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Thursday, February 2, 2017
WMA MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS
GPI Group/GPI Millworks Announcement
GPI Group/GPI Millworks announces that it has acquired a plant in Tucker, Georgia. “We see continued growth opportunities in our core markets”, states Ryan Chapman, GPI Group’s President. Global Products International (GPI) Group is a design and manufacturing firm that produces high-quality, innovative, and affordable products for a variety of industries. Read More
WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION EDUCATION
When: March 5-8, 2017
Where: JW Marriott Indianapolis Hotel – Indianapolis, Indiana
HURRY – THE HOTEL IS SELLING OUT FAST!
LIMITED ENROLLMENT, REGISTER TODAY!
WMA members receive $900 savings on registration.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
February 13, 2017 – Hotel reservation and cancellation deadline. Reservations must be made directly with the hotel prior to 5 p.m. Central Time to receive the UID rate.
February 17, 2017 – Registration deadline. All applications received after this date will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
To view the course listing CLICK HERE!
GREEN BUILDING
Green Building Materials Market Is Expected to Reach $377,029 Million by 2022; Finds New Report
Green Building Materials Market Report forecasts that the global market is expected to be $171,475 million in 2015, growing at a CAGR of 11.9% from 2016 to 2022, to reach $377,029 million by 2022. The exterior products segment dominated the market in 2015 with one-third share, in terms of revenue.Emission reduction potential of green building materials, high asset value of green buildings, growth in public awareness regarding green materials, and increase in client & market demand are the major factors that drive the green building materials market across the globe. In addition, reduction in operating costs and enhanced worker productivity due to healthier indoor environment supplements the market growth. A wide variety of green building materials are available in the market including linoleum, galvalume panels, and fiber-cement composites. New low-rise and high residential buildings, retrofits of existing buildings, and new industrial buildings are the major areas where growth of green building materials is expected. DGNB, LEED, BREEAM, HQE, and EnergyStar are some of the certification systems that evaluate performance of the green buildings. They rate the buildings according to some set standards. Read More
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Millennials Manage Differently, and That’s a Good Thing
They’re no longer all young 20-somethings just starting their careers. More millennials are stepping into management and leadership roles every day.
Read more at IAEE
HOUSING INDUSTRY
Hand-Wringing Over Rising Rates
Historically, the direct effect of even rapid interest rate increases is relatively muted. It’s ‘other factors’ that most impact mojo.
Read more at BUILDER
Case-Shiller: Housing Market Now Officially, Completely Recovered
The According to the latest data released Tuesday by S&P Dow Jones Indices and CoreLogic, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, which covers all nine U.S. census divisions, increased 5.6% annually, up from 5.5% from the previous month.
Read more at HOUSINGWIRE
Here’s the Confusion Around Independent Agencies Under Trump’s New Actions
President Donald Trump recently singed a presidential memoranda and executive order that significantly impact the future of regulations across all industries. But for housing specifically, there’s a major catch. The two new actions do not apply to independent agencies, which is a clause HousingWire keeps pointing out.
Read more at HOUSINGWIRE
Housing Share of GDP Essentially Unchanged
With the release of the final estimates of third quarter 2016 GDP growth (revised up three-tenths to a 3.5% growth rate), housing’s share of gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.1 percentage point to 15.6%. The home building and remodeling component—residential fixed investment—as a share of GDP held steady at 3.5%.
Read more at Eye On Housing
A Challenge for Almost-HUD Secretary Carson: Housing Labor Crisis
A productive point of focus for an action-oriented change agent in housing–attract and train a new construction trade base of workers.
Read more at BUILDER
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