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NADRA announces Post Party! Many of you have been asking...so let it be known! NADRA Share ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When: Oct. 13 at 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. Where: The Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago 63 W Ontario, Chicago, 60654 What: Join NADRA for our annual Post Party, live music! See HERE for flyer. Please print and distribute as you see fit! NADRA ROCKS!
NADRA's 2011 National Deck Competition is officially closed and judging is in progress! NADRA Share ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We would like to take a minute to thank the NADRA builders for submitting such beautiful projects! The judges sure have their work cut out for them! Learn the winners on Thursday, Oct. 13 at the Museum of Science and Industry! Haven't purchased your ticket yet? It's not too late, but hurry up! Click HERE to see what this event is all about and to purchase your ticket(s) now!
15 takeaways from the Principia Decking Conference ProSales Online Share ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Principia Decking and Outdoor Living Products Conference offers participants one of the deepest, most intense dives available anywhere into the world of wood-plastic composite, polyvinyl chloride and traditional treated lumber decking. Aside from our main story, here are 15 other notable takeaways from the Oct. 3-4 event in Charlotte, N.C. More Osmose MicroPro Technology Course receives US Green Building Council approval for continuing education credit Osmose Share ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Osmose announces a new online American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Program course titled, Micronized Technology for Pressure Treated Wood. Design professionals will become more familiar with wood as a sustainable building material, the pressure treating process, environmental certifications and the many other benefits of micronized copper pressure treated wood products. More
Selling your home out of season? A great deck makes a difference Las Vegas Review-Journal Share ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In a perfect world, no one would ever have to face the challenge of trying to sell a house when there's snow on the ground and the trees are bare. In reality, people have to sell and buy homes throughout the year. While winter may not be the optimum season to showcase your landscaping, there is one improvement you can make that will help you boost your home's outdoor appeal no matter what the season: a deck. More Vinyl membrane preserves deck surface The Windsor Star Share ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rain, sleet and snow can make walking across your home's porch, deck, patio or balcony treacherous. More friction underfoot will help keep you and your guests safely upright. That can be provided with the installation of a textured Duradek sheet vinyl membrane. More
Heat features extend life of outdoor spaces Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Share ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At the first stab of cold weather last month, Wisconsin retirees Drew and Darlene Kemp decided to head to the home center to check out firepits. "We've used our patio all summer long, and I'm just not ready to put the furniture away," said Darlene, who lives on the west side of Milwaukee. More Report: Lumber sector looking up Ottawa Citizen Share ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Better times lie ahead for Canada's long-suffering lumber industry, whose decadelong restructuring has left it a lean competitor poised for an upturn in the U.S. housing market. The caveat in that analysis, released by TD Economics last week, is that it will be another year-and-a-half before the housing recovery kicks in. More
The 3 questions that lead to profitable growth Harvard Business Review Share ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Self-awareness is not always pretty. We go to some lengths to avoid it, tucking our stomachs in as we pass a mirror, weighing ourselves at the most favorable times and favoring people who compliment us. No real harm done. However, when management teams do the same in their businesses, great harm can occur, for self-awareness is the first building block of successful growth strategies. More
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