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A collection of home exteriors that will stand the test of time, The Magnolia Home James Hardie Collection of siding is now available nationwide in a variety of nature-inspired colors, styles and textures.

The collaboration with James Hardie, a world leader in fiber cement home siding and exterior design solutions, marks Chip and Joanna Gaines’ entrance into exteriors, the next frontier in home design.

Every home has a story to tell. James Hardie and Magnolia Home aim to inspire homeowners to transform their home’s curb appeal with long-lasting beauty and durability.

Ted Speers, head of The Patch Boys, is a trusted drywall repair franchise company, that provides drywall repair and installation, ceiling and plaster repair, popcorn ceiling removal and texture matching for commercial and residential locations.

The construction industry is on the brink of significant change and disruption. As the world continues to adjust and recover from COVID-19’s impact, it now also faces a multitude of pandemic-related macroeconomic factors. Add to that the war in Ukraine, high inflation, interest rate rises, supply chain challenges, increase wage costs and reduced skilled labor availability…and the picture becomes a bit darker.

Contractors working in the Pacific Northwest are well-accustomed to the persistent light rain, cool temperatures and gray skies that return every year at the end of the beautiful summer. The annual return of a weather pattern known as the Pineapple Express, originating in the Hawaiian Islands, moves eastward and makes landfall anywhere along the west coast, delivering high winds and heavy rainstorms.

The Walls & Ceilings Top 50 Contractors list has now been released. As in past years, the Top 50 Contractors list brings together the industry’s most progressive and resourceful subcontractors in the United States.

University Heights Professional Centre in Toronto is an eight-story, 160,000+-square-foot mixed-use building comprised of retail space on its lower levels with professional offices on its upper levels. Per the owner, Haven Developments, it was important to create an environmentally sound structure using high-reflecting materials, energy efficient controls and low impact mechanical fixtures.

Underscoring the design firm’s expanding commitment to sustainable design, the national architecture and interiors leader Dyer Brown has just unveiled a new 18,000-square-foot headquarters in Boston for repeat client Sappi North America, the leading eco-conscious producer of wood fiber products.

McShane Construction Company was selected by Housing For All, LLC in collaboration with Visionary Ventures, Cordogan Clark & Associates and JTE Real Estate Services to build Fox Valley Apartments in Aurora, Illinois. McShane will renovate two historic school buildings and construct one new building to provide a total of 47 affordable housing units.

Pro-oriented, residentially focused construction supply companies acquired 671 locations and opened 154 others in 2021, capping one of the busiest years ever for lumberyards, specialty dealers and related firms, Webb Analytics’ just-released 2021 Deals Report finds.

EIFS industry veteran Buck Buchanan speaks about the system from the 1990s until the present.