Joseph Miller has been involved in construction most of his life. His father was a brick and stone mason in Virginia Beach, training his four sons (there are also two daughters) in the masonry business. As the sons got older and were ready to take on more responsibility, Miller, the[Read More…]
Matt Poe
Matt Poe is the Editor of Shed Business Journal, previously of Shed Builder Magazine.
Milwaukee Tool Plans Expansion of Headquarters
With a planned total investment of $32 million, Milwaukee Tool is proposing a major expansion at their global new product development center in Brookfield, Wisconsin. The company says a 114,500-square-foot, multi-story building would be built on an existing 3.5-acre lot owned by Milwaukee Tool, bringing its global headquarter space from[Read More…]
Shed Turned Into Premier Pooch Shelter
Did you see Tuff Shed’s “Building of the Month” for January? Seems the shed builder went to the dogs … literally. Eddie Valek of Texas needed a place for his three dogs to stay while at work. The solution? Visit the Tuff Shed team in San Antonio and design a[Read More…]
Georgia-Pacific Building New Softwood Lumber Plant
Georgia-Pacific will build a new softwood lumber production facility in Warren County, Georgia, on property adjacent to its existing lumber mill, the company reports. Construction of the $135 million, 340,000‐square-foot, technologically advanced plant is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2018 with an anticipated startup in spring 2019. Georgia‐Pacific’s[Read More…]
Shed Builders and Tax Reform
As the 2018 tax season progresses, shed builders may be wondering how the Tax Cut and Jobs Act passed late in 2017 will impact their businesses. “There are many variables in the law that will impact each business differently,” says Mike Slack, lead tax research analyst at The Tax Institute[Read More…]
Reorganization for Roseburg Resources
As a result of several strategic developments within the company, including the recent sale of its California timberlands and purchase of 158,000 acres in Virginia and North Carolina, Roseburg Resources Co. has reviewed its organizational structure, leading to the promotion of three key managers to newly created director positions. the[Read More…]
Georgia-Pacific Memphis Facility Supports Youth Chess Team
For several years, the Georgia‐Pacific Memphis Cellulose facility has supported the Douglass K‐8 Optional School and its STEM program in Tennessee. Part of that engagement also means support for the school’s chess class. Since it began a few years ago, the students have made big strides in learning performance, both[Read More…]
Tuff Shed Sells Structure No. 1 Million
At the end of November, Tuff Shed, headquartered in Denver, announced that it built its 1 millionth structure. It took about 36 years for the company to reach the milestone of 1 million sheds sold. Dick Keenan, a San Francisco resident and owner of Kick Ranch Vineyard in Santa Rosa,[Read More…]
HAITI BENEFIT AUCTION DONATION MADE IN HONOR OF BUILDER
On January 9, 2018, Lumbermen Associates of Bristol, Pennsylvania, held its 20th annual Shed and Gazebo Builders Breakfast in Blue Ball, Pennsylvania. Lumbermen’s is a wholesale building products distributor serving the outdoor storage building industry in Pennsylvania and surrounding states for over 30 years. At the breakfast, over 60 shed[Read More…]
Roseburg Names New Managers, Director
Roseburg Forest Products named three people to new leadership roles in January. Tony Ramm has been promoted to general manager of plywood, Steve Courtney will join the Roseburg team as the director of solid wood resource procurement, and Phil Odom has been named business manager for plywood and lumber business[Read More…]
