Univest Bank and Trust Co. recently presented Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County with a check for $2,500 earned through the Lehigh Valley IronPigs “Double Plays Pay” sponsorship. The Lehigh Valley team is the Triple-A affiliate of Major League Baseball’s Philadelphia Phillies. Each time the IronPigs made a double[Read More…]
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Time-Lapse Video: Shed-building in Action
Building shed can take the better part of a day … or more. That’s why it’s always fun to see a time-lapse video of a shed being built. Ed’s Sheds, located in Lincoln, Maine, recently posted a video by Joan Lukacik showing shed being built in just over a minute[Read More…]
Lumber Company Earns Six National Safety Awards
The National Safety Council (NSC) announced last month that six Hammond Lumber Company stores in Maine have won the 2018 Industry Leader Award for outstanding safety. The award goes to the top 5 percent of NCS member companies, units, and facilities that have qualified for the Occupational Excellence Achievement Award[Read More…]
GP Building New Softwood Lumber Mill in Georgia
Georgia-Pacific Lumber plans to build a new softwood lumber mill at Dougherty Industrial Park in Albany, Georgia, the company reports. This is GP’s third new softwood lumber mill announcement in 12 months, following investments in Talladega, Alabama, and Warrenton, Georgia. Construction on the $150 million, 320,000 square-foot, facility is scheduled[Read More…]
Builder Updates Look of Offices
In June, The Barn Yard & Great Country Garages updated its Ellington, Connecticut, offices with reclaimed barn board siding for a rustic look and an authentic timber frame porch, the company reports. The company crafted the timbers at its Ellington facility with its CNC machine. The Barn Yard also says[Read More…]
PPG Marks 135th Anniversary of Its Founding
PPG marked the 135th anniversary of its founding with Michael H. McGarry, PPG chairman and chief executive officer, and members of the company’s leadership team ringing the bell to signal the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) July 10. “Ringing the NYSE closing bell puts an[Read More…]
Tuff Shed Opens Relocated El Paso Factory/Store
Tuff Shed Inc., a supplier of storage buildings and garages, hosted a Grand Opening July 18 to celebrate its newly relocated El Paso, Texas, location, the company reports. The new factory and sales center in El Paso is located at 8736 Gateway East Blvd. Ste A, south of Peter Piper Pizza on[Read More…]
Industrial Products Leadership Shifts at Roseburg
Jim Buffington, Industrial Products business director for Roseburg Forest Products, has assumed full responsibility for the Industrial Products business, with accountability for the sales, marketing, and manufacturing of the company’s composite and hardwood plywood products, the company reports. Buffington has served as the face of Roseburg’s Industrial Products business in[Read More…]
Storage Solution Business Adds Gazebos to Line-up
Capitol Sheds, a storage solution company in Virginia that delivers its products nationally, is now selling gazebos. The company says its gazebos are offered in six styles: vinyl gazebo, vinyl pergola, vinyl pavilion, wood gazebo, wood pergola, and wood pavilion. “A gazebo is the perfect way to add value to a[Read More…]
He vs. She Shed Shindig Going Down This Summer
This summer, the sexes will be duking it out in the backyard in the ultimate battle of the sheds. Rotelle Studio(e) CEO Peter Rotelle has enlisted Ty Pennington of Trading Spaces and Extreme Makeover: Home Editionfame to help him go head-to-head with the premier eastern Pennsylvania custom home builder’s all-female design[Read More…]
