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Edmond Lim, P.Eng.

Threading the Needle with a High Rise Lumber PickLine

Edmond Lim, P.Eng.

February means different things to different people – Valentine’s Day, the Super Bowl, Family Day (in Canada) – but to me, February is also the anniversary of my most complicated and challenging installation. What’s more, the installation was completed in the middle of...

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February 2022
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Ray Fedorko

Celebrating 30 Years in the Business

Ray Fedorko

Acceptance Leasing and Financing is celebrating a milestone anniversary this year: 30 years in the commercial equipment financing business! Carl Villella, President and founder, first began his career in the corrugated board manufacturing business following his graduation from Penn State...

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February 2022
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Don Groom

Business Competition and Childhood Sportsmanship

Don Groom

For many of us, one of our favorite parts of childhood was playing in sports. It taught us many lessons about life, including teamwork, sportsmanship, competition, and being the best you can be each day. Every day on the playground, at every elementary school I ever went to, the first thing...

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February 2022
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Thom McAnally

Relocation Required – Are You Kidding Me?

When I get a job order that requires relocation, I have to make sure the on-boarding package they have is strong enough to seal the deal, if a candidate can even be found. I say IF, because the likelihood of finding someone to relocate for a job is near zero – not zero, but close to it,...

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February 2022
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MSR Lumber Producers Council

Networking Made Easy

MSR Lumber Producers Council

The 2022 MSR Workshop will take care of the details – all you have to do is show up! “From production and grading, to sales and distribution, to end users putting MSR lumber to work on jobsites across North America, the MSR Workshop has always been about getting a variety of...

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February 2022
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Matt Layman

Lumber Briefs: February Rally 91% Probability

Matt Layman

“Chaotic”...the Perfect January Tag If there was ever any doubt as to what we should expect from January Chaos, 2022 is a textbook example. Traders (buyers and sellers) enter the month with new year expectations that either repeat or improve upon the previous year. These...

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February 2022
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MiTek Staff

Recommendations and Limitations for Depth and Deflection of Parallel Chord Trusses

MiTek Staff

In addition to allowable lumber stress limitations, parallel chord truss designs are also regulated by maximum permissible deflection-to-span and depth-to-span limitations. All of the following recommended limitations should be achieved to provide a quality roof / floor system and assure...

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February 2022
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Simpson Strong-Tie Staff

The Scalable LotSpec Solution from Simpson Strong-Tie

Simpson Strong-Tie Staff

As one of the top 10 private homebuilders in the US (and one of the top 25 overall), Gehan Homes has explored its fair share of technologies promising efficiency and productivity gains. When it came to pulling home designs, plans, elevations, and options into full job start packets (JSPs), the...

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February 2022
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Joe Kannapell

The Last Word: The Last Word on Towns

Joe Kannapell

Coming soon to your town and plant are “two-over-two towns,” which I initially disdained, but not after I saw that they were just loaded with components. Even so, who would want to live in a two-story townhouse that was built over or under another two-story townhouse, and be packed...

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February 2022
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Anna Stamm

Advertiser Forum: The Journey of a New Year

Anna Stamm

Sitting down to write this column, I was thinking about opportunities the New Year might bring, and wondering how receptive we would be to any possibilities we might encounter. Booting up and glancing at my folder for these drafts, however, I saw an old column with “Did_Not_Use” in...

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January 2022
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