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JL Schwieters was started in 1980 by my dad, John Schwieters, and his brother, Leo, as a framing labor business.
If you knew something were to significantly affect/govern your business and your opportunity for success, would you want to have some say in the matter? My answer to this question is “absolutely.”
SBCA’s Truss Technician Training (TTT), along with many other industry-specific training programs, are moving to a new and improved online learning management system (LMS).
Join Heather Young, production manager at Shelly's Building Supply, a US LBM company, for a fresh perspective on the role company culture plays in building a more efficient, successful, diversified component production team.
At the core of your company are the relationships you form with your customers. Hear how one CM is collaborating with customers through open communication and transparent sales and customer service strategies. The goal of this webinar is to discuss new, unique, and innovative ways to engage with your customers and provide the best sales experience from the first meeting to project completion.
Indemnities and insurance provisions can provide your customer with recourse against your company that is otherwise not normally recoverable. In this webinar, Kent Pagel discusses what your customers intend with the indemnity and insurance provisions they include in their form customer contracts. He also covers the key themes to consider when negotiating an indemnity provision.
Don Groom, partner and CEO of Trussworks in Caldwell, Texas, shares how he successfully navigated the many early challenges he faced when starting his own component manufacturing operation. He explains how his friendships throughout the industry played a huge role in helping him ensure Trussworks started on a solid foundation, and he gives advice on the fundamentals to focus on to make it through tough times.
Very few projects are completed without at least a handful of minor issues. Every once in a while, however, “the project from hell” comes along that requires time and money to correct, either during construction or even years after completion.
This webinar focuses on some of the issues Jim has encountered during his 30+ years as an engineer in the structural building components industry, including design and detailing problems, bad installation and construction issues, and material limitations.
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Our cover story illustrates the potential of NFC.
SBCA is moving in a new direction to serve you even better.
I’m honored to serve as SBCA’s new executive director.
A company is acquired for its earnings, but valued for its EBITDA percentage.
A builder’s perspective on how CMs can grow market share
Skandia Truss in Skandia, Michigan (also known as Snow Country because its annual snowfall averages over 167 inches), focuses on quality trusses and customer satisfaction using exclusively MSR lumber, dry storage, and the motto, “Think Snow Load.”
SBCA makes Structural Details available to architects, engineers, contractors, designers, code enforcement officials and others involved in construction applications using metal plate connected wood trusses (MPCWT).
Production crews and designers depend on one another every day, yet the two departments can find themselves at odds: Was the callback caused by a poor design or a quality control issue in production? In this two-part series, learn how these CMs are breaking down barriers between the two departments. Part 1 focuses on how to create cross-functional teams to improve communication and increase engagement. Part 2 (coming in early 2021) will cover how breaking down barriers between these departments will have a positive effect on company culture.
The SBCAMN (MTMA) business meeting will be before the Minnesota Twins game on Aug. 11th.
A component manufacturer submits its bid or proposal to a customer. Rather than signing the bid, the customer issues its purchase order. In response the manufacturer issues a sales acknowledgement. Each of the forms contains terms and conditions of sale on the back. Some or all of the forms either get signed or none of them are signed. If a dispute later arises, how does it get resolved? Kent Pagel discusses best practices and answers the questions CMs have regarding this all too common battle of the forms.
There are some valuable takeaways from this chaotic year.
We will look back at 2020 as the Year of the Pivot.
Meet four individuals recently recognized as industry leaders by their peers.
CMs and framers win and lose together – the NFC ensures everyone wins.