Most oak plywood, have a thin coat of oak veneer that is stuck on top of lesser grades of plywood or other materials. This special treatment makes them slightly more expensive than other plywood, though they become much more effective and ...
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The Luan plywood has actually originated from the species of the genus Shorea, it's some group of woods growing in the United States. Philippine mahogany is another name given to it, which happens to be an average (medium) density type of ...
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The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index slipped 0.4 percent in July after edging 0.1 percent higher in June. (June's increase was the same as ATA reported on July 23, 2013.) The ...
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US for-hire truck tonnage dipped 0.4% in July, marking the first decline since April. The small decline came on the heels of a 0.1% increase in June. June 2013 posted the highest tonnage on record, according to American Trucking ...
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The American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index for July fell 0.4 percent. That's the first drop since April and comes as no surprise, said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. "After ...
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Median home prices continued to rise in the majority of metropolitan areas in the second quarter, with the national year-over-year price showing the strongest gain in seven-and-a-half years, according to the latest quarterly report by the ...
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The scaffold platform is recognized as a structure that is specially designed to support the construction or renovation work at the construction site. The scaffold structure is an arrangement of the planks and the metal poles that are made ...
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Catalina Research and Ceramic Tile And Stone Consultants, Inc. (CTaSC), a national company providing marketing research and business planning services, announced the release of their 2013 Catalina Report on Natural and Manufactured Stone. ...
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Ripple Glass, a glass recycling company in Kansas City, Mo., is donating more than 2,300 square feet of Owens Corning’s PINK fiberglass insulation to Habitat for Humanity of Phelps County. The insulation was made from bottles and ...
Existing-home sales improved in May and remain solidly above a year ago, while the median price continued to rise by double-digit rates from a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors. Total existing-home sales, ...
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The global producer of glass fiber reinforcements, Owens Corning (OC - Snapshot Report), has joined with Taishan Fiberglass, a subsidiary of China National Materials Group, Sinoma, to promote the use of Alkali Resistant (AR) specialty ...
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New-home production and remodeling contribute billions of dollars to the nation's economy each year, and with the right policies in place housing can serve as a catalyst to boost job and economic growth, the National Association of Home ...
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Existing-home sales rose in April but remain below underlying demand because of limited inventory and tight credit, according to the National Association of Realtors. All regions are showing strong price gains from a year ago. Total ...
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) recently applauded Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) for introducing bipartisan legislation to encourage residential construction lending, spur job growth and keep the ...
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Growth in home sales and prices is contributing to a broader improvement in the overall economy, aided in part by current homeownership tax treatment, according to presentations at a residential real estate forum during the Realtors Midyear ...
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