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Finding Good Help
The phone rings, interrupting your work. You take a deep breath and answer. It’s a sales guy, wondering when customer Smith’s shed is going to be ready. You check the sale date—it’s already been three weeks. You frown—that should have been done by now. That’s the fourth building this week[Read More…]
New Board Member for Roseburg
Anurag Gupta, former CEO and C-suite executive and an advisor and consultant to private equity firms, has joined the board of directors at Roseburg Forest Products, the company reports. Gupta replaces David Johnson, who retired from the board after 13 years of dedicated service. “Throughout his career, Anurag has succeeded[Read More…]
Weaver Barns Gives Back to Its Community
Weaver Barns and the Weaver family have long enjoyed the support of its Sugarcreek, Ohio community. In fact, the family has three businesses there: Weaver Barns, Weaver’s Furniture of Sugarcreek and the The family says that the support of the immediate community and support from customers across Ohio and surrounding[Read More…]
Great Investment Time
The lumber market adjusted to supply-and-demand factors throughout the most recent two-month period. Strong fundamentals supported robust business activity but were not enough to stop a slide in many lumber prices. Some prices represented an opportunity for shed builders to buy at levels not seen in years. ECONOMIC BACKGROUND The[Read More…]
LDW – Loss Damage Waiver; What is It and Why It Matters
Loss damage waiver, liability damage waiver, damage waiver fee. The names and acronyms may vary, but the concept is uniform within the rent-to-own (RTO) backyard structure industry. It is important as a manufacturer to understand the basics of what LDW is and what it is not from an awareness standpoint.[Read More…]
Georgia-Pacific Breaks Ground in Warrenton
Georgia-Pacific broke ground on a new $135 million softwood lumber production facility in Warrenton, Georgia, December 3. Local community members, government representatives, and Georgia‐Pacific employees were involved with the event. The new 340,000‐square foot facility will replace the current Warrenton plant, originally built in the early 1970s. This means that[Read More…]
And the Winner Is …
This past summer, Rotelle Studio(e) put on the He vs. She Shed Shindig, which pitted the men against the women in turning the traditional garden storage shed into a creative outdoor living space uniquely his and hers. The design from each team was revealed during Rotelle’s second annual Studio(e) Dream[Read More…]
Flip the Switch
Many years ago, more than 200 in fact, Benjamin Franklin flew his kite into a lightning storm to find out more about electricity. It was a rather shocking experience. He wasn’t the first to discover electricity. Nor did he do anything overly useful that I know of with it. Thomas[Read More…]
Maibec, Capital Forest Products Sign New Partnership Agreement
Maibec Inc., which has been active in the wood processing sector since 1946 in Quebec, has entered into a new partnership agreement with Capital Forest Products for the distribution of its exterior siding products in the Mid-Atlantic territory, the company reports. The Cedar Speciality Group of Capital Forest Products will[Read More…]
