Employee Training

Design Responsibilities

Question: 

My company supplied roof trusses for a hotel project. The building inspector shut the project down because the trusses were not designed to account for additional snowdrift loading. The construction plans did not contain any snowdrift loading information. The architect is claiming it is our responsibility to determine drift loading, therefore we must fix the problem. Do you have any documentation to help us dispute the architect’s claim?

Lean Manufacturing...Where to Start?

Greg Griggs—southeast VP of component operations with Builders FirstSource—and BJ Louws—president of Louws Truss—both see untapped potential for productivity gains in inefficient plants. They introduced BCMC attendees to a few basic concepts of lean manufacturing: Kanban, Kaizen, 5 S and waste walks. They also made sure attendees left with a very clear picture of the value of good instructions and of the wasted effort in an inefficient workflow.

The Beauty of a Blank Canvas

A-1 takes a start-from-scratch approach to training new recruits.

The Efficiency Edge

Finding the best, fastest, most efficient process has always been part of the culture for this component manufacturer. 

Finding Balance

Design efficiency is critical, but it can’t overshadow design quality.

 

Execute Your Hearing Conservation Program

Three key steps to get you headed down the right path.

Reaching Peak Efficiency

Lean Six Sigma is a mountainous challenge, but there are some basic ways to prepare for the climb.

How Loud Is Too Loud?

With no visible trauma or scars, it’s easy for hearing loss to go unnoticed, but the good news is, it’s preventable.

A Local Mindset

SBCA chapters deploy unique initiatives on the local level, proving there is no one way to reach your market.

Limber Up

Adding a warm-up or cool down to your routine is a great way to bookend the physical labor of component manufacturing.