Shepformation Monthly Newsletter
Information, resources, and news from Shepley for building professionals on Cape Cod and Nantucket.
Lumber Market Update – May 2019
April lumber sales were, surprisingly, oddly calm, with very little movement in pricing (and quite unlike last year’s maelstrom of exorbitant price increases brought upon by excessive demand, shortages and trucking issues). Demand this...
Calmer Choice
“It is not necessary to change...but then again, survival is not mandatory” Edward Deming I believe we can also credit Mr. Deming with one of my all-time favorites, “You get what you inspect, not what you expect”. Plentiful are the ways...
National Ladder Safety Month
April is National Ladder Safety Month Did you know… $17.1 billion is spent on workplace falls Falls are in the top 3 most disabling workplace injuries Ladders are #6 on OSHA’s Top 10 Most Cited Violations list Using Ladders Choose the...
“The best index to a person's character is: one, how he treats people who can't do him any good and two, how he treats people who can't fight back.”
Abigail VanBuren
Your View is Our Vision
It is an exciting time to part of the Andersen family in the world of windows and doors. Andersen’s commitment of continued innovation and growth as the market leader has made the Architectural Collection the go to for architects,...
Lumber Market Update – April 2019
A lull in the market tempered buying for most of March, but it wasn’t because outtake was poor on the retail level. Despite March coming in like a lion, it wasn’t enough to quell the pace of construction. Sales were brisk, but the bulk of...
What You Want Isn’t Always What You Need
How many times do we, or our homeowner clients, look at one aspect of a situation without considering the whole picture? A perfect example is one I ran across in which a builder asked me to review a disclaimer he had written. The homeowner...