What goes up
Americans don’t agree on much these days, but we still stand together when faced with an existential threat. The trick …
A disturbance in the Force
Construction professionals everywhere felt a great disturbance in the Force when Menlo Park, Calif.-based Katerra filed for bankruptcy in early …
Unbalanced equations
With consolidators doing their best to hoover up both independents and each other in recent days, some have forgotten about the …
You can’t get there from here
More April showers in the housing market. Starts and permits are out and both the U.S. and Canada are down for …
Job growth takes a holiday
That was a close call. We were running out of excuses for pessimism until the April jobs report came out …
A well-defined pension plan
I just realized I’ve been looking at this wrong the entire time. Word on the street is that another major …
A working definition of innovation
Last fall’s M&A feeding frenzy made more than a few independents nervous. First there was the merger of Builders FirstSource …
The home stretch
The rest of the planet may be upside down, but life in the housing industry could hardly be better. After …
Katerra moves back to Mom & Dad’s basement
Remember three years ago when Katerra was going to put every one of you out of business? Last week the …
Sweating equity
Yep, it’s that time of year again. Everyone is working overtime to shoehorn 2020 into neat lists that make sense …