Wood Truss Council Of Missouri

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•	June Housing Starts

•	Fastest Growing Cities;Employment Changes; Nonresidential Construction, PPI

•	PPI; CPI; Steel Price Increases; McGraw-Hill Starts for June

•	Fitch Offers Outlook on Housing Market

•	FLORIDA AND INDIANA RECOGNIZE GREEN BUILDING INITIATIVE’S™ GREEN GLOBES™ SYSTEM

•	Menards Plans Further Missouri Stores

•	Weyerhaeuser to permanently close OSB mill

•	Tri-County Truss shuts down Longview Temporarily

•	Stock's Interim Operating Loss Tops $200 Million

•	UBC Granted Permit in Bid to Rebuild in Lapeer Following January Fire

•	Nantucket Lumberyard in Final Stages of Acquisition

•	Illinois Tool Works Buys Dow Chemical's Trymer Unit For Undisclosed Sum

•	Louisiana-Pacific Settles OSB Suit

•	Arbitration Works Better Than Lawsuits

•	Senate Passes Housing Stimulus Bill, Builders Urge House To Quickly Follow Suit

•	Building Codes And Sustainability

•	Carbon Offsets In The Western Climate Initiative: Emerging Business Opportunities

•	Proposed Regulation Addresses Mandatory Use Of E-Verify For Federal Contractors

•	Dynamic Programs Better Than Mandates, NAHB Says

•	Lumber Charting 2008

•	Michigan Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Energy Code Proponents

•	New Attendees Can Win a Free Registration to BCMC!

•	Housing Stimulus Legislation Badly Needed

•	Home Sales and Prices Continue Downward Despite Revival of Affordability Measures

•	The Fed Will Not Tighten Monetary Policy or Restrict Access to the Discount Window This Year

•	Commodity Price Inflation Should Not Generate Persistent ‘Stagflation’

•	Property/Casualty Industry Loss Reserves Position Deteriorated in 2007

•	Liberal Party Of Canada Introduces “Green Shift” Carbon Tax Plan

•	U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down California´s Attempt To Regulate Employer Speech

•	Supreme Court´s Term Ends - Business Related Rulings

•	Carbon Policy: In the Absence Of Federal Legislation, California Announces Aggressive State-Level Carbon Strategy

•	The Scoop On California’s Plan For Reducing Greenhouse Gases – Golden State To Require Cap-And-Trade, Wind-Solar-Geothermal, Green Buildings And Clean Cars

•	AEM Calls for Immediate Action on New Crane Standard

•	2008 Half-year Natural Catastrophes Figures Above Average

•	Roadcheck 2008 Results: Truck Fleet Safety Improves

•	Green Workday Initiative Aims to Reduce Business Travel

•	Antitrust Activity Has Little Impact On Small Firms

•	Canadian Construction Market Overview

•	Canada’s Housing Start Data

•	Canada Housing Starts Cool, but no U.S.-style Crisis

•	June 2008 Manufacturing ISM Report On Business

•	Raw Materials' Costs Rise Area's Manufacturers, Wholesalers Feeling the Effects

•	Diesel Thieves and Rising Fees

•	NFBA’s Highest Honor Awarded to Douglas Rammer, P.E. of Forest Products Laboratory

•	84 Lumber Reports First Profit of 2008

•	IRS Develops System to Combat Tax-Related Fraud

•	Two Big Western Lumber Producers Will Combine

•	ProBuild acquires Big Buck Building Centers

•	New Manufacturing Orders Rise;Construction Spending; Non-res Employment Up

•	Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions

•	Green Building Information Posted on WTCA Website

•	Department Changes at Vecoplan LLC

•	IAPMO ES Helps Stanley-Bostitch Get Hurricane Ready

•	Dow Chemical Agrees to Buy Rohm & Haas for $15.3 Billion

•	Dr. Stan Duobinis Will Give Economic Forecast at BCMC in Denver CO

•	New at BCMC: 4-Hour Component Manufacturer Roundtable on Tuesday

•	Heads Up: Start Using New I-9 Form Now

•	Canada: Random Alcohol And Drug Testing In Safety-Sensitive Positions Violates Québec's Charter Of Human Rights And Freedoms

•	New York's High Court Rules Executives Are Covered Employees Under Certain Labor Law Provisions - Court Also Addresses When Commissions Become Wages Subject To Protection

•	Ask the Lawyer: Passing on Fuel Surcharges

•	Men Are Now Eligible For Maternity Leave Benefits In Massachusetts

•	President Bush Signs Amended Executive Order 12989 Requiring Federal Contractors To Use The E-Verify Employment Verification System

•	U.S. Labor Department Targets Employers And Lawyers For Perceived Immigration Fraud Then Backtracks

•	President Amends Executive Order To Require All Federal Contractors To Use E-Verify System

•	Massachusetts Law Encourages Energy-Efficient Technology, Construction

•	Parr Lumber names new CFO

•	Executive promotions announced at Weyerhaeuser

•	House Hearing: Does OSHA Adequately Enforce Construction Safety Rules?

•	I-9s & E-Verify: (Almost) Everything You Need to Know

•	Big Builders at Odds with NAHB

•	ProBuild Buys Big Buck Building Centers

•	BMHC Closing Truss Plant

•	Hillsdale Structures Assembles Steel Trusses on Site of Windsor Spitfires’ New Arena

•	Halliday Homes Adapts Pre-Engineered Houses to Iceland’s Climate

•	Weyerhaeuser Announces Structural Framing Giveaway

•	Fitch gives outlook for global steel prices

•	BHPB bid for Rio – Mr Varin blasts merger move

•	Brazilian steel consumption to reach 40 million tonnes by 2015

•	Global products steel price in June up by 7% - MEPS

•	A Point of View on our Carbon Destiny

•	Nucor Chief Sees Decades of High Commodity Prices

•	U.S. Steel sees steel prices up on raw material cost

•	High Gas Prices Could Endanger Suburban Living, Theorists Warn

•	Study: 14% of U.S. Cities Require Green Building Standards

•	Pulte and Shea Chief Executives Provide Uplifting Message

•	BCMC Educational Sessions are an Important Part of your Business Plan!

•	Why to Stay at a BCMC Show Hotel

•	Watch for Scams on BCMC Hotel Reservations

•	Voluntary Program for Eco-Forest Management Labeling of Softwood Lumber

•	Ohio Healthy Families Act (OHFA): Coming Soon To A Ballot Near You?

•	The Highest Court of New York Delivers A Win To Employers Paying Employees On A Commission Basis

•	New Jersey Governor Signs Historic Paid Family Leave Legislation

•	Executive Order Requires All Federal Contractors To Use E-Verify

•	California Same-Sex Marriage Ruling: Employee Benefit Plan Implications

•	FOMC holds rate target steady; prices keep climbing; state construction jobs slide

•	Quick Facts about the Construction Industry

•	NAHB urges Congress to pass housing stimulus bill

•	Roseburg Adds Solid Sawn Flanged RFPI® Joist to its Broad Line of Engineered Wood Products Manufacturing

•	Moving Beyond the Environmental Message

•	When profits drop, consider firing your customer

•	Midwest Begins Long Recovery Trek

•	California unveils major plan to slash emissions

•	It is dumb to refuse smart immigrants, columnist says

•	The Cost Of Sprawl

•	ADB: Asia needs sustainable cities

•	Learning the Difference Between 1/2-lb and 2-lb Spray Polyurethane Foam

•	Policy Support Should Arrive Soon

•	The Fed Maintains a Stimulative Policy Stance

•	The Consumer Is Being Pulled in All Directions at Once

•	The Economy Still Is Inching Forward Despite Strong Headwinds

•	Multifamily Boasts Solid Fundamentals in Weak Economy, Industry Experts Say

•	Employers to be 'shamed' over illegal workers

•	West Coast mayors decry immigration raids

•	District court blocks enforcement of Oklahoma immigration law's employment provisions

•	Naming and shaming illegal employers

•	Escape blunder as Jacqui Smith launches immigration crackdown

•	Judge’s ruling undermines anti-illegal immigration law

•	Immigration laws tighten

•	Design For Construction Safety Initiative

•	Ontario requires new high-rises to have sprinklers

•	States consider mandatory paid sick days

•	Working Overtime Can Lead to Anxiety, Depression

•	Finding the Right Rx for Your Workers' Compensation Program

•	Avoiding Liability When Downsizing

•	An Economist Who Matters

•	HR management idea: Livening up the old suggestion box

•	Our favorite Web sites: Free info on prescription drugs

•	Top 5 e-mail etiquette goofs

•	Businesses should not pay more for employee gas costs

•	ProBuild Names Bill Myrick COO

•	Cold-Formed Steel Offers Cost-Competitive Solution

•	Multifamily Builders Await New Green Building Standard

•	US Scrap Prices Cooling Down

•	Steel Makers in US See 2008 as Strong Year

•	May Leading Indicators

•	IMF Presents Brighter Outlook for U.S. Economy

•	Producer Price Index Charts and Tables for May

•	2008 Lumber Production Charts

•	Manufactured Building System Means Fast Concrete Building Construction

•	PCBC(R) 2008 Announces Cool Products Winners

•	Linda Kerce enjoys big night at Chamber of Commerce banquet

•	Genesis Timber Engineering Celebrates Five Years with Record Monthly Sales

•	Gearhouse In2Structures Launches New Dome Venue

•	Pre-built Trusses Make Job Easier

•	BCMC & Your Business Plan - Denver on a Budget: Keepin’ It Real

Our Missouri Chapter is hard at work reaching out to educate the market and we’re not stopping yet! A meeting was held on April 15 with the Johnson County Building Officials (JOCOBO) and they unanimously recommended that they partner with us to put on a series of training classes!

Our chapter is making a name for itself as a provider of excellent quality educational programs in the marketplace. Just let us know if you need more information on our industry – we’re here to help!