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Enters Chapter 11 • 84 Lumber Reopening Yard in Houston, Actively Hiring Former Stock Employees • Wood Structures Returns With New Name, Owner (Maine) • 33 Metro Areas Where Builders Are Confident • CO, ID, MO, WY Ravaged by Beetles, Ask US for Forest Fire Support • U.S. Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports Deeply Concerned by Latest Canadian Government Subsidy Plan • Ottawa Announces $1B Aid Program for Forest Sector • U.S. Lumber Near 9-Month High on Housing Optimism • US Congressional Hearing to Examine Steel Industry • ArcelorMittal Tries to Elevate Sheet Steel Prices • May Leading Indicators • Recession Evaluator Graphic • NAHB Answers How to Pay Upfront Costs with $8k Tax Credit • New Housing Construction is Shaking Off Its Slumber • Wood and Steel Design is a Unique Marriage at Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Olympics • Simpson Strong-Tie Introduces DeckTools™ Design Software for Deck Builders and Suppliers • In a Down Economy, Customer Service Pays Off for Deco Truss • Component Technology in McMansions • Better Buildings Soon? 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Stony Mountain, MB • Joseph Carl Homes to Start Up in Phoenix Market • Chicago’s Bigelow Homes Creates First Recession-Proof Home • Canada May Follow U.S. in Forming Carbon Caps • Waiting Period for Centex-Pulte Merger Expires • Harvard Law Study Exposes Legal Risks of Green Building • Simpson Strong Tie, Universities Set for Earthquake Tests on Multifamily Building in Japan • MiTek Acquires SidePlate Systems Inc. • Recent Housing Bill Omits Foreclosure Amendments Targeting Multifamily Housing Stock • State Construction Employment • SIPs Gained Significant Market Share in 2008 • FBMA’s Brad Wanzenberg Says It’s Not Easy Being Green • Multifamily Lenders Struggle to Divine Value, Cap Rates in Volatile Market • U.S. to Shift from Raids, Focus On Employers That Hire Illegal Immigrants • Stock Projects Major Shrinkage in Coming Years • Toll Brothers Moving into Houston Market • Housing-Related Construction; Employment • NAM Data Suggest Economy May Soon Recover • Steel Imports Decline 21% In April: But Import Market Share In 2009 At 30% • Pending Home Sales Up for Three Months in a Row • New Green Building Tools on www.ewpa.com • Grundahl Appointed to ICC Code Development Committee • Request for Nominations: SBCA Hall of Fame, Dick Bowman Industry Enthusiast, & SBC Industry Leadership Awards

Looking for information on the structural building components industry? Would you like to attend a truss plant tour? We can provide literature, seminars and tours. We are pleased to work with code and governing bodies, authorities involved with standards development, and industry-related associations to increase understanding and sound use of structural building components. Please contact a Northwest Chapter officer or WTCA staff if you have questions or to arrange a program for your group. We’d love to hear from you!