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Article
2005 March
- SBC’s new One Minute Poll (OMP) is an exciting and efficient way to voice your challenges and triumphs in sixty seconds or less!
- 40 percent of OMP respondents cited communications difficulties between departments.
- Creating an environment that fosters teamwork is a proverbial challenge for component manufacturers.
Article
2005 March
- Many employers won’t hire ex-felons.
- The industry has a chronic shortage of skilled truss technicians, so setting up a prison design department was the perfect solution for Stark Truss.
- The truss industry has several success stories of helping former felons reintegrate into life.
Article
2005 March
- WTCA is putting together a “Guide to Loading and Transporting Wood Trusses.”
- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-istration recently established new guidelines for proper securement of cargo transported for commercial purposes.
- Under these new guidelines, you may want to reevaluate the quantity and meth-od you currently use to secure trusses to the transporting vehicle.
Article
2005 March
- WTCA has been working diligently to partner with technical schools, community colleges and universities across the country.
- Our goal is to provide potential employees with skills in AutoCAD drafting, computer aided design, engineering, programming, marketing and sales, accounting and information technology.
Article
2005 April
- BCMC is the "must go to" show of the structural building components industry.
- It is the place to see the latest industry products, services and equipment.
- New ideas, sure to benefit your business, are always created at this fast- paced show.
Article
2005 April
- We have learned that collaboration with all interested parties usually results in code changes that are better and more easily implemented.
- TPI and WTCA have developed a code change policy to guide industry code developments.
- The WTCA E&T Committee and TPI TAC are great resources of industry knowledge that can help to avoid pitfalls.
Article
2005 April
- This issue of SBC brings you the latest grassroots activities from WTCA Chapters and staff, as well as the annual membership listing.
- One of the focal points of 2005 will be WTCA staff’s attendance at quarterly chapter meetings. We are here to support all of our members; there is no better way than with local involvement.
- The synergy between TPI and WTCA has set a foundation for even greater positive industry work.
- There is no doubt that our industry has played a pivotal role in cost-effective residential construction renovations.
Article
2005 April
- We can help to make your Washington, DC legislative visit an experience that will have an impact.
- If you do not think your voice is important, just think what would happen to the laws in this country if everyone felt that way.
Article
2005 April
- WTCA and TPI have proven that the "united we stand, divided we fall" cliché has solid merit.
- When our collective focus is on serving the best interests of our industry, there are no losers in the process.
Article
2005 April
- Woodinville Lumber Uses Components to Turn Dreams into Reality
Article
2005 April
- There are a number of factors that contribute to the recidivism rate in the U.S.
- Stark and Bluegrass Truss battle the recidivism rate by providing felons with the support they need after leaving prison.
- Read the personal accounts of a number of former inmates who have found success on the outside.
Article
2005 April
- If you look at your business through the eyes of a child, will you see things differently?
- Become an idea guy, here’s how.
Article
2005 April
- Truss plant tours give those outside our industry a chance to experience our component manufacturing industry and change their perceptions.
- A truss plant tour is easy to give a group presentation about. Just use your passion, your profession and your expertise!
Article
2005 May
- Two new chapters were welcomed to the WTCA family: MTMA & WCMA.
- Bob Becht was nominated as the 2005/ 2006 Secretary and five other individuals assumed new posts on the board.
- At the August OQM in Denver, members will provide video testimonials, with a focus on WTCA publications.
- New tools are in the works to help members sell the benefits of membership.
Article
2005 May
Talking Points: • WTCA staff is very interested in assisting our membership with developing relationship with both state and federal lawmakers. • It is very important to establish these relationships in the lawmaker’s district as well as in DC. • When meeting with your lawmakers it is important to be yourself and talk about what you know and avoid the three Ts.
Article
2005 May
- The goal of Quick Response Manufactur-ing (QRM) is to allow for efficient manufacturing while producing customized products.
- The key to remaining competitive is reaction time and speed.
Article
2005 May
- The IRC and IBC codes allow for buildings to be built based on specific rules.
- The use of trusses fit right into these prescriptive requirements.
- It is important to have an understanding of the prescriptive requirements so that one knows when the load paths become complex enough that a more detailed look at the flow of loads to the foundation is needed.
Article
2005 May
- The U.S. lumber producers are in general the high cost producers when compared to their foreign counterparts.
- The softwood lumber tariff creates a two-tiered lumber market that allows Canadian component manufacturers to buy lumber cheaper than their U.S. counterparts, creating a competitive advantage when shipping to the U.S.
Article
2005 May
- The editorial focus of this issue is Design & Engineering Advancements.
- The market continues to drive component manufacturers to take on more building design functions.
- The truss manufacturing business is very challenging, yet has the ability to also be very rewarding through helping people and seeing the fruit of one’s labor.
Article
2005 May
- Positions in the Stark program at Marion Correctional Institute (MCI) are coveted among inmates.
- Inmates that participate in the program are promised the opportunity of a fresh start after they get out of prison.
- Stark leadership believes that the program addresses a chronic shortage of truss technicians in the industry while providing felons a chance to learn a valuable skill to apply as they reintegrate into society after their release.
Article
2005 May
- Whole house design continues to be the talk of our industry. What does it mean to your business?
- Today’s builders are actually land developers; the sooner they are done developing the sooner they get a return on their investment.
- Builders are increasingly asking for turnkey solutions to their primary land development problem: housing.
Article
2005 May
- Ronnie Wright was a bigger-than-life presence in the industry.
- Wright’s equipment was innovative and built to last. His commitment to quality and durability remain a lasting legacy.
- Friends, customers and family remember Wright’s humor, compassion and his one-of-a-kind personality.
Article
2005 May
- Wood allowable stress design, used extensively by the truss industry, does note change significantly in the 2005 NDS.
- One of the key features of the 2005 NDS is the work done to make the NDS more consistent in terminology and clarify sections that have been known to be confusing in the past.
- The 2005 NDS has very minimal impact on allowable stress design and has the added benefit of having a transparent approach to learning and using load and resistance factor design.
Article
2005 May
- Four acres and a cloud of dust is an apt description of Idaho Truss.
- Some component manufacturers choose to embrace and not resist the whole building design concept.
- One major key to success with respect to whole building design is being compensated for building design and engineering work.
Article
2005 May
- Positions in the Stark program at Marion Correctional Institute (MCI) are coveted among inmates.
- Inmates that participate in the program are promised the opportunity of a fresh start after they get out of prison.
- Stark leadership believes that the program addresses a chronic shortage of truss technicians in the industry while providing felons a chance to learn a valuable skill to apply as they reintegrate into society after their release.
Article
2005 May
- 2375 students have enrolled in the TTT Level I online course since August 2002.
- Version 2.0 is faster, easier to navigate, includes all dialogue text, and holds the user’s attention better with twelve different narrators.
- Version 2.0 breaks sections into smaller bite-size pieces followed by quizzes to reiterate and review material.