Recruiting 101: Prior Contact Exclusions How to handle prior contact is a subject that comes up a lot at The JobLine. What is it? How do you manage it? Why would some employers rather miss a great candidate than deal with prior contact and recruiters? Prior to JobLine presenting an application, we ask the candidate if he/she has had... Read More November 2018 Issue #10232 Page 62
New Report Available on Sound Transmission of Wood-Framed Assemblies Robert Glowinski The American Wood Council (AWC) has released a new report on sound transmission, “Technical Report 15 (TR15), Calculation of Sound Transmission Parameters for Wood-Framed Assemblies.” This first version of TR15 is applicable to wood-frame floor-ceiling assemblies. A free pdf copy... Read More November 2018 Issue #10232 Page 74
Lumber Briefs: A Fragile Housing Recovery Built on Credit Matt Layman Many Americans are not overzealous about the moderate improvements to their lifestyle, income, and overall state of wellbeing during this economic recovery. That is being expressed by the stock market’s decline and increased recession rhetoric. No in-depth statistical analysis is needed... Read More November 2018 Issue #10232 Page 78
Questions Answered: Making Wood Connections Work for Two-Hour Fire Walls Paul McEntee In this article, Paul McEntee follows up on our July 25 webinar, Making Wood Connections Work for Two-Hour Fire Walls, by answering some of the interesting questions raised by attendees. We presented an hour-long webinar recently about using fire wall hangers in Type III wood-frame buildings,... Read More November 2018 Issue #10232 Page 90
4 Building Material Company Challenges (and One Big Surprise) I Learned at the Whizard Summit Mark Mitchell I’m not just a teacher at my Whizard Summits, I’m also a student. I show up to each event ready to share my knowledge, but I also learn a lot from the companies who attend. The major thing I learn about at each of these events are the biggest challenges building material companies... Read More November 2018 Issue #10232 Page 95
The Last Word: Success and Optimism at BCMC Joe Kannapell BCMC 2018 topped even the 1973 Show. At the Louisville fairgrounds back then, we also sold a record amount of truss machinery, but under vastly different conditions in the U.S. Housing starts had just peaked at 2.4 Million units, nearly twice current levels and 20% higher than any level since... Read More November 2018 Issue #10232 Page 109
Advertiser Forum: Welcome to Year #11 Anna Stamm Last month, Thom talked about the origins of The Advertiser as we reached its 10th anniversary. This month, it’s time to celebrate the start of our 11th year! The Second Decade and Beyond What better way to enter the magazine’s second decade than with a brand new website! As I... Read More October 2018 Issue #10231 Page 6
Celebrating 50 Years of Truss Design, Part III Joe Kannapell Part III: In-House Computing (Almost) In 1971, for the first time, both On-Line Data and Gang-Nail, Inc. put computer software at the fingertips of truss designers. By 1973, our company responded, and so did most of our major competitors. This innovation was wrought out of near desperation on... Read More October 2018 Issue #10231 Page 8
Constructing a Roadmap to Operational Excellence, Part 2 Ben Hershey Part 2: Continuing the Journey of 7 Steps As discused in "Part 1: Beginning a Journey of 7 Steps," we all aspire to have a state of operational excellence in our organizations, which is easier said than done. Operational excellence is about more than simply adjusting the... Read More October 2018 Issue #10231 Page 20
Material Quality Isn’t the Only Metric to a Quality Product Glenn Traylor Many years ago I worked construction as a teenager, and I recall the framing lumber I used to see as a framer’s helper. My teacher was a gentleman by the name of Otho Tew. Otho was a seasoned experienced homebuilder who had learned his trade from his father and probably his father before.... Read More October 2018 Issue #10231 Page 28