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SBCA at Work for You

Need a quick update on the latest and greatest from your trade association? Join Molly Butz for an overview of SBCA's newest and most valuable programs and resources and how you can put them to use in your organization now.  

SBCA Board of Directors' Handbook

SBCA Overview & Mission Statement

Open Quarterly Meeting Schedule

Editor's Message: How Often Do You Think

The primary mission of SBC Magazine is to connect with component manufacturers (CMs) from across the country and share their best practices and lessons learned. Of course, the biggest challenge in that effort is identifying the timely struggles of one group of CMs and then finding the CM who has developed a best practice to solve it.

President's Message: Breaking Through the Wall

One of the primary missions of SBCA is to help component manufacturers (CMs) gain greater market share. Traditionally, those efforts have been aimed at turning roof rafters into roof trusses, and that focus has paid significant dividends.

The Original Offsite Framing Solution

You may have noticed the emergence of a new phrase to describe the use of components in certain parts of the country. A method referred to as “offsite framing” is catching on in California, Florida, and other areas of high volume housing production. New techniques always produce mixed emotions of fear, uncertainty, opportunity, excitement, and more.

Rely on Relatable Recruiters

Past interns are a great fit to attract students. Recently Big C Lumber held a plant tour for 39 students from eight different schools that are in the Michigan Construction Trades course offered through the St. Joseph County Board. After the tour there were at least ten students that showed interest in working at Big C Lumber. That’s a quarter of the students in the tour!

Teaming Up for the Trades

The Baltimore Carpentry Task Force brings students together to explore construction careers

Sweating the Small Stuff

As hiring remote truss designers becomes increasingly common for the component manufacturing industry, ensuring those same designers don’t feel like they’re alone on an island (even if they actually are) needs to be an important factor in your plan. Finding strategies to help all of your employees feel valued and included isn’t a new concept, but shifting the approach for your remote team members can go a long way to establish a solid foundation in your design department.

OSHA Is Regulating Regularly

SBCA is a CM’s best source for understanding the impacts of rulemaking

BIM Ensures Big Project Is a Huge Success

$270 million project required 9,250 floor trusses, 1,580 roof trusses, and zero call backs

Faces of the Industry: Justin Donecker

General Manager  •  Engineered Truss Systems Inc.  •  Garden City, Kansas

Parting Shots: Spreading Joy

Advantage Truss Company in Hollister, California, had a record year in 2018. They supply exclusively to custom home builders in their market and bid over 1,000 homes last year for the first time in their company’s history (they completed 625 homes). As part of their outreach to the surrounding community, they participate in a local “Lights on Christmas Parade.” Their 2018 entry got a lot of attention.