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Take a look at our Building Components Manufacturing Conference (BCMC) history and review prior year locations, themes, and show events.
Roof trusses collapsed Saturday at a partially rebuilt Mobil gas station in Liberty, seriously injuring the property's owner and leaving a worker trapped for more than an hour, police said.
We sincerely encourage all SBCA CM Members to read this article on SPIB's Supplement #9, which contains an in-depth analysis of a series of next steps that all members should consider implementing that are intended to provide a best practices roadmap.
SBCA's Lumber in Components Council will be hosting another landmark Lumber Summit early in 2013.
The Fire Sprinkler Initiative, a project of NFPA, has created a presentation highlighting the dangers of lightweight construction and the corresponding benefits of home fire sprinklers.
Due to the increased danger lightweight construction poses to firefighters the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) supports the need of fire sprinklers in new homes.
IAFF cites new lightweight construction methods and the home fire sprinkler requirement as reasons the fire service needs to get involved
A Bismarck man is accused of breaking into a business from which he had been fired the day prior and stealing a computer.
OSB prices slipped further in February adding to January’s decline. Prices are down 4.5% since December.
Work at a handful of construction sites in Minneapolis and the west metro have slowed after tests show the wood is not fire compliant.
Two stories recently appearing in ProPublica spotlight widespread campaigns by the homebuilding industry that successfully eliminated or prevented requirements for home fire sprinklers.
While it was a fairly light week for economic data, speeches by President Barack Obama and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke dominated headlines.
With overall economic growth sputtering, the exceptionally modest recovery we have seen so far in home sales is likely to become even more sluggish.
They are not lending much to home buyers, and they're lending even less to single-family home builders, but banks are doling out big money to apartment developers.
The EPA is seeking nominations for individuals to serve on its new Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals to advise the EPA on risk assessments and TSCA implementation.
DuPont Tyvek Protec roofing underlayments offer 3 synthetic products with increasing quality to fit your roofing project.
The Florida Building Commission’s Energy Technical Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting on September 12 to review and accept its report regarding whether the State’s latest draft of the commercial energy building code.
This article in Builder Online provides detailed analysis of production builder Lennar Corporation’s purchase of Florida-based WCI Communities.
GMS Inc., a leading North American distributor of gypsum wallboard and suspended ceiling systems, announced today its acquisition of United Building Materials, Inc. and United Construction Products, Inc.
Recent ICC testimony from the AWC and the fire service appear to cotradict each other when it comes to expected 2x10 performance.
NAHB's analysis of PPI data shows material costs in the homebuilding industry are down.
With deep roots in truss equipment and automation, Eide Integrated Systems LLC was formed in ’05 to exclusively market the WizardPDS® and to develop press equipment partnerships & integration methods which allow WizardPDS® technology to be installed in virtually any new or existing truss manufacturing system. The WizardPDS® is the world’s leading automated truss jig system and the first to virtually eliminate ALL set-up time and manual jigging at the assembly table. The WizardPDS® converts set-up time to build time.
We know how seriously you take your business. That’s why we’re just as passionate about ours. Hundegger is the world’s leading manufacturer of linear saws.
Some companies try to be everything to everyone, but it’s hard to be the store that sells bait and diapers and software. Component Manufacturers know, if there is a product that would make their core product better, they provide it.
Founded by Leonard Wasserman in 1991, Wasserman & Associates is a Manufacturers Representative firm for the Truss, Wall Panel, Stair, Door and Material Handling Industry.
BCMC is THE trade show for the component manufacturing industry. Exhibitors include component machinery suppliers, equipment dealers, hanger manufacturers, lumber companies, plate manufacturers, trailer companies and wood treaters. Attendees include component manufacturers, designers, engineers and university personnel.
The Structural Building Components Association (SBCA) who represent, at the market’s peak in 2006, $15 billion worth of lumber and engineered wood products purchases and $1 billion in galvanized sheet steel purchases, is an international not-for-profit trade association of structural building component manufacturers. Currently, SBCA has 435 component manufacturer members, 34 chapters, and 241 supplier and related services members seeking to protect and expand the markets for the products they manufacture.
Clark Industries, Inc. is a privately owned and operated company that has been supplying the building components industry with manufacturing equipment, parts, and service for over 35 years. Our equipment line includes hydraulic truss presses up to 16ft wide, multi-head truss presses, roller gantry floor truss machines, component wall panel presses, column laminators, truss stacking systems, conveyors, strapping lines, and much more! We build custom equipment for special needs; let us help you with yours today.
Lakeside Trailer Mfg., Inc. has been providing the wood component industry with trailers since 1987. Lakeside has built over 1700 ‘truss trailers’ and has sold trailers in all 50 states & all provinces of Canada.
Vecoplan designs, engineers, and manufactures both vertically fed and horizontally fed Rotary Grinders for processing scrap wood & wood waste. Vecoplan VAZ Series Rotary Wood Grinders are used in a wide variety of applications from simple volume reduction of wood waste prior to land-filling or composting, to preparing wood and other biomass for conversion to alternative fuels including pellets, cellulosic ethanol and other second generation bio-fuels.
Precision Equipment MFG manufactures premier truss trailers specifically designed to accommodate the challenging demands of the building industry. Precision Equipment MFG offers multiple truss trailer sizes in the gooseneck, standard and extendables. Precision Equipment MFG incorporates industry leading manufacturing components and features to ensure an excellent return on your investment.