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SBCRI Testing Concept Process

This flow chart has taken the informal approach of dealing with industry issues in the past and provided a framework that better delineates a process that any TPI or SBCA member can become engaged in. 

The Long View on Relationships

  • Sometimes the benefit of building a relationship is just the sense of camaraderie, but other times, the value can be much more profound for your business.
  • Having a close working relationship with your local building officials can not only help you better navigate code changes and jobsite inspection issues, it can help increase market acceptance of your products.
  • Forming relationships with your state lawmakers is an easy process, and given their broad connections throughout your community, they’re good people to get to know.

Parting Shots

Fairbanks Truss Company in Fairbanks, AK, held a plant tour last month for 20 students in the Fire Science Building Construction class at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. Afterward, the instructor (who is also a Captain at nearby Steese Fire Dept.) said he found it informative and a worthwhile experience for his students by giving them a unique hands-on exposure to modern roof construction.

Parting Shots

Villaume Industries was incorporated 134 years ago, and it has stayed in business by sticking to the leading edge of innovation. 

Play: Hard, Smart, Together

  • Talent will only get you so far; hard work and determination are the keys to success in both sports and business.
  • What are some ways you can work together with your fellow employees to reach your full potential?
  • SBCA provides a great opportunity for CMs to work together to achieve greater goals than if they worked alone.

Parting Shots

This past July, former presidents of SBCA met for dinner and a tour of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Parting Shots

SBCA’s 2015 award winners never envisioned how successful they would be in this industry.

Take Advantage of Your Time with Old Man Winter

Challenge yourself and your team to look for opportunities for improvement this winter so you can weather many winters to come.

Parting Shots

On his drive to SBCA’s July Open Quarterly Meeting in Nashville, TN, Past President Scott Ward (Southern Components) stopped in Trussville, AL. While not the legendary birthplace of today’s modern metal plate connected wood truss, might it be the perfect place to host a future BCMC? 

Implementing BCMC 2015

The articles in this issue summarize and expand upon the topics covered in this year’s most popular sessions. 

Parting Shots

German chemical giant BASF developed and recently brought to market a high-performance wall system that combines three of the company’s insulation products. This wall system was used in one of the two 2015 BCMC Build homes.

Broadcasting on all Channels

Do you ever find yourself watching a commercial, thinking “what the heck are they selling?”

Faces of the Industry: Meet the 2016 Officers of the SBCA Board of Directors

Take a few minutes to learn more about the CMs serving as officers on the 2016 SBCA Board of Directors.

We Will Miss You, Mr. Truss

Remembering Bob Becht (1947-2015)

New Year, New Beginnings

We’ve been kicking around the idea of changing things up in the pages of SBC Magazine for quite a while. The changes you see in this first issue of 2016 are the culmination of countless conversations with component manufacturers, suppliers and the general readership, as well as a lot of strategizing on how we can best help you keep abreast of all that is going on in the structural building components industry. Ultimately, our desire is for this to be your magazine, full of content written collaboratively with your peers.

Quality Trumps Quantity

I recently talked with Gene Frogale (Allied Systems) and Jack Dermer (American Truss Systems) about their experiences at the International Builders Show (IBS) in January. 

Parting Shots

Three months before its grand opening in June 2007, wall panels were installed in the Structural Building Components Research Institute (SBCRI) testing lab. 

Going Beyond Citations

Fall protection and safety standards are the bridge between completing a job and going home uninjured at the end of the day.