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In late 2019, SBCA’s Executive Committee launched a strategic planning process that began with a survey of component manufacturers (CMs) that garnered a significant response.
If you haven’t watched an SBCA webinar recently, you are missing out. You’d be surprised how much you can learn from other component manufacturers not in your market.
Over the past 35 years, The Truss Company has quietly grown into one of the largest component manufacturing operations on the West Coast.
My grandfather was a general contractor, and my mother is one, too. I was toted around jobsites from a young age, and today the smell of fresh cut lumber and construction dust still brings me back to the good ol’ days.
SBCA is seeking CMs who can help us help each of you!
Enlighten students about professional growth opportunities with an activity.
SBCA’s IT Committee provides easy best practices for small IT departments.
SBCA’s partnership with Tim helps educate his followers on the benefits of structural components.
What is it, where did it come from, and how is it used?
SBCA strategic planning process yields great results.
There are many opportunities to gain insight from your peers.
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GUIDE TO GOOD PRACTICE FOR SPECIFYING & APPLYING LOADS TO STRUCTURAL BUILDING COMPONENTS
Hear from Shawnee Gunnett, a structural estimator with Big C Lumber in Dowagiac, Michigan, as she discusses her involvement with local trade advisory boards, and how she approaches her local schools to foster mutually beneficial relationships.
This webinar provides an overview of important information contained in the BCSI booklet. Attend this SBCA Webinar and have a change to win a copy of the Building Component Safety Information Book.
As business leaders, we are constantly sending clear direction to our employees and colleagues. When it comes to workplace safety, people watch our actions as much as they hear our words, if not more. We need to make sure our actions match our words and values as much as possible to create an injury-free safety culture.
Leaders within a component manufacturing plant often wear multiple hats, including human resources. Learn new ideas and best practices for hiring new employees, creating a positive workplace culture, and understanding applicable HR-related regulations.
Use this guidance document to locate a member-specific webpage for downloadable logos.
SBCA’s legal counsel, Kent Pagel, will start his series of 2020 webinars discussing legal topics first and foremost on the minds of component manufacturers.
This webinar will focus on the construction industry workflow (CIWF) framework as both a workforce development tool and a means to illustrate the various ways information, goods, and services flow to and from a component manufacturer.
Clippership Wharf is a recently completely mixed-use luxury development overlooking the Boston harbor and Boston skyline. The project encompasses four separate buildings sitting on 12 acres of waterfront property on which the project encompasses 284 apartments and 194 condominiums surrounding a central courtyard with a 270-degree view of the downtown Boston skyline. Australia's largest real estate developer, Lendlease, is responsible for bringing this project to life.
Learn more about this project in the March 2019 SBC Magazine issue.
Learn how component manufacturers offer the most efficient structural framing solutions and how they've made a difference in communities across the country, allowing for the most effective use of time, labor and materials to frame all types of structures. Roof trusses, floor trusses and wall panels play an integral part in the structures you see every day.
Tim Carter, founder of Ask the Builder, shows the simple value proposition of the attic trusses used to create a “bonus room” in what traditionally is wood webs, insulation and dead air. He explains that roof trusses were invented in the 1950's and revolutionized the way roofs are framed. Another benefit Tim points out is that today's modern computer software allows for just about any size or shape to be built using roof trusses.
Ask the Builder expert, Tim Carter, communicates how components expedite the building process and highlights the many reasons to build with wall panels. In the video Tim explains that wall panels have been around since the 1940's but are now built using cutting-edge technology in an automated production facility. He also shares that wall panels are easy to install which allows for fewer workers with expert carpentry skills and that can save you money. Tim points out that wall panels speed up the building process, allowing the building to be dried in sooner and ensuring construction materials are more quickly protected from the impact of rain and snow.
Ask the Builder founder, Tim Carter, enthusiastically shares the benefits of building with floor trusses using video taken during the construction of his daughter‘s new home. He explains how prefabricated floor trusses have been available since the 1970's and are designed using advanced computer software. Tim calls the floor trusses magical and shares how they can span longer distances without the need for a center support beam and allows for a more open floor plan.
Ask the Builder founder, Tim Carter shows how floor truss framing saves time when installing floor heat tubing. Tim explains that the prefabricated floor trusses provide much more room to work with, making it easier to run pipes because you don't have to drill any holes so it makes the work go faster. He points out that you don't have to worry about carpenters or plumbers drilling holes because of the convenience and space floor trusses provide.
Ask the Builder expert, Tim Carter, shows off the attic truss design of his daughter's new home. Tim highlights the benefits of using attic trusses to create more usable space and focuses on how they can be used to construct a regular staircase to the lower level.
In this video, Tim Carter says, “Whatever you can dream for your attic, for your house or for your roof, there’s a really good chance it can be done by the technical and up-to-date software that truss designers use to create these wonders.” He also states, “It’s really pretty amazing. You don’t find many attics in brand new homes and it’s really a shame because it’s really, really simple to do.”
When California TrusFrame’s Ashley Stroder won the annual Lakeside Trailer giveaway at BCMC 2018, she couldn’t believe it.
When you operate an existing business you forget, or don’t appreciate, all the tasks that go into starting a green field operation.