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2005 June/July
- One of the three educational tracks for component manufacturers will spotlight customer relations: Building Relation-ships for Business Growth.
- Industry veterans Mike Ruede, Joe Hikel and Craig Plummer will each present one session within the track.
- BCMC sessions and the concepts covered within them are created by component manufacturers for component manufacturers.
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2005 June/July
- Thirty states, Washington DC, the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the National Park Service and the U.S. Virgin Islands have adopted the IBC.
- Twenty-seven states, Washington DC and the U.S. Virgin Islands have adopted the IRC.
- While monitoring state, regional or local code activities may sound as fun as watching paint dry, the effect of bad code adoption can be profound.
- Our industry goal is to facilitate an effective monitoring process. The more knowledge we have, the more power we will have in shaping our industry’s future.
Article
2005 June/July
- WTCA recently became a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
- ALEC is made up of over 2,400 current state lawmakers.
- ALEC’s task forces give private enterprise a voice with lawmakers through drafting model legislation.
Article
2005 June/July
- This issue of SBC Magazine focuses on Legal & Legislative issues.
- The majority of the building components industry feels they have little or no control over things like the transportation regulations.
- Can local advocacy be worth the work? One WTCA chapter believes it is. Read Adventures in Advocacy to learn how they rallied for change.
Article
2005 June/July
- WTCA has created a spreadsheet program that is essentially a comprehensive CODE CALCULATOR.
- The goal of TLG has been to provide a standardized format that can be used:
- To quickly and easily define the loads to be applied to trusses and structural building components.
- By jurisdictions that require loading summary pages to be produced as part of the construction project submittal process.
Article
2005 June/July
- How does a man with no interest in politics end up hosting a plant tour for Senator Chuck Grassley?
- The benefit of being involved is there may come a time when you will get a chance to have a direct voice and make a difference.
- There are great opportunities to get involved in local political activities and serve on committees that are looking into issues that are vital to our industry.
Article
2005 June/July
- Trussway provides a perfect industry business case study on the high energy acquisition craze of the 1990s, what can go wrong and what one can learn from it.
- Centralization, thought to be a cost savings business approach, can potentially hurt a company’s customer service.
- Listening to and serving customer needs fully is always a great business strategy.
Article
2005 June/July
- The benefit of belonging to an association is that it is the one place where a group of competitors can work to positively protect and advance the industry in which they are involved.
- The detriment of belonging to an association occurs when anti-free-market activities begin to take place.
- Knowing where competitors can collaborate and where not to tread is extremely important.
Article
2005 June/July
- A major WTCA initiative to conduct re-search and testing of structural component performance has been launched.
- The data derived from this work will help influence new building code enactment and may provide new marketing opportunities for component manufacturers.
- Stay tuned for more updates on this initiative in future issues of SBC Magazine.
Article
2005 June/July
- Hot weather combined with working in a truss plant means you should drink as much water as possible.
- Heat exhaustion is a common ailment and is easily treated. If ignored, it could be a precursor to heat stroke.
- Heat stroke is very serious and can lead to death.
Article
2005 June/July
- Dead loads are projected horizontally for truss design.
- Truss technicians must be clear on whether they need to adjust the input design dead load values for slope or if the software will do it for them.
- Slope adjustments become more critical with steeper pitches.