COVID-19 – Was This in Your Risk Analysis? Ed Serrano Every astute business owner has a risk analysis with plans to mitigate those risks. Within the Component Manufacturing industry, elements such as housing downturn, hacking of systems, machine failings, and staff safety concerns would generally make up the topics. I’d put money on the fact... Read More April 2020 Issue #12249 Page 47
Better Tools for Wall Panel Design in Parametric 3D Tracy Roe Continuing our articles series on better tools for wall panel design, it’s time to start talking about parametric 3D. So, what is parametric 3D and what does it mean for you? According to Wikipedia, “Parametric design is a process based on algorithmic thinking that enables the... Read More April 2020 Issue #12249 Page 64
Prep Time for Truss Job Bids Cut in Half…or Even More! Alpine Team Alpine’s STITCHER software delivers significant savings for APEX Technology’s bidding and design tasks The Product STITCHER is a unique software tool developed by Alpine to free component estimators and designers from repetitive tasks and to speed both bidding and production... Read More April 2020 Issue #12249 Page 68
What to Do If Someone at Your LBM Operation Gets (or May Have) the Coronavirus Craig Webb The rapid rise in cases of Americans infected or possibly infected with the coronavirus made it inevitable that the lumber and building materials industry would be affected eventually. Here are some expert recommendations on how you should respond if one of your employees gets the virus. Note... Read More April 2020 Issue #12249 Page 90
The Hiring Zone: A Typical Spring Hiring Season? The Coronavirus is changing our landscape so fast that the three articles I wrote within the last week are no longer applicable. Because of this, I’ve decided to just give some facts and opinions from my vantage point at TheJobLine.com. First, as of March 24th, we have not... Read More April 2020 Issue #12249 Page 94
AWC Operations Continue Despite COVID-19 Robert Glowinski Perhaps like many of you, I am writing this message from my home. In light of safety precautions recommended because of the spread of COVID-19, or the Coronavirus, the American Wood Council (AWC) has closed our multi-person offices in Leesburg, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. until such time as... Read More April 2020 Issue #12249 Page 106
Taking the Plunge Kallen Hair One of the many realities of living in the upper Midwest is dealing with the cold and icy conditions of its sometimes perilous winter. So you can imagine as an Australian native, where the temperature rarely drops below 32° (or 0°C for the rest of the world), this was quite the... Read More March 2020 Issue #12248 Page 47
Multi Family Tools for Wall Panel Design Tracy Roe Last month’s article launched our series on the most advanced panel design software in decades: Truebuild® Layout with panel design functionality. Written from the ground up by industry veterans and developed by the best in-house team in the industry, we listened to what you needed,... Read More March 2020 Issue #12248 Page 62
Preparing Fast and Accurate Bids with STITCHER Alpine Team Alpine’s STITCHER software makes a big difference for A-1 Roof Trusses providing rapid turn-around of bids—and much more The Product / The Speed STITCHER is a unique software tool developed by Alpine to free component estimators and designers from repetitive tasks and to speed... Read More March 2020 Issue #12248 Page 66
Bringing Joy and Repurposing Lumber Nancy Mansfield Last month’s issue of The Advertiser included a story from us about using, reusing, and repurposing lumber, Responsible Building at Pacific Wall Systems, Inc. In it, we talked about the ways that we use our wood scraps. In addition, pieces smaller than 6” are donated to the community... Read More March 2020 Issue #12248 Page 78