SBC Industry News

In addition to the news developments highlighted in SBC Industry News and the best practices shared through SBCA’s webinar series, SBCA is preparing to launch its own podcast series to allow members to listen to additional industry-specific insights wherever they go.

“I’ve come to fall in love with floor trusses,” Tim Carter wrote in his March 31 newsletter. Tim expands on this statement explaining the many holes and friction points that any solid wood or I-joist would have to get to install the same radiant floor system.

Here are the top ten most-read SBC Industry News headlines of the first quarter of 2019. The topics vary widely, but two deal with the new sheathing product from LP and two others highlight the work Tim Carter of ‘Ask the Builder’ is doing to promote the benefits of structural components.

Kevin Sweet is passionate about trusses. After repeating the word back and forth a few times, he explained that a truss is a component of a roof or floor system in a building. His father essentially reinvented them.

On April 17, join Simpson Strong-Tie to learn how the Strong-Wall site-built portal frame system (PFS) provides designers, builders and contractors in prescriptive jurisdictions with the flexibility of a new alternative to IRC wall bracing methods.

In 1992 the WTCA Board of Directors was reviewing TPI-85 Appendix P: Quality Standard for Metal Plated Connected Wood Trusses and found a disconcerting term; “firm embedment”, where a certain percentage of the plate had to be in metal to wood contact. This lead to a WTCA project, by Mr. Pat McGuire, to determine if “firm embedment” was possible for truss manufacturers to comply with consistently.

Ask the Builder founder Tim Carter’s work with SBCA has been a profound opportunity to promote structural building components within the construction industry. His background in building and immense reach are a great advantage to the component manufacturing industry because he can use his unique perspective to educate on the value of working with structural components.

Austin home buidler Matt Risinger has shared his thoughts on virtually every aspect of his trade.  In one of his latest videos, he shares why, "I love floor trusses!"

Chris Tatge, Executive Director of the National Framers Council (NFC), led a series of presentations in Texas converting stick builders to components. As a professional framer, Chris offers a unique perspective to show how roof trusses can be installed with greater efficiencies than stick-framed roofs.

To come up with our findings, we analyzed census data to figure out where builders scored the most residential construction permits. The permits are for single-family homes, condos and co-ops, apartments, townhouses, and duplexes.

SBCA, in collaboration with the National Council of Structural Engineers (NCSEA), have teamed up to bring clarity to the International Building Code (IBC) on best methods for installing permanent lateral restraint and diagonal bracing of individual wood truss web members.

Sunroc Building Materials, a construction and building materials company serving Utah and Idaho, announced it has acaquired Willard, Utah-based truss manufacturer, Sierra Truss, bolstering Sunroc's truss production capacity in Northern Utah.

Scope of work and the responsibility of a component manufacturer continues to be top of mind for Pennsylvania architects, design professionals, builders, and building officials, according to one component manufacturer.

US LBM Holdings, LLC ("US LBM"), a leading distributor of specialty building materials in the United States, has acquired Bailey Lumber & Supply, a distributor with six locations in Mississippi, and  BM Windows of Las Vegas. 

The American Lumber Standard Committee (Committee) acts as the Standing Committee for review and revision of PS 20-15. The Committee is responsible for maintaining, revising, and interpreting the standard, and is comprised of producers, distributors, users, and others with an interest in the standard.

Building Component Industry Veteran Ray Almonte recently celebrated 40 years of outstanding service. Based in Alpine's Fort Lauderdale, Florida office, he started in the industry in 1971 as a draftsman with Gang-Nail in Miami.

On March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its latest notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on overtime, which updates the salary threshold according to which workers are entitled to overtime compensation.

Metsä Wood has started test runs on the new 65,000-cubic-metre Kerto LVL line at the Punkaharju mill in Finland. The investment will increase the mill's production of Kerto LVL by about 50%.

San Diego-based offsite modular home builder Dvele raised $14 million in Series A funding, with a big push of support from real-estate investment company Crescent Real Estate LLC.

Conifex Timber Inc. has entered into a definitive purchase agreement with certain subsidiaries of Canwel Building Materials Group Ltd. for the sale of Lignum Forest Products LLP.