SBC Industry News

A certification program for roofing contractors scheduled to launch early next year has the potential to transform the roofing industry in United States forever, said Reid Ribble, CEO of the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA).

In an effort to increase the efficiency of the installation guidance found in these documents, SBCA has begun looking at opportunities to move temporary bracing off the top chords of trusses and into the web-member plane. 

Equipping large trucks with advanced safety technologies has the potential to prevent up to 63,000 truck related crashes each year, according to new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

?As a third generation Hikel working at Shelter Systems Limited, Jason was literally born into the industry.

Here are the top ten most popular SBC Industry News headlines of the third quarter of 2017.

While it's not the first time we have observed the BLS manipulate data, never before had we actually caught the Bureau Of Labor Statistics openly fabricating data. Until now.

Material costing for U.S. construction projects has moved into a higher gear, according to the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Of the total area burned in B.C. this year, an estimated 53 million cubic metres of merchantable timber was lost – equivalent to one year of annual allowable cut.

Located off of Interstate 10 on Riverside Drive, a new 84 Lumber store includes a 4,000-square-foot showroom, an expanded 50,000-square-foot door shop, and a “growing engineered wood capacity,” with rail service

Alpine’s highly-anticipated new training website is designed to provide comprehensive software tutorials, training webinars, industry resources, as well as other useful information to improve designer knowledge.

MiTek USA today announced that MiTek Builder Products now offers a Hardy Frame Special Moment Frame Design Manager online tool for designing Hardy Frame Special Moment Frames (HFSMF)

Travis White was introduced to the truss industry as a teenager by his father, who was a part owner of a component manufacturing company in Florida.  He learned about the industry first-hand as he worked there throughout high school and college. 

If you’re planning to build a new home in Texas, be prepared to pay more and wait longer for it to be completed.

A Florida homeowner credits the more-stringent building code with saving her home and their lives. “For anyone who doubts these codes, I invite them to sit in a pre-code structure in a Category 3 storm or higher,” she said.

MiTek today announced that it has launched a new line of fasteners, called MiTek ProSeries. MiTek ProSeries includes MiTek Washer Head structural wood screws, MiTek Bugle Head structural wood screws, and MiTek Hex Head structural wood screws.

In a move designed to help assist in reducing the shortage of drivers, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has proposed simplifying the process and cost for certain individuals to obtain a commercial driver's license.

Planned workplace safety and health inspections in areas impacted by Hurricane Irma have been halted by OSHA, the Department of Labor announced Sept. 12.

Koopman Lumber and Hardware has announced a merger with the Andover, Mass. based Doyle Lumber Company.