The outlook among homebuilders improved in May, as production for single-family projects saw its highest rate yet in 2023. Confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes rose by five points to 50, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). The improvement marks a fifth straight month […]

84 Lumber, the privately held building materials supplier, is recruiting for nearly 10 immediate openings at its door shop in Elkridge, Md., as the company’s business continues to expand nationwide. Interested job seekers can interview for open positions at a hiring event on June 28, 2022, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the company’s […]

Pella Corp. takes more than a single day to celebrate National Skilled Trades Day; it’s an ongoing conversation at Pella Corporation’s 17 manufacturing facilities across the country. “Job security at a company where I can grow is what really excited me about joining the tech trades,” said Kate Vos, Pella technical trades apprentice and 2021 […]

UPDATE: Since publishing this article, [DWM]’s editors received notice that Viwinco Inc. was forced to temporarily discontinue operations, following a “Prohibition on Operation of Businesses that are not Life Sustaining” issued by the Governor of Pennsylvania. As the COVID-19 virus wreaks havoc on world economies, here in the U.S. the door and window industries continue […]