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.
- Milwaukee, WI, is the Midwest city known for its charm, friendliness and attractions sure to warm you up.
- The 2004 show in Charlotte welcomed a total of 1,670 attendees strolling the show floor; a robust crowd is expected in 2005.
- WTCA is represented on the ICC Structural Committee and will be intimately involved in the code change process.
- WTCA will represent the interests of light-frame construction.
- Do you think that the monetary exchange rate does not affect you? Think again.
- A weak dollar makes truss and component exports more viable.
- A weak dollar causes less incentive to ship lumber from Canada to U.S. markets.
- The U.S. Department of Labor expected employers to be in compliance with the new the Fair Labor Standards Act by August 23, 2004.
- There are a variety of revised requirements that all employers should be familiar with.
- The new exempt salary requirement is $455 per week or $23,660 per year.
- SBC Magazine is starting the New Year with some fresh ideas and positive change.
- Our theme for 2005 is "Your Industry, Your Magazine, Your Ideas."
- This issue of SBC is our first ever dedicated to wall panel manufacturing.
- As you begin 2005, don’t hesitate to contact an SBC staff member with your comments, questions and article ideas.
- The new Jobsite Package includes a general warning about the contents in both English and Spanish.
- The reverse side of the cover sheet also includes language from WTCA 4-2002 National Standard and Recommended Guidelines on Responsibilities for Construction Using Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses.
- At Advanced Building & Components, a materials handling quandary caused management to choose a highly automated line of wall panel equipment.
- ABC worked with their equipment supplier to create a tailor-made, cutting-edge automated system with one specification: handle the studs only once.
- Although resistant at first, the ABC production staff appreciates the new technology and it’s contribution to remedy the materials handling problem.
- Once you use wall panels, you realize how easy, safe and efficient they can be. You never want to go back.
- A framer-friendly mentality is essential for success.
- WTCA is putting together a “Guide to Loading and Transporting Wood Trusses.”
- The greatest complication in shipping is that practically every state has its own oversize load regulations and permitting processes.
- The Federal Highway Administration sets size and weight limits allowable for commercial transport.
- BCMC is the "must go to" show of the structural building components industry.
- It is the place to see the latest industry products, services and equipment.
- New ideas, sure to benefit your business, are always created at this fast- paced show.
- Where ceiling thermal requirements exceed R-38, the raised heel reduction can reduce the thermal requirements for either wood or steel framing.
- The simplified prescriptive method allows the same reduction as the component performance method.
- China’s growth spurred 79 percent of the growth in global demand for steel in 2003, causing steel prices to rise.
- In 2004, the Chinese economy consumed 28 percent of the world’s steel and 36 percent of the cement.
- By contrast, the U.S. consumes 13 percent of the world’s steel and only 5.2 percent of the world’s cement.
