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2005 November
- Capital Structures of Fort Smith, AR was selected to provide materials, component design, fabrication and framing labor for an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project in June.
- Ninety-two degrees, 97 percent humidity, and no breeze caused Team Capital framers to endure brutal conditions for much of the day.
- The framers set a framing record of eleven hours and 30 minutes.
- The crew encountered one set-back: the foundation slab was off almost two inches in some areas, making the wall panels difficult to get level.
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2005 November
- WTCA’s new Truss Technology Workshop (TTW) web site, ttw.woodtruss.com, offers a one-stop shop for continuing education (CEU) credits.
- The site is designed to serve as a year-round resource for those in professions who work with roof trusses, floor trusses, wall panels and related components.
- Users who purchase a year-long subscription also receive unlimited access to the site’s online resource library.
- The site offers component manufacturer members all the materials necessary to present their own live TTWs for free.
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2005 August
- The 11th Annual MSR Lumber Producers Council held a workshop in early June.
- In one session, an industry panel discussed topics on labor, grade stamps, mold, the availability of 2x3 lumber and ANSI/TPI 1’s new repetitive member factor.
- In another session, Francois Robichaud of Forintek East Canada, highlighted the results of a lumber usage survey distributed to component manufacturers.
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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.
Article
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.
Article
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.
Article
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.