Still Growing Strong with Acceptance Ray Fedorko We’re pleased to report that Acceptance Leasing and Financing Service, Inc., (ALFS) located near Pittsburgh in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, continues to be a key player in its niche market for small and mid‐sized manufacturing businesses seeking easy access for commercial equipment... Read More December 2018 Issue #10233 Page 63
The Silence is Deafening If you are a Boomer, Next Gen, Gen Z, Millennial, or Green Martian, you have been effected by the Affordable Care Act, AKA Obamacare. The Affordable Care Act added the employer shared responsibility provisions under section 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code. (IRS) When the affordable... Read More December 2018 Issue #10233 Page 66
Second Chance for Employees and Wood Products Robert Glowinski “Everything and everyone deserves a second chance.” That’s the philosophy of Second Chance Inc., a Baltimore-based non-profit that deconstructs homes and other buildings to salvage materials for reuse. It’s also a philosophy that the American Wood Council (AWC)... Read More December 2018 Issue #10233 Page 78
Lumber Briefs: Lesson Learned: 2019 Will Out Do 2018 Matt Layman 2018 is a year for the record books. All time price highs followed by all time largest price drop in shortest time. One very important lesson learned or reinforced was how significantly supply disruptions can influence price movement. The variable is the set up. Specifically, the state of... Read More December 2018 Issue #10233 Page 82
3rd Annual Holiday Favorites Contest Anna Stamm Everything old is new again…or is it? This year’s contest polls our readers on some old-time favorites that are appearing again. Have they made a return in your home? Hanging tinsel on the tree? Yes No Stringing... Read More December 2018 Issue #10233 Page 105
The Last Word: The Last Word on Giving Joe Kannapell, PE Though our industry has served millions of homeowners through the years, four (and soon to be a fifth) very special individuals stand out; those wounded heroes we have honored through Operation Finally Home. Through the generosity of SBCA members, we have provided beautiful homes, free and... Read More December 2018 Issue #10233 Page 107
Advertiser Forum: Coming Together Anna Stamm Apparently, some things can never be said too many times. We are stronger together than apart. United we stand, divided we fall. In unity, there is strength. The Pressure to Divide These days, the approach of divide and conquer seems to appear everywhere. In many facets of our lives, we... Read More November 2018 Issue #10232 Page 6
Celebrating 50 Years of Truss Design, Part IV Joe Kannapell, PE Part IV: In-House Computers Ten years after we installed our first computer, our turnaround of truss designs remained unacceptable. But one evening in the late Seventies, I saw daylight when a red, white, and blue van pulled up to our St. Louis office. I recall my wonderment back then, while... Read More November 2018 Issue #10232 Page 8
BCMC Update Sean Hubbard The trip home provided for some much-needed quiet time to reflect on the most successful B.C.M.C. of modern times. I believe the equipment displayed well represented the advancements made by our industry over the last decade or two. It also offered a glimpse into the future where automation in... Read More November 2018 Issue #10232 Page 17
When Your Company’s Manufacturing Labor Pay Rate is Causing Labor Shortages Todd Drummond “Good judgement comes from experience. And experience? Well that comes from poor judgement.” Some of us are old enough to remember Dean Martin. Whether he stated this quotation about experience and poor judgment, I will never know. But let’s face facts—it has... Read More November 2018 Issue #10232 Page 22