Shepformation Monthly Newsletter
Information, resources, and news from Shepley for building professionals on Cape Cod and Nantucket.
Lumber Market Report - November 2022
A lackluster pace was prevalent throughout the market in October as sales continued to sag, spurring mills and traders to work in earnest to sell their inventory and hasten a reversal of the market.
There’s No Way to Ride a Trojan Horse
My son asked me recently if the world was a better place in the 1970s. I remember music fondly, we can’t forget that it was the era of polyester suits, strange hair, gas shortages, 55mph speed limits, and also a world without personal computers.
Add Stability and Strength with Engineered Wood
Several years ago we began supplying engineered studs and stair stringer stock for those times when the added stability and strength of engineered wood was needed. Perfectly straight walls and stair stringers are much easier with LVL or LSL studs.
“If we don't change direction, we'll all end up where we're going”
Irwin Corey
Workplace Stress
Job stress can lead to poor health and even injury. Job stress is the physical and emotional harm that occurs when the demands of the work do not match the worker’s abilities or the available resources.
Remembering Dan DeLisle
We all lost a great friend and very dedicated Shepley team member right after Labor Day, Dan DeLisle. We can bless our good fortune that allowed his life’s path to intersect with ours and we can remember the examples he set for the rest of us.
Lumber Market Report - October 2022
As October is typically the start of the fall building season (contractors get their projects weathertight before inclement weather hits), most are anticipating a pop in business and for prices to moderately climb as we progress through the month.