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…]
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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…]
Top Five Shed Colors
We know that choosing a shed is serious business. It is an investment that will last a long time and customers want it to be just right. One of the most fun parts of designing a shed is picking the color. It can be a really easy choice if the customer[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…]
Top Three Sellers for 2017
The year 2017 was a banner year for Spring Hill Sheds. We did more business than in any other year since we’ve been open. We sold all shapes, sizes, styles, and colors of storage buildings in 2017. During the last quarter of the year, we looked back at which storage[Read More…]
Gone Fishing
Back in the “good ole days” of Better Barns, when things were simpler and I didn’t have a family to support, there were a lot of things done that had nothing whatsoever to do with producing storage sheds. Vance and I were both young. I was in my teens, and[Read More…]
