Building a 100-Year Company Michael Fagan On September 20, A-1 Industries, a leading manufacturer of pre-engineered wood trusses in the Southeastern United States and the Caribbean, celebrated our 45th anniversary with the launch of a new corporate video and a special day of appreciation for our employees at the Fort Pierce, FL and... Read More October 2022 Issue #14279 Page 102
September is for Celebrating Anna Stamm For the structural building components industry, the excitement has come early this year—instead of the usual October dates for the Building Component Manufacturers Conference, BCMC is being held in September! Celebrating the Industry Hands down, BCMC offers the best opportunity for... Read More September 2022 Issue #14278 Page 6
The Spida Showcase of Products at BCMC Wendy Boyd Spida has put together the most wonderful range of machinery to see at BCMC 2022 — we’ll have an extensive showcase of products to ensure your production is streamlined and ready to face your bottle-necks head on! If you’re ready to become less dependent on your fluctuating... Read More September 2022 Issue #14278 Page 19
Are You Feeling Lucky? As you can tell from many of the articles in this issue, the BCMC show is a big deal for the structural building components industry. Every year, the trade show brings together exhibitors and manufacturers to hear about the latest and greatest developments. To contribute to the energy and... Read More September 2022 Issue #14278 Page 81
A Student’s Perspective: Attending the 2022 Simpson Strong-Tie Scholarship Trip Robert Inman Every year, Simpson Strong-Tie awards scholarships to students in the fields of engineering, architecture and construction management to help them on their educational journey. The company also flies all the scholarship winners out to Northern California to spend a whole week learning about the... Read More September 2022 Issue #14278 Page 110
Advertiser Forum: What’s the Rush? Anna Stamm One July evening I was channel surfing and caught a commercial for some (stupid) movie debuting in the fall. They were highlighting cozy sweaters and falling leaves, while I wondered why anyone would be ready for autumn. Why should we be rushing to fall, and why are people always trying to rush... Read More August 2022 Issue #14277 Page 6
Enjoy the Show at BCMC 2022 Wendy Boyd In last month’s article, We’re ‘Not Slowing Down’ Until We Reach BCMC 2022, I talked about many of the reasons why you should come visit our Spida booth in September. This month, I’ll quickly remind everyone of some of the other reasons to attend this year’s... Read More August 2022 Issue #14277 Page 17
Discussing Simpson Strong-Tie Work Culture on the TED WorkLife Podcast Karissa Louie Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist and bestselling author, recently featured Simpson Strong-Tie Vice President of Engineering Annie Kao on his TED original podcast WorkLife. Adam and Annie were joined by Berkeley Haas Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Jenny Chatman (full disclosure,... Read More August 2022 Issue #14277 Page 116
Three Simple Truths for Attracting and Retaining Talented Employees Todd Drummond Is your company having problems finding good employees to fill all the needed positions within your company? Are you thinking wage inflation is getting out of hand? Perhaps you should look at it from a different perspective. Multiple case studies have shown that companies with low employee... Read More June 2022 Issue #14275 Page 29
Spida’s Personal Approach to Service and Installation Chad Wickham Starting in the maintenance field in the mid-1980s was an eye opener for me, to say the least I was very green. The manager of the truss plant could see I had mechanical aptitude and was driven to learn – but he also saw that I had no practical experience about troubleshooting machinery.... Read More April 2022 Issue #14273 Page 19