Advanced Computing in the Age of AI | Friday, March 29, 2024

Oregon Contractor Builds House Using Only Materials Made in America. 

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Screen_Shot_2012-04-06_at_2.48.12_PM.jpg" alt="" width="85" height="51" />Builder Gerald Rowlett said he got the idea from a Montana home <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2011/10/how-to-build-a-made-in-america-home/" target="_blank">featured on ABC World News</a> that was made entirely from materials made in the U.S.

A contractor in Portland, Oregon has taken the concept of  “Made in America” to its logical extreme.

At first glance the house Gerald Rowlett and his crew are building in Lake Oswego looks a lot like many of the other homes constructed in this Portland suburb over the past few years.  But there is a huge difference.

Every material used to build the house was made in the United States.  The nails and screws, wood and metal – even the tools the crew is using, like plastic and tape – are home grown.

According to the article published on the web site of local TV station, KATU.com, the team is using materials made in 31 different states.

The article goes on to note that the process hasn’t always been easy. “We couldn’t just go into the hardware store and pull products off the shelves,” Rowlett said.

He said it’s about standing behind the unparalleled quality of the products. “We show the difference to people all the time by handing them hardware that’s made in the U.S. and hardware that’s made out of the country and with their eyes closed they know the difference.”

According to some unidentified economists cited in the story, if contractors could use just five percent more goods made in the U.S., this would create about 220,000 new jobs.

There’s a video accompanying the piece if you don’t mind wading through some advertising.

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