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Several of the three-minute videos in this library are separated into two audience categories: “builder customer” and “framer customer.” The code required to embed the video on your company’s website is provided with each video below. Review the Toolbox Guidance Documents to explore how these videos can be used to promote specific products or your overall marketing campaign in conjunction with other CM Toolbox materials.

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SBCA Digital QC

SBCA Digital QC early release software is ready for distribution to SBCRI 3rd Party licensees.

Editor's Message: A Workforce Option to Consider

A recent poll suggests inmate populations can help solve labor needs

President's Message: We Are Not Truss Fabricators

Every CM is more than that and has the potential to be a lot more with today’s technology

Impacts of Weather & Truss Storage Conditions

Take a closer look at weather’s effect on plate movement

It’s a Blue Light Special

A simple addition to your forklifts could make a huge difference with safety

Getting the Information You Need Just Got Easier!

SBCA’s redesign of sbcindustry.com puts tools and best practices at your fingertips

Membership

Global markets, technical expansion and industry growth all contribute to making SBCA a leading force in further development of the structural building component industry—now and in the future! 

Adding Diversity to Your Production Workforce

CMs are having success hiring more women in the shop

A New Solution to an Old Problem

Working with city officials to understand the drawbacks to sealed TPDs

Faces of the Industry: Dean DeHoog

I got into the industry by starting out in retail lumber with Wickes. They had a yard near my house and in high school I cleaned the facility and stocked the shelves.

CM Perspective: SBCA Engagement Enhances Leadership Development

This past year, the Emerging Leaders Committee held two leadership training sessions in conjunction with SBCA’s Open Quarterly Meetings (OQM).

Parting Shots: Holiday Spirit by Design

What has over 650 connectors plates, 300 hundred individually cut members, and provides shelter for the toys of good little girls and boys? The truss tree designed and manufactured by Wendricks Truss in Hermansville, Michigan, and winner of the annual MiTek SAPPHIRE Christmas Tree Design Contest.

Do Your Installers Understand “Stress-Graded” Lumber?

Clear up an occasional source of confusion regarding BCSI bracing

It’s Not If, It’s When

SBCA members are helping fellow CMs evaluate their cybersecurity

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About SBCA

Established in 1983, the Structural Building Components Association (SBCA) is the only international trade association representing manufacturers of structural building components. SBCA is the information conduit for our membership to stay abreast of leading-edge marketplace issues. 

About SBCA