Implementing BCMC 2015

The 35^th BCMC welcomed 1174 attendees to Milwaukee, WI, more than 400 of whom were able to attend one or more of 13 educational sessions. The articles in this issue summarize and expand upon the topics covered in this year’s most popular sessions. If you attended a session and need a refresher, if you missed a topic due to concurrent sessions, or if you weren’t able to join us for BCMC, these articles are for you. Take a look at what your peers are doing in their markets and how you can put their best ideas into practice.

• Efficiency: Getting to the Buzz Behind the Buzzwords

• Automation: Fundamentally, Automation Is About People

• Optimization: Re-evaluating the Role of Your Inventory

• Lumber Design Values: Why Lumber Variability Is a Problem for CMs

• MSR Lumber: Machine Rated Lumber Makes a Lot of Cents

• Turnkey Framing: Diversify Your Sales Revenue: Try Turnkey!

• Disaster Recovery: Backing Up Your Data Isn’t Enough

• Finance: Let Your Numbers Give You Better Insight