6th Annual Most Valuable Product Awards
Drumroll ... Please join us in celebrating our 6th Annual MVP Awards winners, which represent the best in innovative building products
Fortera Takes Concrete Steps to Reduce the Climate Impact of Cement
Clean-tech company Fortera, which uses technology to capture carbon emissions form cement manufacturing, will open its first commercial-scale operation on April 12, 2024, in California
Lumber Leads Building Materials Prices Higher in March
Overall, the cost of building materials rose during March, with softwood lumber, gypsum products, and concrete all seeing price increases. Only steel mill materials saw price drops
6th Annual MVP Awards: Connected Home
The Most Valuable Product Awards showcase the best in new building product design, innovation, and functionality. Here are the winners in the Connected Home category
6th Annual MVP Awards: Doors + Windows
The Most Valuable Product Awards showcase the best in new building product design, innovation, and functionality. Here are the winners in the Doors + Windows category
6th Annual MVP Awards: Exterior
The Most Valuable Product Awards showcase the best in new building product design, innovation, and functionality. Here are the winners in the Exterior category
Economics
Will New Lumber Prices Lower Home Prices?
Now that lumber prices have fallen near pre-pandemic levels, the cost of constructing an average single-family home is now cheaper, but builders…
Building Materials
OSB Costs 500% More Since 2020
While the country’s eyes and ears were locked onto the changes of lumber prices, other building material costs shot up, such as oriented strand…
Building Materials
Lumber Prices Drop 21% in Five Days—When Will it Normalize?
In just five days, the price of lumber fell 21% to $642 per thousand board feet. Lumber prices hit a record high on May 7 at the price of $1,670…
Sustainability
Home Construction Using ICFs: Building for Sustainability, One Block at a Time
The 2021 Sustainable, Healthier Home kicks off with a cost- and labor-efficient structural system: using insulated concrete forms
Building Materials
Lumber Prices Turn Negative for First Time This Year
After two months of continuous price drops, lumber costs are now down 0.6% from 2021’s starting price. Lumber futures for September dropped 5.6%…
Construction
Why Do Builders Continue to Use Lumber?
Despite skyrocketing prices and supply shortages, few home builders are willing to use construction methods other than traditional wood framing.…
Building Materials
Who Can Shorten the Supply Chain for Home Building?
Current supply-chain challenges serve to reveal new possibilities for supplying materials for new-home construction
Building Materials
What’s With the Lumber Price Disconnect?
If lumber futures and mill prices are declining by double digit percentages, why not the street prices builders are paying?
Building Materials
How Are Builders Countering Rising Costs and Shortages?
Few builders have switched away from traditional wood framing
Construction
Most Builders Raise Prices, Pre-Order Materials to Combat Shortages
Faced with widespread shortages and rising material costs, home builders have reacted in an array of ways to combat difficult supply chain…
