Preparing for the Future – Adapting Building Codes to Changing Weather Risks Judy Zakreski As climate patterns continue to shift, an increasing number of communities around the globe are not only experiencing extreme weather events with increased frequency, duration, and intensity, but also some are experiencing these hazards for the first time in their histories. As a first line of... Read More May 2021 Issue #13262 Page 78
Can US Off-Site Construction Industry Obtain Better Lumber? Gary Fleisher Many of the problems we hear about and actually see on jobsites, both offsite and site built, involve the poor quality of standard SPF #2. When I was the General Manager of a large lumber yard back in the 1980s, it wasn’t much better. I can still remember the yard men cutting the steel... Read More May 2021 Issue #13262 Page 94
Lumber Briefs: Build-to-Rent and Here Comes the Wood Matt Layman Build-To-Rent: Overlooked Obvious Not to be sacrilegious, but things in the lumber market are feeling apocalyptic. My primary concerns about the lumber and OSB market right now are two-fold. One, blatant disregard and unnatural comfort with prices. One of our members asked if he should... Read More May 2021 Issue #13262 Page 102
3D Printers: How Will They Affect The Construction Industry? Christopher Gould The more I read and learn about 3D printing and its potential utilization, the more amazed I am with human ingenuity. The fact that we can create something virtually, combine it with raw materials and create anything we want from it is simply fascinating. It got me thinking about what this could... Read More May 2021 Issue #13262 Page 106
Plated Wood Truss Hip End Styles Jason Padilla For many, the first day of summer means it is time to cinch up your favorite hip-hugging bathing suit and enjoy the warm weather. For the truss industry, it’s time to keep those hip-hugging bathing suits in the closet and take advantage of the favorable weather months by bidding and... Read More May 2021 Issue #13262 Page 118
The Last Word: The Last Word on Covid Recovery Joe Kannapell “Make more eye contact,” Dick Marriott once told me after a sales call. Since then, I’ve been practicing the art. But, after Covid, people often avert their eyes when I encounter them. And their eyes are all I can see over their masks. Do they believe the virus can be... Read More May 2021 Issue #13262 Page 141