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• Ace Hardware Ranks Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Home Improvement Retailers
  For a third consecutive year, Ace Hardware ranks highest in satisfying home improvement retail store customers, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Home Improvement Retail Store Study,.
• Interest in Green Construction Growing
  Custom home builders in the California market are noticing a growing interest in green construction among consumers. Here are their observations.
• Economy Puts Lumber Out on a Limb
  The glut of homes in foreclosure, vacant or stuck on the market has the nation's lumber industry hanging on by a limb. Here’s a look at the current state of the industry.
• The Plastic Solution
  A Plastics in Building & Construction Special Interest Group tells us here that plastics offer cost and energy savings as well as long-term performance when used for a wide variety of building materials. They believe they can help contractors and builders save money and score big in customer satisfaction.
• Price of Lumber Stable In Spite Of Hurricanes
  Here's some good news. The late summer trifecta of Hurricanes Gustav, Hanna and Ike have not driven up the cost of wood like past storms.
• Wood Product Resistant to Mold, Insects
  Here’s a look at a relatively new lumber product that blocks the growth of mold and protects lumber from fungus, wood rot and insects.
• Housing Slump Takes Ax to Logging
  As sawmills across the U.S. close their doors in response to the housing market slump, the ripple effect has spread well beyond the mill workers. Loggers, logging-equipment dealers, timberland owners, and many retail and professional businesses also are feeling the effects.
• U.S. Lumber Demand Expected to Plummet
  The drop in new home construction has timber industry experts predicting a staggering drop in U.S. demand for lumber. Compared with record lumber consumption in 2005, this year's demand is expected to drop by 19 billion board feet, according to industry leaders.
• Eco-friendly Flooring Gains Traction
  Something new is afoot and it's catching on: eco-friendly flooring. Green, recycled materials and updated natural resources help create a healthier environment and look good to boot.
• Porcelain Becomes Go-To Choice for Tile
  Porcelain tile has become very popular in the past couple of years, according to manufacturers and interior designers. Here’s a look at a few of the reasons why consumers are choosing porcelain.
• U.S. Lumber Coalition Wary of New Canadian Subsidies
  The U.S. Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports is expressing concern that Canadian authorities will use a recently announced subsidy plan to aid an already heavily taxpayer-supported Canadian forestry industry in violation of the U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement.
• Falling prices, Sales Damage Idaho's Forest Products Industry
  Idaho's forest products industry had a not-so-good year in 2007, and a weak housing market promises more of the same in 2008.
• Remodeling Jobs Help Contractors Survive
  With Wisconsin's Dane County housing starts at record low levels, some area contractors are taking on more remodeling projects to stay afloat financially.
• Jobless Construction Workers Fish for Food
  Roy Bennett is on the water again, his boat anchored over a deep channel in Coral Creek, Fla. as he waits to see if he will be lucky today. Bennett would rather be earning a living building homes, but fishing is about the only steady work that the Englewood, Fla. resident can drum up since the real estate market crashed. Making a few dollars and maybe catching dinner is better than sitting home as an unemployed construction worker.
• NAHB to Highlight Green at IBS 2008
  The NAHB will be celebrating what they are calling Green Day on Thursday, Feb. 14, at the 2008 International Builders' Show in Orlando, Fla.

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