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As we enter 2019, we forge our hopes and dreams for the coming year while recalling our fondest memories of the 2018.
Keeping your employees’ hands safe could be as simple as adding a quick toolbox talk at the beginning of your next shift.
This webinar is a fourth in a series that will discuss special loading situations such as loads from parapet bracing, steeples/cupolas, etc.
Innovation is a word that is currently criticized in the business world for being over utilized. However, I would argue its actual application is being seriously underutilized in our own industry.
Cash is the lifeblood of every component manufacturer. Getting paid and getting paid faster ought to be a goal of every manufacturer. Kent Pagel will offer suggestions, measures and rules for each component manufacturer to consider to ensure full and prompt payments.
Sean Kelly will highlight effective strategies to develop and maintain relationships with local framers.
This webinar will be a deep dive into the benefits of participating in the FPS, how results can be used to improve business practices, and how to provide the most accurate data possible when you participate in the current survey.
This webinar will cover the many reasons to hire U.S. military veterans and how making a commitment to invest in this highly disciplined labor pool is an innovative way to recruit new employees and build a strong, lasting workforce of leaders in your company.
This webinar is the fifth in a series that will discuss special design situations involving “leg down” trusses, horizontal deflection and scissors trusses, etc. Visit the webinar archives to view parts 1-4 of this series (see July 17, 2018, August 14, 2018, October 9, 2018 & February 5, 2019).
Need a quick update on the latest and greatest from your trade association? Join Molly Butz for an overview of SBCA's newest and most valuable programs and resources and how you can put them to use in your organization now.
Learn about the tools and concepts of Lean Manufacturing and Lean Business Processes to support your continuous improvement efforts.
Take a look at how Villaume Industries has used and is using the Lean tools to improve business performance.
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The primary mission of SBC Magazine is to connect with component manufacturers (CMs) from across the country and share their best practices and lessons learned. Of course, the biggest challenge in that effort is identifying the timely struggles of one group of CMs and then finding the CM who has developed a best practice to solve it.
One of the primary missions of SBCA is to help component manufacturers (CMs) gain greater market share. Traditionally, those efforts have been aimed at turning roof rafters into roof trusses, and that focus has paid significant dividends.
You may have noticed the emergence of a new phrase to describe the use of components in certain parts of the country. A method referred to as “offsite framing” is catching on in California, Florida, and other areas of high volume housing production. New techniques always produce mixed emotions of fear, uncertainty, opportunity, excitement, and more.
Past interns are a great fit to attract students. Recently Big C Lumber held a plant tour for 39 students from eight different schools that are in the Michigan Construction Trades course offered through the St. Joseph County Board. After the tour there were at least ten students that showed interest in working at Big C Lumber. That’s a quarter of the students in the tour!
The Baltimore Carpentry Task Force brings students together to explore construction careers
As hiring remote truss designers becomes increasingly common for the component manufacturing industry, ensuring those same designers don’t feel like they’re alone on an island (even if they actually are) needs to be an important factor in your plan. Finding strategies to help all of your employees feel valued and included isn’t a new concept, but shifting the approach for your remote team members can go a long way to establish a solid foundation in your design department.
SBCA is a CM’s best source for understanding the impacts of rulemaking
$270 million project required 9,250 floor trusses, 1,580 roof trusses, and zero call backs
General Manager • Engineered Truss Systems Inc. • Garden City, Kansas
Advantage Truss Company in Hollister, California, had a record year in 2018. They supply exclusively to custom home builders in their market and bid over 1,000 homes last year for the first time in their company’s history (they completed 625 homes). As part of their outreach to the surrounding community, they participate in a local “Lights on Christmas Parade.” Their 2018 entry got a lot of attention.
If you’re looking for ways to improve your in-plant safety program in 2019, many of these are great places to start.
Annandale Millwork & Allied Systems ventured into the components industry differently from most manufacturers as our original business centered on doors and millwork. We diversified into wall panels in the early 1980s and eventually into roof trusses. From the beginning, we’ve always looked to use innovative processes to solve common construction problems.
This final session in our series on lean manufacturing will delve into how to apply concepts as building blocks to create learning-based organizations that drive change in both culture and performance.
This new webinar series was designed to provide suppliers to the structural building components industry with a platform to give a 30-minute webinar on a topic you think will be most beneficial to CMs as they navigate current industry challenges and opportunities. These are not intended to be a sales pitch for your products or services but rather should focus on new/emerging technologies or marketplace trends.
Gear up for growth! Use the job descriptions listed to post open full-time, part-time or internship positions under Manage Career Opportunities.
Federal and state agency resources you can use to enhance business development and strengthen your workforce.