Is lumber the new "toilet paper" issue?

[Brent Zande]

This keeps feeling like a massive supply chain issue. If builder starts are down 12% and we can assume that production was temporarily hit by the pandemic, then shouldn't we be back to where we were? 

If we are now importing more at less cost from Canada, shouldn't we be where we were? This is essentially the "toilet paper" issue we dealt with last year but in construction. 

Our focus for our clients has been to find ways, alternatives to keep their builds going. The added cost is not fun but adding time hurts our clients ability to find their next big investment. 

We have gone to lightweight steel construction on a few projects and we are excited to be able to offer that and its speed to our clients.