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.
- The pressures of a competitive market can result in significant personnel and cultural changes within a company.
- The WTCA PLA was created to help manufacturers with formalized planning and leadership development.
- Take advantage of PLA offerings through seminars, web-based meetings, chapter meetings, and one-on-one professional coaching.
- Several years ago, a component manufacturer invented a fence of protection made up of WTCA programs designed to lower its risk.
- A manufacturer’s liability does not end when the product leaves the plant.
- Protecting your company against jobsite risk is possible with the use of the WTCA Jobsite Package.
- When it comes to green building standards, not all lumber is created equal.
- In the U.S. there are three main standards that define “green” buildings: USGBC’s LEED, GBI’s Green Globes and NAHB’s Green Home Buliding Guidelines.
- There are a variety of forest certification processes that regulate forest management practices and encourage conservation.
- TruLine Truss had a positive experience when they participated in a voluntary state health and safety consultative service.
- The company saved $38,671 in fees and fines by inviting NCDOL inspectors into its plant for inspections.
- Getting involved in voluntary safety inspection programs can help companies avoid costly fines.
- OSHA says occupational hearing loss causes a “progressive loss of communication, socialization and responsiveness to the environment.”
- Effective January 1, 2004, OSHA added a “hearing loss” section in the Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (Form 300).
- If noise exposures tests in your plant exceed an 8-hour TWA of 85dB, administer a Hearing Conservation Program per OSHA regulation.
- When laying out a new plant, consider workstation activities, space requirements and production material flow.
- When designing a production line for the first time, think about the advantages and disadvantages of long lines versus short lines.
- A combination of the batch and just-in-time production systems is ideal for new start-ups.
- Members are teaching their markets about structural building components with TTWs.
- One WTCA chapter—with WTCA staff—connected with a county building department to add building component training to its curriculum.
- Many options are available for members and chapters that want to educate their markets using TTWs.
- The stories on pages 26 and 30 illustrate why SBCRI is vital to the advancement of the industry.
- Decide whether you should go green with the article on page 48.
- Turn to page 54 to get the inside scoop on ITW’s acquisitions and the new president of its Building Components Group.
- Many exhibitors choose to reveal new products at BCMC because it is the best place to reach component manufacturers.
- Over three-quarters of BCMC attendees list seeing “new equipment” as the primary reason for attending the show.
- The steady flow of attendees on the show floor gives each product maximum exposure to its target market.
- Some former component manufacturers that have joined WTCA staff now see that there are many more programs and services available than they realized.
- The engineering, technical and code assistance offered by staff for WTCA members are among the most valuable and time-saving for CMs.
- Single element component testing does not accurately portray the way components resist forces and transfer loads.
- SBCRI was built to test and analyze the flow of loads through an entire structure, not just through a single component.
- The vast resources of SBCRI have the ability to give us more answers than ever before about the nature of structural performance.
- In one case, SBCRI helped provide a timely and cost-effective solution to a structural problem that benefited everyone.
- In this situation, the analysis done at SBCRI allowed the building to remain open to the public while a structurally sound solution was executed.
- Appraising the performance of new hires is helpful in determining whether that person is a good fit for your operation.
- Your hiring process should balance securing the right amount of labor and finding the right worker for a particular job.
- There are two major green standards for commercial building, and two for residential construction are in the works.
- Before you can decide whether green is good for you, it’s important to understand the standards and the system.
- To become authorized to handle certified lumber, evaluate proper identification of certified material, segregation of certified material, processing of certified material and thorough record keeping.
