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Friday May 25, 2018
Fellow WMA Members,
You will no longer be receiving the WMA News Brief. World Millwork Alliance is excited to launch a new newsletter to bring you the latest in the association and industry news. WMA will focus on delivering insights on everything that effects your business, our association and the millwork community as a whole. Everything you need to keep up to date with our industry in now in one place. So keep an eye on your email and thanks for reading.
WMA NETWORKING CONNECTIONS – COMING SOON!
WMA will have a new look when communicating information about WMA networking events; such as its’ Annual Convention, Leadership Conference and other networking event opportunities. In WMA’s “Networking Connections” you will find information relating to such items as: event programs, registration, exhibiting, sponsorship and more; all in one place keeping you updated.
INDUSTRY NEWS
Single-Family Home Size Increases at the Start of 2018
Counter to the recent prevailing trend, new single-family home size increased at start of 2018. New home size had been falling over the last two years due to an incremental move to additional entry-level home construction.
Read more at Eye On Housing
Residential Construction Starts Fell 9% in April
The value of residential construction starts fell 9% from March to April. This is part of larger construction start slow down, as all three major sectors (non-building, non-residential and residential) took a 13% collective tumble to $674.3 billion, according to a report by Dodge Data & Analytics.
Read more at HOUSINGWIRE
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
2018 Economic Growth to Hold Steady, Despite Rising Interest Rates
Economists predict two more rate hikes.
Read More at HOUSINGWIRE
Zillow Foresees $40B Windfall for Housing Market From Tax Cut
Report says Americans will put $13.2 billion in tax savings directly into the American housing market and spend an additional $24.7 billion on home renovations.
Read More at BUILDER.
MILLWORK SAFETY
How to Comply with OSHA Digital Records Rules without the Anxiety
OSHA requires e-reporting of all workplace injuries and illnesses, but not every manufacturer is set up to easily comply. Luckily, there’s an app for that. When there’s a health or safety problem, reporting it as quickly as possible is one of the first steps companies should take. Yet, despite technological advances, old-fashioned paper and pen forms mailed off to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) is still much more common than you might expect.
Read More at Industry Week
Tips for Safety Conversations Between Supervisors and Employees
Is it possible to overemphasize the importance of safety conversations between frontline supervisors and the workers who report to them? Perhaps it would be if such conversations were a common occurrence. But according to one source recently cited by OSHA, these exchanges are remarkably rare. In its pamphlet Better Safety Conversations, OSHA cites data developed by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, and Switzer for their book Crucial Conversations, Skills for Talking When the Stakes Are High.
Read More at Safety.BLR.com
OSHA Fines Florida Roofer Nearly $200K
Jacksonville-based contractor accused of failing to provide fall protection in two instances last year.
Read More at REMODELING
GREEN BUILDING
A Look at California’s New Solar Panel Regulation
Last week, California became the first state in the country to require solar panels to be installed on homes. The regulation, which goes into effect in 2020, would affect all new single-family homes and small apartment buildings.
Read more at DWM
TECHNOLOGY
Big Dealers Like Dispatch and Delivery Systems. CRM? Not So Much.
The just-released 2018 ProSales 100 shows that America’s biggest pro-oriented construction supply companies might be increasing their investments in technology, but for two key parts of IT, the level of interest is much different.
Read More at PROSALES
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