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Article
2005 March
- The best eLearning courses present convenient and effective self-paced online training.
- Live classes can be intimidating for students who can’t keep up. eLearning courses remedy the pressure to perform by allowing students to repeat modules as many times as necessary.
- Tutorials, simulations and demos encourage eLearners to interact with each training module.
Article
2005 March
- Personnel and safety issues are central to your business strategy and can have a significant impact on the success or failure of your business.
- In this issue, we explore alternative work force development strategies.
- SBC readers’ top five safety concerns are revealed on page 52 of this issue.
- The final installment of the Transporting Trusses series spotlights load securement.
Article
2005 March
- The IBC and IRC 10 psf attic live load is a non-concurrent live load applied as one of the load conditions that are checked when designing trusses.
- The IBC and IRC 20 psf attic storage load shall be applied only in areas intended for storage as clearly identified on the truss design drawings.
- A note will be placed on the truss design drawings identifying the storage load that was applied to the trusses.
Article
2005 March
- Traditional broker compensation is in the form of commission; is the broker compensation “fair”?
- The answer depends on the amount of compensation relative to the value of the service provided.
- If the income is a commission, only one thing can be said for certain: if the compensation is fair, it is purely by accident.
Article
2005 March
- The best eLearning courses present convenient and effective self-paced online training.
- Live classes can be intimidating for students who can’t keep up. eLearning courses remedy the pressure to perform by allowing students to repeat modules as many times as necessary.
- Tutorials, simulations and demos encourage eLearners to interact with each training module.
Article
2005 March
- Splinters, cuts and lacerations topped the list of safety concerns, according to 51 percent of OMP respondents.
- Holding steady as OMP respondent’s second most frequent safety issue was back and muscle strains, with 23 percent.
Article
2005 March
- SBC’s new One Minute Poll (OMP) is an exciting and efficient way to voice your challenges and triumphs in sixty seconds or less!
- 40 percent of OMP respondents cited communications difficulties between departments.
- Creating an environment that fosters teamwork is a proverbial challenge for component manufacturers.
Article
2005 March
- Many employers won’t hire ex-felons.
- The industry has a chronic shortage of skilled truss technicians, so setting up a prison design department was the perfect solution for Stark Truss.
- The truss industry has several success stories of helping former felons reintegrate into life.
Article
2005 March
- WTCA is putting together a “Guide to Loading and Transporting Wood Trusses.”
- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-istration recently established new guidelines for proper securement of cargo transported for commercial purposes.
- Under these new guidelines, you may want to reevaluate the quantity and meth-od you currently use to secure trusses to the transporting vehicle.
Article
2005 March
- WTCA has been working diligently to partner with technical schools, community colleges and universities across the country.
- Our goal is to provide potential employees with skills in AutoCAD drafting, computer aided design, engineering, programming, marketing and sales, accounting and information technology.
Article
2005 March
- WTCA meetings give you access to people with dozens of different ways of thinking about many of the exact same problems you face every day, at a very low cost, compared to consulting services.
- Get your MCA using the excellent management development tools a WTCA meeting provides.
- Gain the ability to better predict your future based on WTCA meeting discussions.
Article
2005 March
- Many employers won’t hire ex-felons.
- The industry has a chronic shortage of skilled truss technicians, so setting up a prison design department was the perfect solution for Stark Truss.
- The truss industry has several success stories of helping former felons reintegrate into life.
Article
2005 March
- Differential deflection is not a structural problem, but can be a significant appearance issue.
- Designing the roof or floor system to account for dead and live load deflections of adjacent trusses is critical to providing sound solutions.
- Strongback bridging can help distribute loads and reduce deflection issues.
Article
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.
Article
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.
Article
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.
Article
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.
Article
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
- 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.
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
- 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.
Article
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.
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.