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Monthly News from BLD Connection
August 2025
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Tariff Update on Canadian Lumber
Understanding the shifting landscape of softwood lumber tariffs is critical to protecting your margins and keeping your yard competitive. As a resource for our network, we are sharing the latest from NLBMDA on the newly finalized antidumping rate and what may be coming next. This update helps clarify what is changing and what to keep an eye on.
Membership with BLD Connection is more than a transaction. It’s an invitation to grow, connect, and contribute to something bigger than your business. As we kick off our annual membership drive, we're sharing how members across the region are making the most of their connection.
Continue Learning Together with the New LumberTech Catalog
The 2025–26 LumberTech Catalog is arriving in mid-August, and it is filled with opportunities to keep learning together. From hands-on classes and onboarding tools, to peer Roundtables and leadership development, this year’s lineup is designed to support every level of your team and strengthen your business.
The future of BLD Connection is shaped by the members who lead it. Make sure your company’s voice is heard by submitting your vote for the 2025-26 Board of Directors. Each member company is allowed one ballot, submitted by the main contact at the HQ location.
Ballots were sent via email last week. If your company hasn’t received one, please reach out. We’re happy to help.
How a simple call could’ve saved the day—and the relationship
In today’s competitive world of servicing residential and commercial contractors, good dealers constantly stress the importance of being efficient, responsive, and invaluable. But can you take it too far?
During the hot summer months, we turn on the air conditioning to keep our employees cool and comfortable in the workplace. We have one employee who, due to a disability, is sensitive to cold temperatures. Besides turning down the air conditioning (which other employees may complain about), what can we do in this situation?
