AWCI’s Benefits Are Invaluable

We are well into fall and headed into winter—where has the time gone? Somehow the successful AWCI’s Industry Executives’ Conference & Committee Week was a few months ago, and we are well into full planning mode for AWCI’s Convention & INTEX Expo, March 22–26, 2020, at the Paris Las Vegas. AWCI’s largest event is […]

End of an Era?

We made it to the end of 2019, and I must admit I’ll be glad when this year is finally over. Let’s just say it hasn’t been a good one, but I have high hopes for 2020. It can’t be any worse.      To many people, the start of a new year is […]

Goldblatt Debuts New Website

Goldblatt® has launched its new website, www.goldblattusa.com, in both English and Spanish. The new website serves as a digital hub for professional builders and contractors to obtain the information they need to purchase Goldblatt tools. It features dedicated trade pages for concrete, masonry, tile and drywall tools. End-users are able to use the […]

NKC Hires New Marketing Manager

Nathan Kimmel Co., LLC announces Megan McBride as its new marketing manager. McBride previously worked as NKC’s marketing and database intern while completing her degree in international business from the University of Southern California. She replaces Laura Mejia, who left the company after four years to begin a career in teaching.

L&W Supply Opens New Branch in Central Arizona

Contractors and vendors in the Phoenix metro area will now have more options for fulfilling their interior building product needs with the opening of a new L&W Supply Branch in Glendale, Ariz. The location offers drywall and gypsum, steel framing, acoustical ceilings, insulation and other building materials. Armando Marroquin will serve as the […]

GMS Expands into Kingston, Ontario

GMS Inc. has acquired Rigney Building Supplies Ltd., a single-location distributor based in Kingston, Ontario.      Founded in 1972, Rigney serves residential and commercial customers in the Greater Kingston, Ontario, market, a Top 25 Canadian metropolitan area. Rigney offers a full complement of interior building materials, as well as masonry and landscaping products. […]

September Construction Starts Decrease 5 Percent

New construction starts moved 5 percent lower in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $774.1 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. This marks the second consecutive monthly decline in construction starts. By major sector, nonbuilding construction fell 13 percent in September, while residential construction dropped 6 percent. On the plus side, […]

September Construction Unemployment Rates Down in 48 States Year Over Year

In September, estimated not seasonally adjusted construction unemployment rates fell nationally and in 48 states and rose in two states on a year-over-year basis, according to an analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Oct. 30 by Associated Builders and Contractors. For the fifth consecutive month, the construction unemployment rates for all […]

Builder Confidence Hits 20-Month High

Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes rose three points to 71 in October, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index released Oct 16. Sentiment levels are at their highest point since February 2018.      Derived from a monthly survey that NAHB has been conducting for […]