related to the use of wood and wood products as they appear in the 2015 International Building Code (IBC). Most notable are the easy-to-use tables provided in CCWD for determination of the maximum building size for eight common occupancy groups using the newly formatted height and area tables of the 2015 IBC.
On Wednesday, four key green-building stakeholder organizations (ASTM International, ICC Evaluation Service, NSF International and Sustainable Minds) will launch the first Program Operator Consortium in the industry. The signing will take place at Greenbuild 2015 at the ASTM International booth (#3313) at 10:30 a.m. The consortium will serve as an expert resource and advocate for creating product category rules (PCRs), reviewing life cycle assessment (LCA) reports, and verifying and publishing environmental product declarations (EPDs). The consortium members will pool resources; leverage existing relationships; jointly conduct outreach, marketing, education and communications; and promote the overall use of PCRs, LCAs and EPDs in the marketplace. Read More at PRNewswire > http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/first-program-operator-consortium-launched-for-environmental-product-declarations-market-at-greenbuild-2015-300180131.html
(The World Green Building Trends 2016 study surveyed 1,000 building professionals from 69 countries, building on 2008 and 2012 research) – Green building continues to double every three years, with strongest acceleration in emerging economies, and clients and tenants worldwide increasingly demanding sustainability – for both energy efficiency and occupant benefit. These findings and others from the World Green Building Trends 2016 report by Dodge Data & Analytics, with funding from United Technologies, were announced today by Bob McDonough, President, UTC Climate, Controls & Security at the 2015 Greenbuild International Summit in Washington, D.C. Read More at PRNewswire >
As 2015 comes to a close, building materials and construction continues to outperform other sectors. In addition to recent positive news such as increased construction spending, distributors in this category also saw the highest revenue growth (2.8 percent) in the third quarter, according to the most recent MDM-Baird Distribution Survey.
And while the fourth quarter is projected to be flat at just 2.5 percent, survey respondents expect building materials and construction to outperform other categories in 2016 with 3.8 percent revenue growth.
Read more at Modern Distribution Management
The median home price of existing single-family homes rose to $229,000 in the third quarter, up 5.5% from the same quarter a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors’ Metropolitan Median Area Prices And Affordability report release Thursday morning.
During the third quarter, home prices rose in 87% of all measured markets (or 154 out of 178 metropolitan statistical areas) while 24 metros recorded lower median prices from a year earlier. A total of 21 MSAs (12%) experienced double-digit increases, compared to 16 MSAs in the third quarter of 2014.
Read more at BUILDER
World Millwork Alliance (WMA) 54 TH Annual Convention & Tradeshow will hold its’ premier event at the Memphis Cook Convention Center from September 11-15, 2018. WMA will offer Veterans and Students complimentary access to the exhibit hall during Millwork Career Day on Friday, September 14, 2018 during the show hours of 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
WMA welcomes Veterans and Students to explore a career in the millwork industry. Learn from worldwide millwork professionals while viewing the finest millwork products. Meet with industry distributors and manufacturers about the opportunities in a millwork career.
Pre-registration for a name badge is available by completing a WMA Registration Form. Any local Student or Veteran who has pre-registered will pick up their complimentary “Expo – One Day Pass” with a valid student ID or Veteran ID at the WMA registration desk in the Memphis Cook Convention Center.
Veterans must show a Veteran’s Administration (VA) identification card to receive an “Expo-One Day Pass” and to gain entrance into the exhibit hall on Friday, September 14, 2018.
Students must show a valid Student photo I.D. card to receive an “Expo-One Day Pass” and to gain entrance into the exhibit hall on Friday, September 14, 2018.
Pre-registration is open until August 13, 2018; thereafter, registration is onsite at the WMA registration desk in the Memphis Cook Convention Center.
