Shepformation Monthly Newsletter
Information, resources, and news from Shepley for building professionals on Cape Cod and Nantucket.
Heat Illness
Summer is here! Learn about the different types of heat illness and ways to avoid heat illnesses as the temperatures begin to rise. Remember it takes about two weeks to get used to working in a hot environment.
HBRACC's 6th Annual Blitz Build
Every two years, HBRACC mobilizes hundreds of members and associates who generously donate materials, time, and expertise to build a Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod home.
No, I am not on your vacation (but I’m still glad you’re here)
The easiest thing we do by the end of August is to begin to resent some of our summer visitors. Looking at them from our native perspective, it's clear they aren’t too sure where they’re going and not too urgent to get there.
“It is important that you strive for humility, but not humiliation, for a cool, level-headed confidence, not a stiff, delusional arrogance.”
Michael Johnson, American Olympic Sprinter
Lumber Market Report- July
With little occurring on either side to move the needle, prices have been flat but are also low when compared to historical standards.
If There Isn’t Time to Do It Right….
Watch a successful artist or a master mechanic and you will see that they have a system that they follow to succeed. The enemy of success is impatience and those who succeed find the way to stay in their lane,
Lumber Market Update-June
In the end, we are in the home-building business, and homes need to be built to last. At a time when housing is so expensive and inflation has many of us against the ropes, we don’t need to be buying things twice.