Returning to Columbus with BCMC 2020 Anna Stamm If you missed BCMC Columbus last year, you’ll have your chance to attend BCMC Columbus this year! An excellent conference destination, it seems a great choice during these uncertain times. A walkable, visitor-friendly downtown with ample hotels, restaurants, and other attractions,... Read More June 2020 Issue #12251 Page 136
Advertiser Forum: Celebrating Milestones Anna Stamm In these uncertain times, it’s nice to seize all opportunities to celebrate, especially milestones. They can lift us up and make us smile. They can remind us of a destination we’re striving to reach, and they can applaud our journey to date. The Advertiser Reaches 250 Drumroll,... Read More May 2020 Issue #12250 Page 6
Better Tools for Intuitive Wall Panel Design Tracy Roe This month, we’re continuing our series on better tools for wall panel design and exploring our Break/Review process. Walls are just walls until they are broken into PANELS. Similar to the way trusses are just profiles until they are designed, the same is true for walls. Beginning with... Read More May 2020 Issue #12250 Page 60
Six Steps of Troubleshooting Methodology and Why It’s Important Brian Zengel As technology advances year after year and Alpine equipment becomes more sophisticated, it’s critical to understand some best practices when troubleshooting equipment. In a perfect world, equipment would never break down and therefore never be a need to troubleshoot. Unfortunately, we... Read More May 2020 Issue #12250 Page 64
Hard Decisions… As I have been following up with our employers on jobs that became active before COVID-19 restrictions, they have been more optimistic than pessimistic when it comes to hiring for 2020…until recently. Over the last week of April, my largest accounts have begun to posture as if it was... Read More May 2020 Issue #12250 Page 105
Build Change: Seismic Safety in the Age of COVID-19 Tim Hart, S.E. With the growing danger of natural disasters, the race is on to expand access to programs that safeguard lives from the human-made danger of poorly built housing. With the common mission of building safer, stronger structures, Build Change and Simpson Strong-Tie have partnered for the Simpson... Read More May 2020 Issue #12250 Page 114
A Scout Leader’s Perspective on the Coronavirus Glenn Traylor To say that this experience has been like no other is a major understatement. This episode in our lives may have transformed our fundament concepts and habits. It will most likely have a long-term impact on the way we do business. Many businesses and advocates have thrown up their hands in... Read More May 2020 Issue #12250 Page 130
The Last Word: A Tale of Two Texas Trussers Joe Kannapell Larry Dix and I had to leave Texas to find jobs in the 1980s, as oil had crashed, and no one was buying our trusses. Back then, oil was $25. Today, they’re giving it away. Both Larry and I landed and recovered in Virginia, where government spending levels out the economy (we hope)! No... Read More May 2020 Issue #12250 Page 131
Responding to Our Changing World Wendy Boyd Corona Virus or Covid-19 has undoubtedly turned the world in which we live, work, socialize, learn, and play upside down. As I write this in the last week of March, we are starting a 4-week shutdown of our manufacturing facility in New Zealand and a 2-week shutdown period for both Indianapolis... Read More April 2020 Issue #12249 Page 17
As the Market Changes – Plan Now for Continuous Improvements Ben Hershey No doubt that as I am writing this, many of us have had to turn our focus to our families, our friends, and our businesses as the COVID-19 virus has rapidly spread throughout North America. The impact to many has been requirements to shelter families in their homes, except for critical functions... Read More April 2020 Issue #12249 Page 28