Burton Lumber to welcome 2022 attendees to their Salt Lake City facility!
“One of the main reasons I attend the MSR Workshop is because the event format always includes an opportunity to take a tour, to see or learn something new,” says Kyle Gibbons. “I think it’s what makes the event so unique – we always have a chance to have a new experience together.”
For Kyle, the tour at his first Workshop in 2016 was a big part of why he feels the annual event is so important: “We toured Littfin Lumber in Winsted, Minnesota. I was relatively new to the organization and that tour totally opened my eyes to the scale of a CM operation. It was impressive!”
“There was clearly a positive culture in that plant that made people want to work there,” recalls Griff Jones. “I specifically remember a woman in her 60’s who had been building trusses for the company for decades. She was jumping up and down from the table like a much younger person!”
While past workshops have included a closer look at truss plants, mills, and construction sites, there have also been facility tours in unrelated industries. “You never know what you might learn,” explains Griff, recalling how fascinated he was by the 747 maintenance facility at Vancouver airport. He and Kyle also remember how much they enjoyed the Nissan plant tour in Nashville in 2019. “That was one of my favorites,” says Kyle. “I thoroughly enjoyed it.”
The MSR Lumber Producers Council will host the 2022 MSR Workshop April 27–29 at the Courtyard by Marriott in Salt Lake City, Utah. This year’s event will include a tour of Burton Lumber.
Burton Lumber’s Salt Lake City lumberyard is home to their corporate offices and main distribution center for their seven other full service lumberyards throughout Utah. This location also boasts Utah’s largest private locally owned solar array project as Burton Lumber strives toward energy conservation and greater sustainability efforts. The 90-minute tour of the 200,000 square foot facility will include a look at their northern truss plant, custom door manufacturing facility, and prehung door shop.
Register here for the 2022 Workshop by March 15 to take advantage of early bird pricing!