Search
“Think more about the problems customers face and figure out a way you can solve it by improving upon what you already produce.”
For Cascade, gambrel trusses were just one unique aspect of an entirely unusual project
- Effective employee training on jobsite safety requires an approach that combines good information with consistent messages and continuous delivery.
- The NFC’s Site-Specific Fall Protection Plan is being added to the already robust FrameSAFE program.
- Safety is everyone’s responsibility. Effective training is the best way employers can “help their employees help themselves” to work safely on the jobsite.
“All the builders and framers I talk to out there say the same thing: they can’t find enough guys to do what they want to do.” Those are the thoughts of Jason Blenker, president of Blenker Building Systems. If national surveys and media reports are accurate, the sentiment is shared by most of the construction industry across the country.
Floor systems are as key to making framing better, faster and more cost effective as wall panels and roof trusses.
The purpose of changing the dues policy is to ensure everyone contributes on a more even footing to the organization.
How one CM introduces building officials to the entire scope of work that goes into truss manufacturing.
Meet two new members of the SBCA Board of Directors.
A lot of engineering goes into the design of metal plate connected wood trusses, including the connector plates themselves.
When a homeowner asked for the contemporary look of a curved roof without the expense of beam or steel construction, the designer knew the answer was trusses.
How Framing the American Dream again shows there’s a better way to frame.
“The sooner a project is completed, the sooner it can be sold or leased. That’s a real opportunity cost that means something to owners when I sell them on using our products.” Ken Cloyd, chairman of the board of California TrusFrame, said this to me a few years back during an interview for an article focused on innovation in the industry.
The SBCA chapter presidents recently discussed the state of SBCA chapters. We have many strong, active chapters with a great deal of participation. We also have chapters that lack consistent participation, which makes chapter leadership a challenge.
A little up-front effort can have significant downstream effects.
Meet SBCA's incoming secretary: Greg Griggs, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing – East for Builders FirstSource.
Construction of the SBCRI testing facility was no simple matter. Building permits were a challenge to obtain, elevator and stair requirements were unique due to the expectation of moving large materials and equipment, and the floors needed to be extra strong to support full-assembly and 200-pound-per-square-foot (i.e., high-force) testing.
A truss designer who recognizes conditions that require a reduction in lumber or plate design properties can help ensure trusses perform as the building designer intends.
A decade after it began operation, SBCRI is making a new push for industry-directed testing to benefit all component manufacturers.
Big C Lumber shared a lot with their guests and learned a lot as hosts. They offer a few tips for CMs looking to hold their own event.
BCMC Sessions Focus on Doing Business Smarter
BCMC session evaluations indicated that the BCMC Committee hit a home run in choosing the topics they did. Take a few moments to catch up on what you might have missed at this year's show.
- A renewed sense of optimism was everywhere you looked on the BCMC show floor.
- For the first time in six years, BCMC was exciting, encouraging and fun! Everyone was smiling.
- The CM Roundtable is where the issues that will define our industry going forward are raised and hashed out. The next CM Roundtable is in Tucson. I guarantee it is worth the investment to attend.
- The truss industry’s innovative products and software form the link between new science-based discoveries and their application.
- The mission of any professional engineering endeavor is to deploy innovative materials, designs or methods of construction that meet or exceed all regulations, protect the consumer and preserve free and unfettered competition as the rule of trade.
- The SBC Research Institute (SBCRI) acts as our industry’s “flux capacitor” and will transport us to a brave new world of construction we haven’t seen before.
- The future is now and our industry only has two choices—we can each grasp at it individually, or we can hold onto it firmly through a collective effort.
- One of the best places to get active in SBCA is by attending a component manufacturer’s-only roundtable discussion at a SBCA Open Quarterly Meeting (OQM).
- A good place to start a training program is by covering basic truss industry terminology, along with your company’s terminology and approach to serving customers’ technical needs.
- Example math and complete truss design problems using sample plans are a good way to coach new designers and bring them up to speed with your business practices.
- Each new hire and, in general, all staff needs to know who is responsible for client communication at each stage of a project.
- Innovation brings change that builds vigor and excitement in an organization or industry.
- We should challenge ourselves to look for ways to innovate and foster the discomfort of change.
- I am a proud supporter of the innovation revolution taking place within the SBC industry, and I invite you to join me as an advocate for change.