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This year's upcoming BCMC Show promises to be the biggest show our industry has hosted since the downturn, and a lot is being planned to bring significant value to every attendee.
The dramatic growth in participation has made our discussions livelier and more valuable and has allowed more component manufacturers (CMs) across the country to share their unique experiences and points of view.
As our industry prepares to gather together in Columbus, Ohio, for BCMC 2019, we thought it would be insightful to look back over the past decade at some of component manufacturing’s crowning achievements.
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One component manufacturer’s designers share their experiences
In a lot of ways, I grew up in the industry as this was the family business. My uncle and father were home builders. In the mid 1970’s they were having problems getting lumber and trusses delivered on schedule, so they started a lumber yard and then bought a truss plant.
This month I want to discuss costs in a little more depth.This month I want to discuss costs in a little more depth.
Jason Terry, president of City Lumber Company in Huntsville, Alabama, scored extra points for good timing when he won the $5000 vacation giveaway at last year’s BCMC in Milwaukee.
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Every CM is more than that and has the potential to be a lot more with today’s technology
Take a closer look at weather’s effect on plate movement
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SBCA’s redesign of sbcindustry.com puts tools and best practices at your fingertips
CMs are having success hiring more women in the shop
Working with city officials to understand the drawbacks to sealed TPDs
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.
This past year, the Emerging Leaders Committee held two leadership training sessions in conjunction with SBCA’s Open Quarterly Meetings (OQM).
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.
Clear up an occasional source of confusion regarding BCSI bracing
SBCA members are helping fellow CMs evaluate their cybersecurity
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CMs in prime position for growth, despite labor woes
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