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.
- Partition separation is often blamed on a condition known as truss arching.
- Wood may expand or shrink depending on its moisture content.
- The example given in Figure 2 shows that a 28-ft truss with 19% moisture content that dries to 7% may cause an upward deflection of about 0.7 inches.
- Many factors lead to partition separation; the only way to prove truss arching is to use a laser level to assess all the areas of potential movement in the structure.
- Before developing a first aid kit for your operation, analyze work spaces and review your OSHA Form 300: Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to note potential hazards.
- Remember that where you place the kits can be as important as what you put inside.
- The most important thing is to put them in places that are centrally located that people will remember.
- In our current business environment, we’ve got to get creative, explore new markets and consider ways to differentiate.
- If there’s one benefit of your membership in WTCA, it’s staying connected and learning from each other.
- BCMC is the place to keep your finger on the pulse of the industry and make adjustments to your business.
- Any lumber that is graded to assign design properties is considered stress-graded, no matter if it was visually or mechanically graded.
- Material with design properties listed in the NDS Supplement or in individual lumber use guides is considered stress-graded.
- Many of us do not get enough sleep, which can lead to mistakes and poor job performance.
- Tips for dealing with fatigue at work include hydration, taking a quick break to refocus and napping.
- A project featuring long-span radius trusses is on page 32.
- Environmental Components on page 24 explains nine reasons building components have been green since 1952.
- Don’t miss the BCMC Early Bird deadline on August 25! Check out the main events on page 16.
- The IBC does not prohibit the use of exposed truss bottom chords.
- Since interior grade OSB is allowed on the underside of an exposed truss, it follows that there would not be a more stringent requirement for exposed trusses.
- The USDA Forest Products Laboratory’s Wood Handbook provides the average equilibrium moisture content of wood exposed to the outdoor atmosphere for various cities in the United States.
- For manufacturers sharing shop workers between steel and wood plants, it is prudent to cross-train them on eye protection.
- When drilling metal screws into steel components, employees are exposed to metal shavings and fragments.
- If metal shards get caught in the eye, rust rings can occur.
- Beyond enforcement of PPE, the best thing you can do to encourage the use of eye protection is to find comfortable options for all shop workers.
- Florida Representative Mark Foley visited Chambers Truss for a plant tour in 2006.
- Bob Becht got to know Foley’s top aide after attending several WTCA Legislative Conferences.
- Foley’s visit was very helpful for one of Chambers’ employees whose wife was facing deportation.
- This issue is devoted to Legal and Legis-lative topics. View a recap of the 2008 SBC Legislative Conference on page 42.
- Turn to page 30 for The Big Picture on “cap and trade” climate legislation.
- Don’t miss the seven most important contract provisions to look for when reviewing your customer’s contract forms on page 24.
- Conditions like deflection and vibration can occur in metal plate connected wood trusses even if they meet the building code and adequately transfer loads.
- When stone flooring is installed over wood frame construction, deflections not exceeding L/720 are recommended.
- The Building Designer is responsible for providing the deflection criteria and on-center spacing requirements to limit deflections.
- If no building design information is given, truss technicians should not assume deflection criteria of L/360.
- In 2008, WTCA has made some difficult budgetary and staffing choices to weather the housing downturn.
- Qualtim, Inc.’s fiscal management of WTCA has allowed the association to stay within budget.
- A WTCA “sales committee” has been formed to raise the sales associated with BCMC exhibiting and attendance, WTCA products and services and SBC advertising.
- Cataracts are the most common eye disorder associated with excessive sun exposure.
- Sun over-exposure and damage accumulates over time.
- If possible, limit employees’ sun exposure at your facility.
- Use safe sun practices to keep you and your employees on the right track for preventing sun-related health risks.
- Two common conditions that impact drywall are known as cracking and ridging.
- These conditions can be caused by temperature and humidity changes or insufficient framing techniques.
- The Gypsum Association and the Drywall Finishing Council have provided guidelines for trades working with gypsum board.
- SBCRI is a one of a kind world-class testing lab located in Madison, WI dedicated to testing building components.
- TPI and WTCA have committed to investing almost $2 million in the next several years for industry testing projects.
- Take advantage of your WTCA membership by using the products and services developed for component manufacturers.
