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There are rooms at trade shows where people simply just check their phones.
And then there are rooms where the future of an industry hangs in the air. At the Small Business Administration breakfast during the LBM Expo, it was the second kind. Builders leaned forward. Yard owners stopped whispering. Manufacturers put their coffee cups down. When Lisa Shimkat, Associate Administrator of Field Operations for the U.S. Small Business Administration, stepped to the podium, it didn’t simply feel like a government official addressing an audience. It felt like the industry finally being invited into the conversation.
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VETERANS IN CONSTRUCTION | TRIBUTE EDITION
In partnership with Operation Finally Home, featuring the amazing stories of veterans in construction plus and exclusive look at the U.S SBA Breakfast at the 2025 LBM Expo .
The construction industry is no stranger to incremental improvement. New materials, revised codes, and evolving standards have steadily refined how buildings perform. Yet despite decades of progress, one fundamental
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OSBLOCK
There are moments in manufacturing when progress doesn’t come from inspiration. It comes from frustration. And for the companies that last, that frustration doesn’t burn them out. It sharpens them.
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PONDEROSA WOOD
There are companies that follow trends. And there are companies that quietly help define what comes next. In a construction industry increasingly shaped by labor shortages, compressed timelines, and growing demand for architectural differentiation,
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2026 IBS | SPECIAL EDITION
LEGACY BUILDERS EDITION | VOLUME I EDITION I
Featuring HomeAId Orlando and industry leaders including, Bergman Build LLC, Weston Homes, Restore Build & Design & More!
Bringing together the innovators defining today’s built environment, featuring leading exhibitors and attendees from this year’s IBS, including Ponderosa Wood, Quality Millwork Solutions, DSI, Progressive Screens, and more.
Dan Wallrath didn’t know that the day he walked into a small Texas home, everything he thought he understood about building would change. He didn’t know that two photographs—one taken before Iraq, one taken after an IED—would sit heavy in his hands, revealing a transformation no blueprint could ever prepare him for. In the first image, a young soldier stood tall, full of promise.
In the second, he faced a lifetime of profound injuries and mobility challenges. The hospital was ready to release him, but the home waiting for him was impossible to enter.
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