Parting Shots: Holiday Spirit by Design

What has over 650 connectors plates, 300 hundred individually cut members, and provides shelter for the toys of good little girls and boys? The truss tree designed and manufactured by Wendricks Truss in Hermansville, Michigan, and winner of the annual MiTek SAPPHIRE Christmas Tree Design Contest.

CM Perspective: SBCA Engagement Enhances Leadership Development

This past year, the Emerging Leaders Committee held two leadership training sessions in conjunction with SBCA’s Open Quarterly Meetings (OQM).

Faces of the Industry: Dean DeHoog

I got into the industry by starting out in retail lumber with Wickes. They had a yard near my house and in high school I cleaned the facility and stocked the shelves.

A New Solution to an Old Problem

Working with city officials to understand the drawbacks to sealed TPDs

Adding Diversity to Your Production Workforce

CMs are having success hiring more women in the shop

Getting the Information You Need Just Got Easier!

SBCA’s redesign of sbcindustry.com puts tools and best practices at your fingertips

It’s a Blue Light Special

A simple addition to your forklifts could make a huge difference with safety

Impacts of Weather & Truss Storage Conditions

Take a closer look at weather’s effect on plate movement

President's Message: We Are Not Truss Fabricators

Every CM is more than that and has the potential to be a lot more with today’s technology

Editor's Message: A Workforce Option to Consider

A recent poll suggests inmate populations can help solve labor needs