Published: April 30, 2010
Tags: Bliffert, Bliffert Lumber and Fuel, Brookstone Homes, lumber prices, oriented strand board, OSB, Random Lengths Publications, Thistle, Tim O'Brien Homes
By Sean Ryan The price of lumber products has doubled in Wisconsin over the past two months, pushing against builders’ efforts to rein in housing prices. “I don’t like it,” said Scott Thistle, president of Brookstone Homes Inc., Oconomowoc. “It definitely forces the price of a house to go up. There’s no doubt about it. [...]
Published: April 30, 2010
Tags: Almond, Arseneau, Brookfield, Carity, Carity Land Corp., earthmovers, highway projects, housing subdivisions, Koshak Construction, Lemoine, LeMoine Construction, Pagel Construction, Park Falls, Raemisch Sons, Tim O'Brien, Tim O'Brien Homes, Watertown, Waukesha, Waunakee, Wisconsin Earth Movers Association
By Sean Ryan Grader LeMoine Construction Co. Inc. has shut down after falling victim to the lack of new subdivision construction that is pummeling the earthmoving industry. “Our primary work was building subdivisions,” said Bruce LeMoine, owner and president of the Watertown-based company, “and it was just like you took a faucet and turned it [...]