SBC Industry News

In this post, we follow up on our April 17 webinar, Meeting Braced-Wall Requirements: A New Portal Frame Solution, by answering some of the interesting questions raised by attendees.

Back in January, SBC Magazine covered a Home Innovation Labs’ report that indications a positive five-year outlook for structural component framing.

Tolko Industries’ decision to close its Quest sawmill in Quesnel was greeted less with shock than resignation in certain circles with one report predicting the equivalent of 12 more will be shuttered in the next decade to cope with B.C.’s shrinking timber supply.

Drivers addicted to drugs will likely have a much more difficult time maintaining a commercial driver’s license (CDL) beginning next year – potentially making it more difficult for carriers to seat their trucks, according to a trucking regulation expert.

Residential builders have found a new home: Amazon.

Clayton, one of the largest home builders in the nation, is pleased to announce the release of its newest television advertising campaign which takes aim at showcasing the modern prefab home and educating the public about the benefits of off-site construction.

84 Lumber is “pretty much gone,” according to Vandalia Communications Manager Rich Hopkins.

“These things are the bomb! Think of all the advantages!!!” Tim Carter exclaims in respect to the floor trusses he promoted in his latest newsletter.

Architects are a natural jumping off point for a mid- to large-scale building project. 

MiTek USA announced that it has released a new ProSeries™ fastener.

The United States struck deals on Friday to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico, the three governments said, removing a major obstacle to legislative approval of a new North American trade pact.

“The number of people that came out and put their hand in their pocket for this cause was just wonderful,” said Kenny Shifflett, co-owner of ACE Carpentry.

Kodiak Building Partners announced the acquisition of Fremont, Neb.-based Christensen Lumber. 

Parr Lumber Co. announced Friday it had signed an agreement with Trus-Way Inc. of Vancouver and Trus-Way Tri-Cities Inc. for the acquisition of their manufacturing facilities in Washington.

California TrusFrame (CTF) announces today the appointment of Shawn Overholtzer as CTF’s new chief operations officer (COO) and Mark Rome as chief financial officer (CFO).

The International Residential Code (IRC) is largely a prescriptive code that lays out direction for materials and installation methods however there are items where the code carves out product provisions and limits the applicability of those provisions to a certain size building.

“A floor truss can be designed to span 30, or more, feet with ease,” Tim Carter shares with his ‘Ask the Builder’ followers when he was asked about building a multi-story home with no interior bearing walls or beams.

The SBCA Emerging Leaders Committee was created to give the next generation of leaders in the structural building components industry and in SBCA an opportunity to meet one another. California TrusFrame has been especially supportive of these efforts. 

With the ongoing shortage of skilled labor showing little signs of abatement, contractors are eagerly seeking ways to increase efficiency such as the use of panelized wood-framed wall systems and other methods of prefabrication.

Atlantic Building Components celebrated its expansion Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Macedonia community.