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The structural building components industry lost one of its greatest champions, Don Hershey, when he passed away at home last November.
There was so much information to absorb at this year’s show! And there are more resources online to help you catch up on anything you missed.
“More often than not, if it’s a flat roof, it has a green roof on it.”
Remembering the life and times of Bill McAlpine.
Learn about component manufacturers taking a proactive approach to their workforce development needs in past SBC Magazine articles and SBCA webinars.
A complex roof with multiple arcing panels provided design challenges both before and during construction.
The Story of Rehkemper and Son, Inc.
- In order to illustrate how important it is to make connections, build friendships and, ultimately, reap the benefits of giving back, Rick shares his past experiences and influencers.
- Rick became the leader he is today through being led by others who had a long-term vision for the companies he was a part of, and for the industry as a whole.
- The SBCA Board is currently considering the development of an “Emerging Leaders” program to give our industry’s next generation of leaders an opportunity to begin networking with each other today.
It’s one thing to have a salesperson from an MSR producer tell you the advantages of using MSR lumber in your production process. It’s an entirely different thing—and much more persuasive—to have four veteran component manufacturers (CMs) give you the reasons they’re convinced it’s better than visually graded lumber.
A decade after it began operation, SBCRI is making a new push for industry-directed testing to benefit all component manufacturers.
Meet SBCA board member Gene Frogale, President of Annandale Millwork and Allied Systems in Chantilly, Virginia.
It’s about knowing your customers’ pain points and solving them.
The SBCA Wall Panel QC program helps manufacturers monitor the quality of wall panels they manufacture and provides the plant with a data management system. The program consists of inspecting wall panels and entering the data into the software program, allowing you to store data and create reports to assess plant quality. This program also offers an official SBCA Wall Panel QC 100% voluntary certification.
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.
- Scott Ward first implemented In-Plant WTCA QC in 1998 and has more than a decade of experience with the program.
- He reflects on the benefits he first saw when implementing the QC program and how QC helps differentiate his business based on the unique quality of their production.
- The In-Plant WTCA QC program’s biggest impact for Ward’s company has been training employees and reducing customer product issues and related costs.
In today’s tight labor market, component manufacturers are competing with a variety of different industries for the same people. Since every new hire’s assimilation into the plant’s value chain has an immediate impact on its efficiency and the team members that operate it, it is imperative that we try and get the best fit possible. In order to stop the revolving door of production employees, a company must hire smarter. To do so, it must first align its mindset on how to best identify ideal people with ideal behaviors.
In the SBCA booth at BCMC 2018, SBCA staff member Joe Schauer displayed how the SBCA Quality Control (QC) Committee’s initiative is a giant step forward in the area of component manufacturing QC.
With a mission to protect and advance the interests of our members, SBCA is the voice of the structural building components industry to legislative, regulatory and standards-generating agencies. The Association formulates policies concerning the day-to-day operations of component manufacturers.
SBCA’s partnership with Tim helps educate his followers on the benefits of structural components.
Enlighten students about professional growth opportunities with an activity.
- Dakota Craft found a solution to mitigate the impact of rising fuel costs: heat its production facilities with wood waste.
- Cost cutting efforts make it possible to redirect resources toward company growth and exceptional employee benefits.
- The company invests in well-educated truss technicians because it believes that if you don’t start with a quality design, the product will negatively impact the project all the way to installation.
- Firefighters risk their lives to save life and property to carry on the traditions of protecting our homeland.
- Past fires have served as rules of thumb when making judgment calls about whether or not to enter a building; these rules do not always hold true, often resulting in firefighter injuries and deaths.
- Do everything you can to understand building safety issues from the firefighter’s perspective.
SBCA Marketing Chair Jess Lohse takes a look at this month's issue and finds that it runs an interesting gamut!
No matter the species, component manufacturers (CMs) purchase and rely on the accuracy and reliability of many different lumber design properties, including: bending (Fb); shear parallel to grain (Fv), compression perpendicular to grain (Fc^), compression parallel to grain (Fc), tension parallel to grain (Ft), and modulus of elasticity (E and Emin).
ANSI/TPI 1 Chapter 3 covers quality standards for the manufacture of metal plate connected wood trusses. It requires the use of a manufacturing quality assurance procedure, and period auditing by an approved inspection agency where required by local jurisdiction.
Component manufacturers commonly ask about truss warranties. What type of warranty should I give my customers? If I give no written warranty have I protected my company? Are all my products covered by a one-year warranty or the same 30-year warranty that builders give their customers? Should I sign the contractor close-out warranty presented to get my final payment? Can I be sued after the expiration of the warranty? Should I warrant my products to only my customer? SBCA Legal Counsel Kent Pagel will address all of these questions and many more in this valuable risk management webinar.
Scott Arquilla, former co-owner, vice president, and COO of Best Homes, Inc., shares how his family got started in the homebuilding industry and the unique challenges they faced operating in the Chicago market. Scott discusses why he got involved in SBCA and what prompted him to join the Board of Directors in 1997. While SBCA president in 2003, his truss plant burned to the ground. He reflects on what he would have done differently to both prepare for and recover from the disaster and offers advice to component manufacturers.