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Ready access to expertise is the biggest value you get out of being a member of SBCA. You’re just a click, call or meeting away from a lot of knowledge on the majority of topics your business addresses on a daily basis.
Corrosion resistance is critical to ensuring connector plates hold up in adverse environments.
Remembering Abner Yoder, the founder of Stark Truss
Innovative thinking and careful construction allowed Truss Craft to give a condemned structure new life.
The BC beetle kill means changes are on the horizon for lumber harvesting, processing and pricing.
Meet SBCA Emerging Leader Jared Dix of Apex Truss in Warsaw, Virginia.
In 2007, SBC Magazine highlighted the projects of M-Truss & Components in Las Vegas, Nevada, including the steel framed house above. A decade later, companies like Cascade Mfg Co in Cascade, Iowa continue to find design professionals with great interest in steel components.
In June, Managing Editor Sean Shields met with career civil servants in the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) offices. The group was led by the director of the General Industry and Agricultural Enforcement Department, Art Buchanan, who has now served under five administrations. He had a very important message for the component manufacturing (CM) industry: OSHA is looking very closely at machine safeguards and employees’ personal protective equipment (PPE). Why? Buchanan shared three main reasons behind OSHA’s current level of scrutiny.
2017 SBCA President Jack Dermer continues to broaden his perspective on how to tackle issues in his business through continued engagement with SBCA members.
CMs need to understand the basics of digital security and know how cyberattacks could affect their operations.
Safety tips aren’t hard to find, but putting them into practice depends on strategic thinking about creating a safety culture.
The BFS design team in Shelby, Alabama “collaborate on anything that doesn’t sit right,” says Thom Patton. One result: a roof that rests perfectly on a school building after a simplified build and easy install process.
A little forethought can prevent the potential overstress that occurs when deflection leads to rooftop ponding.
Every component manufacturing facility creates wood waste. Yet, it seems no two manufacturers take the same approach to collecting, disposing of or reusing the scrap byproduct. SBC Magazine would love to know the method you’ve adopted and why it works so well for your facility. Send your approach to editor@sbcmag.info.
Careful joint design can maintain fire resistance where walls meet roofs and floors.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is continuing efforts to strictly enforce regulations pertaining to Form I-9. USCIS states the I-9 “is used for verifying the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for employment in the United States. All U.S. employers must ensure proper completion of Form I-9 for each individual they hire for employment in the United States.”
SBCA President Jack Dermer reflects on the past year and encourages members to get engaged as the organization embarks on a new year and new approach to quarterly meetings.
For decades, SBCA Jobsite Packages have helped component manufacturers (CMs) provide handling and installation guidance to their customers with every order. These pre-assembled packages of instruction documents, attached to truss deliveries in a zippered plastic bag, are now available in a digital format.
OSHA announced a heightened focus on cuts and amputation hazards after having received more than 2,600 reports of amputations nationwide in 2015. One CM discusses the benefits of taking a proactive approach, starting with proper machine guarding.
When Jim’s Apple Barn, the largest candy store in Minnesota, wanted to expand by way of adding a confection-filled planetarium to the end of a blazing yellow barn already bursting with sweets, it had a difficult time finding a truss company willing to take on the project. “We were the only ones that said yes,” recalled Trevor Ebinger, a member of the Manion Lumber & Truss sales staff. “It was quite an undertaking.”
Since FRTW studs are allowed in wall assemblies that are otherwise defined as non-combustible, building and truss designers often confront the question does a joint between the wall and the roof or floor assembly mean that those elements of the building also require noncombustible material, like FRTW? To answer this, we need to study the IBC
Minimizing wear and tear on your technology hardware is a significant step toward avoiding downtime and recovering quickly when problems occur.
Shelter Systems Limited • Westminster, Maryland
At BCMC 2016, Brian Jones won the Lakeside Trailer vacation award: $5,000 towards a getaway of his choice.
I recently had a conversation with John Holland, head of IT for Clearspan Components, and he pointed out that if there’s one thing the component industry has a lot of, it’s problems
I know first-hand why everyone, from time to time, is hesitant to participate in or speak up at meetings: you’re afraid you’re going to be asked to take something on you’re not ready for or feel you don’t have time to do. Yet I still appeal to you to get engaged in SBCA.
Drivers will soon need to log their time electronically. Is your delivery crew prepared?
This is the second time in a decade Trussway employees have saved a life on the job.
Taking a finished product from plant to jobsite should be easy, but there can be bumps in the road. Here are a few best practices from two CMs in Wisconsin.