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- SBCA brought concerns over SYP visual grades to the forefront nearly two years ago.
- SPIB conducted testing, without requesting input from SBCA and other interested parties, which resulted in a recommendation to reduce Southern Pine design values by as much as 30 percent. This could have a considerable negative impact on light-frame construction and the U.S. economy.
- The key to solving this issue is communication; SBCA is working with a strong coalition to develop a more reasonable solution.
- Only scaffold-grade lumber should be used for erecting scaffolds.
- Scaffold-grade lumber meets strength criteria determined by the grading rules set by a recognized lumber grading agency or independent lumber inspection agency and meet the minimum requirements of OSHA standard 29 CFR 1926.
- The characteristics required for scaffold-grade lumber, such as number and size of knots, slope of grain and juvenile wood, are higher and more stringent than those for construction lumber.
- Meet SBCA’s new president, Steve Stroder.
- SBCA developed SCORE and other programs to help CMs run their companies as safe, productive, and risk-free as possible.
- Banding together and implementing these tools not only benefits individual companies, it elevates our industry.
- The Building Designer providing accurate wall or beam/header information in the Construction Documents is essential in order for the Truss Designer to arrive at the correct bearing width.
- There are two key bearing related considerations—bearing capacity of the truss and bearing capacity of what the truss is sitting on; often, the bearing capacity of this material is an unknown and an assumption must be made.
- The options for dealing with insufficient bearing need to be considered and specifically dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
- The ICC and AWC have published and through code adoption provide as law nominal unit shear capacity values, which are to be applied in accordance with the installation requirements of the building code and/or the code referenced WFCM and SDPWS.
- Our goal at SBCRI has been to provide a technically reasonable foundation upon which to make engineering judgments when designing braced wall panels for lateral load resistance.
- True creative innovation can only take place within the light frame construction industry when there is an accurate technical foundation.
Six bedrooms, seven full bathrooms and three half baths. A three-car garage, elevator, theater, exercise room, billiards room, library and six fireplaces. Is this a description of a quaint bed and breakfast? No, it’s a residence, a mansion in fact, in need of a roof. Initial plans for this 18,203 sq ft mansion called for a stick-built roof, but the team at Riverside Roof Truss in Danville, VA, proved the benefits of component construction both conceptually on paper and in the field.
Roof trusses collapsed Saturday at a partially rebuilt Mobil gas station in Liberty, seriously injuring the property's owner and leaving a worker trapped for more than an hour, police said.
Mr. Truss kicked off the 2011 SBCA Annual Meeting at BCMC in Indianapolis with some important information about fall protection.
Do you include handling and/or installation instructions with each package of structural components you deliver?
A total of 28 submissions have been received.
With overall economic growth sputtering, the exceptionally modest recovery we have seen so far in home sales is likely to become even more sluggish.
While it was a fairly light week for economic data, speeches by President Barack Obama and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke dominated headlines.
U.S. Housing Starts & Building Permits
In millions - Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR)
2021 (Nov) | 2021 (Oct) | Percent Change (Month) | 2020 (Nov) | Percent Change (Year) | |
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TOTAL U.S. Starts & Permits | |||||
Starts | 1.679 | 1.504 | 11.6% | 1.578 | 6.4% |
Permits | 1.712 | 1.653 | 3.6% | 1.635 | 4.7% |
TOTAL Single Family | |||||
Starts | 1.173 | 1.054 | 11.3% | 1.195 | -1.8% |
Permits | 1.103 | 1.074 | 2.7% | 1.137 | -3% |
TOTAL Multi-Family (2+ units) | |||||
Starts | 0.506 | 0.450 | 12.4% | 0.383 | 32.1% |
Permits | 0.609 | 0.579 | 5.2% | 0.498 | 22.3% |
2021 (Nov) | 2021 (Oct) | Percent Change (Month) | 2020 (Nov) | Percent Change (Year) | |
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Northeast | |||||
Starts | 0.130 | 0.122 | 6.6% | 0.164 | -20.7% |
Permits | 0.145 | 0.129 | 12.4% | 0.152 | -4.6% |
Midwest | |||||
Starts | 0.204 | 0.226 | -9.7% | 0.190 | 7.4% |
Permits | 0.215 | 0.234 | -8.1% | 0.221 | -2.7% |
South | |||||
Starts | 0.933 | 0.792 | 17.8% | 0.813 | 14.8% |
Permits | 0.901 | 0.859 | 4.9% | 0.868 | 3.8% |
West | |||||
Starts | 0.412 | 0.380 | 8.4% | 0.411 | 0.2% |
Permits | 0.451 | 0.431 | 4.6% | 0.394 | 14.5% |
Canadian Housing Starts
In millions - Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR)
2021 (Nov) | 2021 (Oct) Revised | Percent Change (Month) | |
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Total Canadian Starts | |||
Total Starts | 0.3013 | 0.2384 | 26.4% |
Urban | |||
Total Starts | 0.2794 | 0.2163 | 29.2% |
Single Family | 0.0582 | 0.0589 | -1.2% |
Multi Family | 0.2212 | 0.1574 | 40.5% |
Rural | |||
Total Starts | 0.0219 | 0.0221 | -0.9% |
2021 (Nov) | 2021 (Oct) Revised | Percent Change (Month) | |
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Atlantic Provinces (Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) |
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Starts | 0.0128 | 0.0141 | -8.7% |
Quebec | |||
Starts | 0.0590 | 0.0525 | 12.4% |
Ontario | |||
Starts | 0.1236 | 0.0765 | 61.6% |
Prairie Provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta) |
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Starts | 0.0483 | 0.0408 | 18.4% |
British Columbia | |||
Starts | 0.0357 | 0.0324 | 9.9% |
"If I have one hand in the oven, and my other hand is in the freezer, on average, I would think I’m doing alright!” This was a typical analogy used by Dr. Stanley K. Suddarth, Ph.D., P.E., in this case, to demonstrate the potential problems associated with using averages in calculations. When Stan Suddarth passed away on June 9, 2011, in Newburg, Oregon, he left behind a significant legacy in academia and the structural building components industry. In 1986, he was one of the first two inductees into the SBCA Hall of Fame in recognition of his considerable contributions to the industry.
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The structural building components industry mourns the loss of Dr. Stan Suddarth, Ph.D., P.E. Most of those in the industry who knew him, knew of his great intellect and appreciated his straight-forward communication style. Below are two stories from Stan’s life, as recalled by his son, Steve, that may shed additional light on him as a man. Please feel free to use the comment section below to share any memories you may have of Stan for our readers to enjoy.
What kind of energy bill might an owner receive the first year in a LEED Platinum home? Try a $50 surplus!
Remember back, if you can, to the last time this country’s housing market’s sluggishness resembled what we’re experiencing today. From 1988-1992, the U.S. experienced an economic recession. It wasn’t nearly as profound or prolonged as our current situation, but nonetheless many of you probably remember (or have been told) how bad the housing market was. Housing starts experienced a 45 percent drop over that timespan. When housing recovered swiftly from 1992 through 1994, lumber prices skyrocketed.
This year’s BCMC Build project will build not one but two single-family homes with help from partners Habitat for Humanity and Eli Lilly. Just one block apart, the two-story Taft home and the one-story Harrison home (see graphics at below) will be framed by BCMC Build volunteers within a two-day timeframe, showcasing the benefits of component construction.
Xoom. Galaxy. Slate. Iconia. iPad. Unless you’re a technology enthusiast, it’s likely you wouldn’t recognize the products these names refer to (except for perhaps the last one). They are all the latest and greatest tablet computers produced by the computing industry, and they offer a very simple, yet seductive advantage to the business community: mobility. For you, mobility translates into easier sales, quicker response times, more effective repairs, better marketing, streamlined manufacturing processes and, most importantly, more efficient communication and collaboration.
- Plywood and OSB design values are given; those that are doing repairs in your office should have a good feel for the similarities and differences.
- Plywood and OSB generally have similar design properties with a key exception of fastener strength where plywood will require more fasteners to be used.
- If a truss repair specifies only OSB, plywood should not be substituted without written permission from the registered design professional who prepared the truss repair design drawing.
Dear SBC,
This recession has lasted so long, we may have forgotten how we used to build houses, and that may be a good thing. Experience could be our worst enemy.
- Determining production cycle time, the amount of time required to process an order from start to finish, is key to meeting customer needs.
- The old paradigm suggested that similar jobs be manufactured at the same time; the new paradigm focuses on meeting customer needs with a “just in time” mentality as efficiently as possible.
- Is an urgent request viewed as a pain-in-the-neck rush job or an opportunity to exceed expectations and have a customer for life?
As of June 16, OSHA intends to begin enforcing residential fall protection guidelines first put in place in 1994. The change comes from a 2010 decision to lift a set of interim guidelines OSHA imposed in December 1995.