by Kirkland | May 18, 2022 | News
Multi-Family Housing Continues Surge U.S. single-family housing starts in April dipped 7.3% from March to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.1 million, but multi-family starts (five units or more) shot up 16.8% over March to 612,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau...
by Kirkland | May 16, 2022 | News
Softwood Lumber Board Updates Board Members Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has reappointed George Emmerson, J.D. Hankins II, Brian Luoma and Brad Thorlakson to serve second terms on the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) Board of Directors. He has also appointed past...
by Kirkland | May 16, 2022 | News
PLIB Partners With TP&EE Hatton-Brown Expositions and Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau announce that PLIB will participate in the Preferred Partner program with Hatton-Brown’s Timber Processing & Energy Expo (TP&EE), which will be held September 28-30 at...
by Kirkland | Apr 20, 2022 | News
BC Harvesting Deferrals Kick In No harvesting will be allowed on nearly 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres) of old-growth in British Columbia as the province and First Nations throughout it develop a new approach to sustainable forest management. “Our...
by Kirkland | Apr 19, 2022 | News
Multi-Family Housing Takes Up Slack For March U.S. housing starts edged higher in March, increasing 0.3% to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.793 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development monthly new residential...
by Kirkland | Apr 18, 2022 | News
Freres Celebrates Centennial Anniversary Lyons, Ore.-based Freres Lumber Co., now doing business as Freres Engineered Wood, is celebrating its centennial year, marking a century of transformative growth and positive impact on the wood products industry, clients,...
