Workforce Development

Video

Introduction to the SBC Industry

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.

Guidance Document

Best Way to Frame Marketing Guide

This marketing guide is designed to help market the Best Way to Frame website to all of our target audiences. The marketing guide includes step-by-step instructions on ways to market Best Way to Frame.

Brochure

Jobs that Make a Difference (Workforce Development handout)

Use this editable document to communicate the opportunities and wages in your local market.

 
 
 
Jobs that Make a Difference
Video

SBC Industry: A Place for You, A Place that Matters

SBCA staff worked with component manufacturers around the country to create a short video to attract new people to the industry.

Brochure

Truss Configurations

Educate your market about possible truss configurations and correct terminology. Introduce those new to the industry to 23 widely-used truss profiles. A must-have for your sales department.

Truss Configurations flyer
Video

BCMC Build 2015: Side by Side Time Lapse

This time-lapse video provides a side-by-side comparison of two identical homes being framed. The only difference between them is the house on the left was stick-framed on site, while the house on the right was framed using floor trusses, wall panels and roof trusses.  The video provides clear proof that structural components are the better way to frame.

Video

Framing the American Dream Video Preview

Infographic

Framing the American Dream: 1995 vs. 2015 Data

In each Framing the American Dream study, two identical buildings were framed, providing an apples-to-apples comparison of stick and component framing methods. This infographic focuses on what we learned in each area by the numbers. 

Framing the American Dream comparing 1995 numbers to 2015 infographic
Infographic

Framing the American Dream: The Best Way to Frame a House

This project overview graphic provides  a quick visual representation of the time, labor and waste benefits of using components as well as a more in-depth look into the specific savings in each area based on both the 1995 and 2015 Framing the American Dream studies. This full-page infographic is great to use as a leave-behind with customers or presentation attendees to illustrate the full benefits of framing with components.

Framing the American Dream Infographic