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Design efficiency is critical, but it can’t overshadow design quality.
- The National Framers Council (NFC) was formed as a council of SBCA to give framers a national organization that will focus on best practices in jobsite safety and building material installation.
- NFC’s goal is for each framer to leave the jobsite every day in the same health as when they arrived.
- The more framers and CMs interact, the more we will be able to identify framing and component implementation issues in the field and find solutions where both industries win.
- If you frequently or generally need to provide other instruction/training or everyday communication in Spanish, OSHA says you also need to provide your safety training in Spanish.
- Several of SBCA’s component manufacturing, industry-specific programs are available in English and Spanish.
- Understanding how the computer software automatically loads a truss can help designers avoid unintended consequences when optimizing trusses.
- When fascia loads are missing from a project, there is incorrect loading on the jack trusses, sub girders and the corner girder/hip jack.
- Missing loads can lead to extensive repairs and may even require that the trusses be revised.
“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.