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2010 November
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2010 November
- Joe Hikel from Shelter Systems Limited (Westminster, MD) is this year’s SBCA President.
- Hikel worked up through the ranks in the family business, doing everything from component assembly to truss design to sales.
- SBCA plays a very important role in Shelter’s pursuit of running a state-of-the-art operation.
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2010 November
- BCSI recommends that lumber used for restraining and bracing trusses be stress-graded.
- Stress-graded lumber is graded for mechanical properties like strength and stiffness.
- Stress-graded lumber can be found in visual grades, MSR and MEL grades.
- AF&PA’s Supplement to the National Design Specification® (NDS®) includes the design values for all commercially available lumber in the U.S.