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2005 Jan/Feb
- Milwaukee, WI, is the Midwest city known for its charm, friendliness and attractions sure to warm you up.
- The 2004 show in Charlotte welcomed a total of 1,670 attendees strolling the show floor; a robust crowd is expected in 2005.
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2005 Jan/Feb
- WTCA is represented on the ICC Structural Committee and will be intimately involved in the code change process.
- WTCA will represent the interests of light-frame construction.
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2005 Jan/Feb
- Do you think that the monetary exchange rate does not affect you? Think again.
- A weak dollar makes truss and component exports more viable.
- A weak dollar causes less incentive to ship lumber from Canada to U.S. markets.
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2005 Jan/Feb
- The U.S. Department of Labor expected employers to be in compliance with the new the Fair Labor Standards Act by August 23, 2004.
- There are a variety of revised requirements that all employers should be familiar with.
- The new exempt salary requirement is $455 per week or $23,660 per year.
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2005 Jan/Feb
- SBC Magazine is starting the New Year with some fresh ideas and positive change.
- Our theme for 2005 is "Your Industry, Your Magazine, Your Ideas."
- This issue of SBC is our first ever dedicated to wall panel manufacturing.
- As you begin 2005, don’t hesitate to contact an SBC staff member with your comments, questions and article ideas.
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2005 Jan/Feb
- The new Jobsite Package includes a general warning about the contents in both English and Spanish.
- The reverse side of the cover sheet also includes language from WTCA 4-2002 National Standard and Recommended Guidelines on Responsibilities for Construction Using Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses.
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2005 Jan/Feb
- At Advanced Building & Components, a materials handling quandary caused management to choose a highly automated line of wall panel equipment.
- ABC worked with their equipment supplier to create a tailor-made, cutting-edge automated system with one specification: handle the studs only once.
- Although resistant at first, the ABC production staff appreciates the new technology and it’s contribution to remedy the materials handling problem.
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2005 Jan/Feb
- Once you use wall panels, you realize how easy, safe and efficient they can be. You never want to go back.
- A framer-friendly mentality is essential for success.
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2005 Jan/Feb
- WTCA is putting together a “Guide to Loading and Transporting Wood Trusses.”
- The greatest complication in shipping is that practically every state has its own oversize load regulations and permitting processes.
- The Federal Highway Administration sets size and weight limits allowable for commercial transport.
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2005 Jan/Feb
- WTCA Legal Counsel Kent Pagel has presented many of the risk management and liability avoidance programs, which will soon be available online in an up-dated and modified format.
- At BCMC 2004, one question in the Manufacturers’ Roundtable was the im-portance of handling truss collapses proactively and the need to establish guidelines on how to properly conduct truss collapse investigations.
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2005 Jan/Feb
- Are you seeing the same objections to wall panels that you had with selling trusses?
- Labor demographics today will drive wall panel sales much like labor savings drove truss sales in the 1950s.
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2005 Jan/Feb
- Did you know that you should drive an empty forklift backward UP an incline and forward DOWN an incline?
- The building components industry provides the ultimate fork lift truck lifting, driving and loading challenge due to the wide variety of load types.
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2005 Jan/Feb
- WTCA has a great deal of information that can help make the inspection of trusses easier to understand and perform.
- Truss designers and truss manufacturers only provide individual truss inspection information.
- The roof or floor truss system inspection information must come from the owner, builder/framer or building designer.