The Essence of the Industry Lies at Its Grassroots Nowhere but Up: WTCA Past Presidents & the State of the Industry East Meets (& Builds) West Automation Straight Talk Leave a Legacy: Remembering the Life of Robert E. Mort, Sr. Shear-out at High Tension Connections: “Chunk-out” Re-examined WTCA Membership Directory The mission of Structural Building Components Magazine (SBC) is to increase the knowledge of and to promote the common interests of those engaged in manufacturing and distributing structural building components. Further, SBC strives to ensure growth, continuity and increased professionalism in our industry, and to be the information conduit by staying abreast of leading-edge issues. SBC’s editorial focus is geared toward the entire structural building component industry, which includes the membership of WTCA – Representing the Structural Building Components Industry.