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Coby Gifford

A Three Phase History of Inkjet Printers in the Building Components Industry

Coby Gifford

Those of us in the building materials and components industry have probably all seen inkjet printers mounted to our cutting equipment for labeling, framing layout, and other forms of marking. Let’s face it, nobody wants to get a package of cut pieces for framing a truss or a wall and have...

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January 2021
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Chris Scott

New Year, New Stiles Solutions

Chris Scott

Happy New Year! We hope that 2021 sees you and your loved ones safe and happy, and your business increasing in output while maintaining your quality. We’re starting off this new year by continuing our conversation around Stiles’ partnerships and how you benefit from them. A close...

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January 2021
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Carl Villella

Will You Be Ready in 2021?

Carl Villella

How ready are you for the uptick in business once the pandemic is behind us? In a recent survey of the National Association for Business Economics, 73% of their members said that the U.S. Economy will return to pre-pandemic levels by the 2nd half of 2021. Members include 48 professional...

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January 2021
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Frank Woeste. P.E.

All Things Wood: “Hybrid Lumber” Grade Stamps Require Special Attention

Frank Woeste

Lumber properties are influenced by species and growing region. Species with similar design properties are combined into species groups, as shown in Tables 4A, 4B, and 4F of the NDS Supplement[1]. For example, a common species group in the southeastern U.S. is Southern Pine (SP), which includes...

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January 2021
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Thom McAnally

The Elusive Production Manager Candidate

Recruiting production managers is a huge challenge. It’s not that jobs are unavailable, as we usually have several Production Manager openings at TheJobLine.com. It’s finding qualified and willing candidates. Most often, it’s a problem when the move is lateral.  Most...

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January 2021
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Gary Fleisher

Take a Break from Everyday Business to Rejuvenate

Gary Fleisher

The Off-Site construction industry is having a great year despite COVID-19. Most builders and developers are too busy working with new buyers, planning projects, and doing all the “in your face” work that needs to be done right now to worry much about next month, let alone next...

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January 2021
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Matt Layman

Lumber Briefs: Lumber Market Forecast

Matt Layman

America’s Achilles Heel I want to drift off topic for a bit. Last week we were advised that the U.S. was under a massive cyber attack. As of today, Sunday December 20, the attack is on-going, there is no determination of who is responsible, how deep the attack has penetrated, how to...

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January 2021
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Omer Abdullah

Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Our Lives

Omer Abdullah

The signal-to-noise ratio measures the level of a desired signal to the level of background noise. It’s commonly used in science and engineering applications but, of course, it has as much application in our professional and personal worlds, metaphorically speaking anyway. When someone...

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January 2021
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Dominic Sims

The Important Role the Building Safety Industry Has in Society During the Pandemic and Beyond

Dominic Sims

Learning from our current landscape and the stress the pandemic has forced on our infrastructure, it has become abundantly clear that society must put a greater emphasis on the task of strengthening our buildings, both residential and commercial, to create safe and structurally strong...

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January 2021
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Russ Anderson

Specifying Simpson Strong-Tie® Products in Your Designs Just Got Easier

Russ Anderson

Specifying products into building designs is a daily process for engineers, architects and drafters. Simpson Strong-Tie understands that the specification process can be daunting and complex. And when it comes to the multiple steps involved in importing CAD content into your designs, we want to...

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