Lumber Briefs: Anticipated 2x4 Prices H1-2017 Matt Layman Part Three in the Save Money Series I certainly do not have crystal ball, but I do have something almost as good. I have history and the ability to analyze the market from a fundamental and technical perspective. Together they provide an 86% accurate forecast of when prices will rise and... Read More January 2017 Issue #10210 Page 59
Why Coaching is Important to Continuous Improvement Ben Hershey If you are like me, you spend the later part of the year setting goals for the coming year and planning how to accomplish them. For those who work for me, I always set goals, metrics, and participate in a conference on how we are going to achieve what we want together. Over the last few months,... Read More January 2017 Issue #10210 Page 67
A Tale of Two Houses: Design Loads for Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses Kelly Sias Take two trusses with identical profiles and environmental surroundings, and they should have the same design loads, right? Early in my career, I recall hearing a story about two identical buildings right next to each other that were designed for two different magnitudes of environmental loads.... Read More January 2017 Issue #10210 Page 72
The Dirty Dozen Subcontract Clauses A. Holt Gwyn Introduction The following subcontract clauses are taken from actual general contractor subcontract forms in use in the Southeast. Most of these provisions are buried within the “General Conditions” of the subcontract form, often in tiny print. While the precise... Read More January 2017 Issue #10210 Page 77
The Last Word: Sales Lessons from the Election Joe Kannapell Watching Trump versus Clinton taught us some lasting lessons in sales. We witnessed the classic competitive duel – two large organizations (political parties) raising loads of money to hype their national brands (the candidates themselves) to make the sale (win the election) on November... Read More January 2017 Issue #10210 Page 85