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Create A Backyard Haven

"The Family Handyman Decks, Patios, and Porches: Plans, Projects and Instructions for Expanding Your Outdoor Living Space" is $19.95 from The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Reader's Digest Rd., Pleasantville, N.Y. 10570; (800) 788-6262.

Seamless Silicone Roofing

A seamless silicone roofing system video is available from Polycoat Systems, Inc., 5 Depot St., Hudson Falls, N.Y. 12839; (518) 7 4'7 -0654.

Resource Conservation

A 28-minute video on consumption and production of natural resources is $15 from the Temperate Forest Foundation, 14780 S.W. Osprey Dr. #355, Beaverton, Or. 97007 : (503) 5't9-67 62.

Steel Across The Roof

A steel roofing guide is free from Galvalume Sheet Producers of North America, Park Plaza, 3400 Bath Pike, Bethlehem, Pa. 18017; (610) 694-0970.

Power Tool Assortment

A power tool catalog is free from Hitachi Koki USA Ltd., 3950 Steve Reynolds Blvd., Norcross, Ga. 30093; (800) 546-1666.

Hardwood Priorities Study

"Research Priorities for North American Hardwoods" is available from the National Hardwood Lumber Association, Box 34518, Memphis, Tn. 38184; (901) 377-1818.

Measuring Up

A 32-p. optical, measuring & graphic tool catalog is free from GEI International, Inc., Box 6849, Syracuse, N.Y. 13217; (3t5) 463-926r.

Aluminum & Steel Railings

A l6-p. aluminum and stainless steel railing guide is free from Sterling Fabricated Systems, 2250 Powell Ave., Erie, Pa. 16506; (800) 773-2439.

Lumber Marketing Newsletter

The latest Western Lumber Marketing News newsletter is available from the Western Wood Products Association, 522 S.W. Fifth Ave., Portland, Or. 972O4; (503\ 224-3930.

Entry Door Line Art

A CD-ROM featuring line art of standard entry door systems is available from Stanley Door Systems, 1225 E. Maple Ave., Troy, Mi.48084: (516) 678-3196.

lnterior & Exterior Doors

An 8-p. interior and exterior door brochure is free from Simpson Door Co., 33650 6th Ave. S., Ste. 102, Federal Way, Wa. 98003.

Window And Door Markets

"1995 Industry Statistical Review and Forecast" is $100 from the National Wood Window and Door Association, 1400 East Touhy Ave., Des Plaines, Il. 60018; (847) 299-5200.

Pocket-Sized Lighting Guide

A pocket-sized lighting systems guide is free from Lutron Electronics Co.. Inc.. 7200 Suter Rd., Coopersburg, Pa. 18036; (800) 523-9466.

On lmpact

An impact traffic door brochure is free from W.B. McGuire Co., Inc., I Hudson Ave., Hudson, N.Y. 12534; (518) 8287652.

Home Lighting Tips

A 2O-panel home lighting guide is $2 from American Lighting Association, Box 420288, Dallas, Tx.75342: (800) 2744484.

Two Polyurethane Foams

Two product bulletins on reticulated polyurethane foams are available from Crest Foam Industries, Inc., 100 Carol Place, Moonachie, N.J. 07074: (2Ol) 8070809.

Counterbalanced Lift Trucks

A l2-p. counterbalanced lift truck catalog is free from Daewoo Lift Trucks,4350 Renaissance Pkwy., Cleveland, Oh. 441

Draperies On The Move

A 4-p. drapery motor catalog is free from Somfy Systems, lnc., 47 Commerce Dr., Cranbury, N.J. 08512; (609) 395t776.

Fiber-Reinforced Glulams

An 8-p. brochure on fiber-reinforced glue-laminated beams is available from Fiber Technologies, Inc., Box 858, Drain, Or. 97435; (541 ) 83G2026.

Gearing Up For Winter

A 24-p. 1996 winter tools catalog is available from Ames Lawn & Garden Tools, Box 1774, Parkersburg, W.V. 26101; (800) 624-2654.

Powerful Newsletter

"Powertalk," a newslener for the building wire and power extension cord industry, is available from Southwire Co., I Southwire Dr.. Carrollton. Ga. 301l9: (770\ 832-4242.

Walk Through Steel

A brochure on a new 8'-tall entry door is free from Therma-Tru Corp., Box 8780. Maumee. Oh.43537: (800) 843-7628.

Wood Panel Builder Tips

A residential and commercial design manual for wood panel users is M from APA-The Engineered Wood Association, Box I1700, Tacoma, Wa. 9841l; (206) 565-6600.

HARDWOOD Inlormation Cenler, a clearinghouse lor information about solid U.S. hardwood products, is the Hardwood Manulacturers Association's new Web site, reached at http*l,vww.hardwood.org.

Employees Keep Authorities Busy

A dozen employees at two South Carolina Lowe's stores made sensational headlines recently under very different circumstances.

At the Columbia store, six workers became ill and were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning June 12 after being overcome by exhaust fumes while loading merchandise into the back of a semi-trailer from a forklift.

Four days prior, six employees at the Orangeburg location were arrested on suspicion of stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. All six were charged with breach of trust with fraudulent intent.

The sheriff, tipped off by the store's internal security, expected to arrest additional suspects in the theft ring as the investigation continued.

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Source: F.W. Dodge, McGraw-Hill

FOLLOWING two months ol heightened ac{ivity, new construclion con' tracts lell 4% in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $309.7 bil' lion, including a7o/o drop in residential building to $140.9 billion, according to F.W. Dodge.