COVID and the labor shortage will keep the supply chain tangled well into 2022 amid strong demand, a scenario that inevitably will push...

As early as this month, we could see the 2,000 LBM dealer facilities to be involved in a deal, a greenfield opening, or a closure since...

Two leaders of a movement to increase the number and the power of women in construction supply set out a framework for advancement that...

DEALERS US LBM named Don Riley as its new COO and hired John Colley to be a Buyer for the Great Lakes Region. Inside US LBM's divisions,...

Construction supply companies across the country generally don't require employees to get vaccinations for COVID, nor do they require...

The past week has given us solid indications of both how the LBM industry fared since April and what we can expect through this winter....

If the current pace of dealmaking pace, we're likely this month to surpass in 2021 the number of construction supply deals that were...

DEALERS New South Construction Supply hired Abhi Singh (right) as EVP and COO. Will Lummus has become President/CEO at Lummus Supply Co....

By Craig Webb Scott Sedam likes to show a picture of leftover studs and panels he spotted at a housing development a few years ago. The...

By Mai-Tal Kennedy Building Industry Partners The past 16 months have highlighted how much of what we took as unwritten rules of business...

If deeds matter more than words, then three acts in recent weeks by Builders FirstSource (BFS) have revealed much about how America’s...

To give you a sense of how busy dealmakers have been so far in 2021, consider this: The number of deals, openings, and closures so far...

DEALERS US LBM named Glen Albee as its Regional Vice President for the Northeast. 84 Lumber named Ronald Oliver as Southeast Area Manager...

The state of North Carolina advised inspectors today against automatically disqualifying European lumber on Tar Heel construction sites...

North Carolina's chief residential code consultant to the state Insurance Department confirmed today that the state's alert about the use...

Katerra, the multi-billion-dollar company created to revolutionize construction, is closing the bulk of its U.S. operations, the company...

Last week's acquisitions by Builders FirstSource and US LBM, building on similarly big deals earlier this year, led us to wonder: If you...

While the biggest headlines in construction supply M&A during May involved acquisitions by US LBM and Builders FirstSource, they were...

DEALERS The Lester Group picked Kevin Silveira (right) to be VP for Building Supply. Builders FirstSource appointed Randy Whetzell as...

Two major deals announced in two days--US LBM's acquisition of American Construction Source (ACS) and Builders FirstSource's purchase of...