PPI: Door and Window Material Prices Climb in November
Prices for materials used in the door and window industry increased in November, according to recently released Producer Price Index (PPI) data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
OSHA to Accept 2017 Electronic Injury Forms Until December 31st, 2017
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will continue accepting 2016 OSHA Form 300A data through the Injury Tracking Application (ITA) until midnight on December 31, 2017.
Construction Trades: A Step on the Path Toward Higher Paying Jobs
A recent NAHB study identifies eight senior positions at home building companies that are often always filled by someone with experience in one or more of the construction trades.
Study: Design and Technology Can Improve Construction Safety
A new study from Dodge Data & Analytics reveals the engagement with and impact of two critical trends for improving construction safety-technologies used on jobsites, and the practice of Prevention through Design (PtD).
Builders: New Policies improving housing market conditions
Builder confidence improved in December to its highest reading in 18 years as builders say housing market conditions are improving due to new policies, according to the Housing Market Index by the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo.
Certified Communities: When Greening Neighborhoods One Building at a Time Isn’t Enough
Within the design and construction industry there is a growing sense of urgency to find sustainability and resilience solutions that can be applied at scale. One way to do this is to focus on neighborhoods, and over the past few years several organizations have responded by launching programs designed to support this strategy.
NLRB rolls back Browning-Ferris joint employment standard
In a 3-2 decision, the National Labor Relation Board (NLRB) has overturned the infamous 2015 decision, Brown-Ferris Industries, 362 NLRB No. 186 (2015) (“Browning-Ferris”), and has returned to the standard set before that Obama-era decision.
LUMBER LIQUIDATOR: SUDDEN IMPACT
New 21% duties on Canadian softwood lumber domino up to a macroeconomic hit. Builder’s John McManus writes that “Nothing happens in a vacuum“, and nowhere is this evident than in the residential construction business, where, it seems, everything connects.
Survey: Average New Single-Family Home Shrinks in 2016
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s recently published Survey of Construction, the median size of a completed single-family home was 2,422 square feet in 2016, down from the 2015 average of 2,689 square feet. That could have implications for the new-construction side of the door and window industry.
How Canadians are constructing North America’s biggest green buildings
In January, tenants will move into a six-story Vancouver apartment building designed to be so energy efficient, you could heat each bedroom with a 100-watt light bulb.
