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Design efficiency is critical, but it can’t overshadow design quality.
As he previewed this month’s issue of SBC Magazine, SBCA Marketing Chair Jess Lohse recognized a trend: communication. Take a sneak peak at his perspective on how the April issue can help you improve communication in your business.
- The most effective way to avoid recurrent issues with component installation is to give an SBCA Jobsite Package to the general contractor and framing crew on every job.
- Simply having your driver drop the Jobsite Package off with the component package at the jobsite isn’t enough.
- Anytime you work with a GC or an inexperienced crew for the first time, consider visiting with them ahead of delivery and walk them through the information in the jobsite package.
A different approach to training new hires.
As you hone your WFD tools, one CM shares a reminder: Don’t forget about the importance of developing meaningful relationships with the people right in front of you.
Rebuilding a historic church after a ruinous fire was a project not to be forgotten.
- The challenges of turnover leave some CMs hesitant about justifying the costs of training programs, such as SBCA’s TTT.
- It’s worth implementing new strategies for retaining employees, such as reconsidering previous policies that may be hurting your company under current conditions. An example includes careful consideration when an employee makes a special request before automatically saying “no.”
- SBCA President Scott Ward calls on CMs to share their thoughts on employee retention; send suggestions to Emily Patterson.
In looking to the future, the SBC Industry Testing Task Group has identified the following areas to consider for the development of test plans:
Repair Types & Methods
Specifically, what are the true capacities or effects of holes in truss members; scabs including nails, screws and nails or screws with glue; gussets (single and double shear) with nails (clinched and non-clinched), screws and nails or screws with glue.
Ply-to-Ply Girder Connections
Builders Warehouse Manufacturing • Aurora, Colorado
Field trips aren’t always an option but it is possible to take your plant – and the component manufacturing experience – to students as part of a classroom experience.
From a South Florida Invention to a Worldwide Industry!
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Everyone has had something to teach me, and I’ve already received an education that will last the rest of my life.
CMs from the U.S. seek the bleeding edge in the Outback to avoid future pain
CM builds relationships with students by giving back.
Finding the best, fastest, most efficient process has always been part of the culture for this component manufacturer.
Take a few minutes to learn more about the CMs serving as officers on the 2016 SBCA Board of Directors.
Your company does it every day: load components and deliver them to jobsites. Ben Vadnais, assistant plant manager at Windsor Building Systems, has a few tips for keeping your loading and delivery operations running as smoothly and safely as possible.
The Story of Rehkemper and Son, Inc.
Ed Callahan, Jr. passed away on January 20, 2013, one day shy of his 80th birthday.
The structural building components industry lost one of its greatest champions, Don Hershey, when he passed away at home last November.
Lee Kirgan, construction manager for Operation Finally Home (OFH), has been busy making the rounds of SBCA chapter meetings. OFH is a non-profit organization that builds mortgage-free homes for wounded veterans and their families. In years past, SBCA partnered with OFH to build one home each year in the city that hosted BCMC. This year, SBCA’s relationship with OFH expanded nationwide.
The invention of the modern-day metal connector plate in the mid-1950s is commonly attributed to A. Carroll Sanford and J. Calvin Juriet. As the baby boomer generation was being launched, houses could not be built fast enough for America’s fledgling families striving to capture the dream of homeownership. Connector plates gave builders a method to assemble homes more quickly and spawned over 50 different types of plate configurations and manufacturers.
Having a voice and a united group of CMs to drive the industry forward is one of the primary reasons for belonging to our trade association.
SBCA’s partnership with Tim helps educate his followers on the benefits of structural components.
Enlighten students about professional growth opportunities with an activity.
A small investment of time in these hiring tools will go a long way to entice new job seekers and provide a place for them to readily find and easily apply for opportunities at your company.