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SBCA has published extensive information regarding raw material performance characteristics, since 2009, when SBCRI first learned of the disparities between OSB and lumber published design values and SBCRI tested performance. We published a 2015 article entitled “ Why is SBCA & SBCRI Publishing Investigative Reports? ”
Join Deke Lape, with Mitchell Insurance, Inc., as he provides insight into effective strategies to take control of the healthcare supply chain, from hospital inpatient and outpatient costs to costs associated with prescriptions and physicians.
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The housing industry is clearly firing on all cylinders, even as labor constraints and building material prices are repeatedly brought up as headwinds for the housing market.
Testing is underway to determine the effects of weather exposure and time on trusses.
If you use email, you want to prevent spoofing.
A spring Wisconsin snowstorm demonstrates how a building design practice may lead to higher risk.
Framers and CMs can make for a powerful partnership, but it takes work.
Trusses provide a cost-effective, responsive solution to concrete formwork.
How a better understanding of human needs can improve employee retention.
In June, SBCA members traveled to Washington, DC to meet with their members of Congress to discuss immigration and trade policy.
Last year during SBCA’s Open Quarterly Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, I took the train down to Washington, DC and met with staff members of my U.S. Representative, Bill Flores. After a productive meeting on Capitol Hill, I made sure to leave an invitation behind for the Congressman to tour our production facility in Lott, Texas.
The tables are intended as a practical tool to assist contractors in the selection of footing widths and the determination of the quantity of wood studs required for supporting the end reactions of beams, girders, and/or headers.
This research report evaluates the use of L-shaped partition intersections as an equivalent alternative to the Ushaped intersections typically shown in fire-resistive assembly evaluation reports.
Issues involving mold on building materials, whether during construction or in completed and occupied structures, have gained media attention in recent years. Unfortunately, the emotion, with respect to both real (e.g. asthma) and perceived health effects of mold-related situations, leads to actions that may not be grounded in sound science. This webinar will provide fact-based information about causes, effects, and prevention of mold growth on lumber and wood structural building components.