Tracy Roe

Sharing Information Without Constraint

Tracy Roe

Our industry has always been heavily reliant on information and details from our customers. Sometimes a customer is a homeowner, building designer, an architect, or even an engineer. A common constraint for many truss fabricators across the country is the lack of accurate or timely information....

#12256 Cover image
November 2020
Issue #12256
Page 58
Diego Polanco

Power Edit Improves & Simplifies the Wall Panel Review Process

Diego Polanco

Every time a company is ready to manufacture a wall panel project, they need to ensure the design specifications are reviewed and approved by all parties involved. A large panel project can go through many changes from the original design specifications. A gap in communication between invested...

#12256 Cover image
November 2020
Issue #12256
Page 68
Caleb Knudson

Introducing the Code-Listed Strong-Wall® Site-Built Portal Frame System for Prescriptive Design

Caleb Knudson

Many of you reading this may already be familiar with our Strong-Wall site-built portal frame system, or PFS for short. Simpson Strong-Tie launched the PFS last spring to provide designers, builders and contractors in prescriptive markets with a simple and cost-effective solution to meet...

#12254 Cover image
September 2020
Issue #12254
Page 122
Tom Brauch

Connecting Virtually with MiTek

Tom Brauch

The global pandemic has changed the way we work and do business. MiTek knows that many of our customers – and much of the industry – had to adapt to virtual work and new safety measures. But we also know that the demand for innovative advanced components isn’t slowing down, and...

#12253 Cover image
August 2020
Issue #12253
Page 76
Tracy Roe

Better Tools for Optimizing Your Wall Panel Production

Tracy Roe

Our industry is continuously changing—there is no denying this fact. There is always a hot topic that gives birth to new buzzwords which gain popularity and begin trending. One of the latest examples is “Off Site Construction.” Everyone has heard it and, like many things in our...

#12252 Cover image
July 2020
Issue #12252
Page 58
Tracy Roe

Better Tools for Refining Your Wall Panel Designs

Tracy Roe

As we continue our series on better tools for wall panel design, it’s time to explore our Edit Framing feature. In today’s industry, there are no easy jobs. Project complexity has increased steadily over the past several years. The need to be able to quickly review panels and edit on...

#12251 Cover image
June 2020
Issue #12251
Page 56
Alpine Team

Better Component Bidding and Delivery with STITCHER

Alpine Team

It’s official—Alpine’s new STITCHER software has the industry buzzing—and even a brief examination reveals why Preparing construction component projects for bidding and ultimately for scheduling and production can be difficult, time-consuming, and subject to input...

#12251 Cover image
June 2020
Issue #12251
Page 60
Greg Watson

Integrated Closed Wall Panel Systems

Greg Watson

For many years, wood frame wall panels have been constructed on site by contractors, and, in more recent times, by component manufacturers too. The wall panels assembled by component manufacturers primarily are open panels. These consist of lumber studs at predefined centers sheathed externally...

#12251 Cover image
June 2020
Issue #12251
Page 70
Nancy Mansfield

A Great Day for Golf

Nancy Mansfield

It’s not every day that your delivery of wall panels takes you to the picturesque views of Pebble Beach in sunny California! In May, Pacific Wall Systems, Inc. in Central Point, Oregon was very pleased to be the supplier for Castro Construction and Phase 4 of the project, “Lodge...

#12251 Cover image
June 2020
Issue #12251
Page 75
Wendy Boyd

Moving Forward with Your Team and Spida

Wendy Boyd

In the wake of troubled times, I’m filled with hope and renewed energy as I review the month that was and all of the things that have been accomplished for Spida Machinery worldwide. Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just...

#12250 Cover image
May 2020
Issue #12250
Page 15
First7891012141516Last

Search By Keyword

Issues

Book icon Read Our Current Issue

Download Current Issue PDF