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Photo courtesy of: KI-Lumber and Building Materials Shelbyville, KY.

“ ONE SOFTWARE PROGRAM HELPS US

PUT THE WHOLE PACKAGE TOGETHER! ” “ MiTek is the industry leader

with one software program that helps us put the whole package together from the ground all the way to the roof. The production and office management software modules work together so our schedules are a lot tighter, and we’re more confident about our production volume and profitability.”

SHARI FRAZIER

Production Manager, Executive Vice President Mattingly Lumber & Millwork Madison, Illinois

LEARN HOW MITEK’S SAPPHIRE SUITE CAN STREAMLINE YOUR TRUSS PRODUCTION PROCESS. SAPPHIRE STRUCTURE

Powerful structural modeling, editing, and estimating functionality. Gain more efficiency and productivity with software that works the way you work.

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Inside Articles

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Anna Stamm – Advertiser Forum: How High is High Tech?

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Joe Kannapell – MiTek: Celebrating 50 Years of Truss Design Innovation Part XII: Walls Get in the Way

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Chris Scott – Square One Design & Manufacture: You’re Only As Strong As Your Weakest Link

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Countdown to BCMC: Where Friends are Like Family And Vice Versa!

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Ben Hershey – 4Ward Consulting: Measure the Tempo of Your Operation

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Glenn Traylor: Compression or Tension Web Configuration—Which is Better?

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Todd Drummond Consulting, LLC: What I Like About Sum+It

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Sharon Thatcher – Frame Building News: Post Frame at a Crossroads – Is This the 11th Hour for the Industry?

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Ed Serrano – Vekta Advanced Automation: Linear Saw Optimization to Turn Costs into Benefits

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Thomas McAnally – TheHiringZone: Opportunity Knocks

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Robert Glowinski – AWC: Opening the Lines of Communication with the Fire Service

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Matt Layman – Layman's Lumber Guide: Lumber & Housing Market Forecast

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Tom Hardiman – Modular Building Institute Modular Construction Makes Inroads in Multi-Family Sector

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Safety First Topics in English/Spanish Wood Milling and Manufacturing

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Rachel Holland, P.E. – Simpson Strong-Tie: Attaching a Deck Ledger to a Home Through Brick or Masonry Veneer – the BVLZ Solution

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Joe Kannapell – The Last Word The Second Wave of Automation?

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Truss Equipment ........................................................45

Panel Equipment ........................................................52

Trucks & Trailers .......................................................65

Misc. Equipment .......................................................66

Light Gauge Steel ......................................................79

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Modular Manufacturing .............................................86 Calendar of Events .............................................................98 News & Announcements ..................................................105

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4Ward Consulting ..................................................................4,22 Acceptance Leasing & Financing ......................................29,55,85 Acer, Inc ...............................................................................70,74 Clark Industries, Inc. ............................................................10,36 Eagle Metal Products .........................................................28,48,71 Eide Integrated Systems, LLC | ProCut, LLC .......................20,30 Fitzgerald Group ...................................................................47,75 IN4 Solutions ........................................................................38,76 Maintenance & Repair Technologies ................................47,75,88 Metabo/Hitachi Power Tools ..........................................31,103,108 .................................................................2,8,111,113,114 MiTek ..........................................................................53,62 Panels Plus Simpson Strong-Tie .................................................34,44,100,105 Square 1 ..................................................................14,16,52,64,72 Terminailer .........................................................................27,104 The Hain Company .....................................................12,43,69,77 The JobLine ......................................................65,79,80,81,83,85,90 Todd Drummond Consulting, LLC ........................................40,41 Triad | Merrick Machine ..........................................................26,61 Trussmatic ..............................................................................12,37 Vekta Automation ..............................................................46,66,78 Wasserman & Associates ........7,13,15,17,21,33,35,37,39,49,50,54 69,83,88,89 Wood Truss Systems ...11,13,19,21,25,29,33,35,37,39,49,51,55,60 63,73,83

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Anna L. Stamm

Director of Communications and Marketing Component Manufacturing Advertiser.

How High is High Tech?

The question of how much “high tech” is really needed in a situation can be difficult to answer. As Thom mentions in his article, “new-to-you equipment” may meet your needs after it has stopped being enough for someone else’s plant. To make the right decisions, you should consider the question from more than one perspective.

Considering What You Can Achieve Do you ever watch sci-fi movies from only a few years (okay, a few decades) ago and think—hey, those are some sad computers on that spaceship! Seriously, watch a classic movie like Aliens. Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, it has excellent special effects, witty dialogue…and computer screens that show the height of technology in 1986 not 2179. Those computer displays resemble lighted typewriter interfaces more than they do any of today’s smartphones. Could the movie makers have imagined better computers?

Maybe, that doesn’t mean they could have produced them, and certainly not at a cost that made sense in their production budget. The computers are rudimentary, but fortunately the movie holds up just fine.

Considering What You Can Obtain These days, there are countless choices when it comes to high tech. In fact, the real name of the game is software. Just check out the article by Vekta and the ads by Acer, Eagle, MiTek, Simpson, and others.

Things may look similar but operate very differently, based on their programming. So, what does that mean to you? Research! And not simply researching what exists on the market but what is really happening in your plant right now. Don’t be afraid to take a closer look at everything—your cost and benefit analysis will only be as good as the data you enter.

Considering What You Need At the end of the day, making a decision about how much high tech you need will involve a balancing act. You’ll weigh the shortfalls and potential of what you have, what you might desire, and what you think you can afford. Even inaction is a choice, so be sure to be honest with yourself.

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Monet DeSauw DeRobo Linear Saw

Monet DeSauw FWA 500 Floor Web Cutter • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Push Button Powered Blade Angulations Single Push Button Setting for 2 Blades per Side Electronic Digital Readouts Backup Mechanical Indicators Cuts 4 Angle Webs, Cantilever Webs (2 piece webs) & Square Blocks Magazine Lumber Feed for 3x2, 4x2 and 6x2 Lumber 12 1/2” to 48 1/2” Length Capacity (7” Minimum on Square Blocks) 60 Pieces per Minute (4) Internal 16” Blades & (1) External 16” CutOff Blade Pneumatic Blade Brake on External Blade Dust Hoods Vibrating Waste Conveyor (under saw) Add $3,700 for 12’ Incline Waste Conveyor (adjacent to saw) Add $1,700 for Extra Set of Blades Add $9,500 for Single Sided Setup 480 Volt / 3 Phase

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FOBMO $55,500

Automated (Truss Design Software Download) or Semi-Automated (Touch Screen Entry) Operation All Movements are Computer & PLC Controlled Comprehensive Setup Screens Display Each Piece with Setup Data 22” x 40 Tooth Blade on PAE Cut 1 or 2 Boards up to 20’ (2 Second Plunge Cut) Cut Chords, Webs, Rafters, Wedges & Stair Stringers Cut Long Scarfs by Multi-Plunging Servo Positioning on Infeed, Angle & Outfeed Pusher Over Travel Protection Ink Jet Printer Lumber Optimization Program Belt Waste Conveyor 480 Volt / 3 Phase / 60 Amp Includes 5 Day Onsite Installation & Training Optional Monet DeSauw Live Deck, Bunk Feeder & Incline Belt Waste Conveyor

FOB MO $180,500

Buy Factory Direct From Wasserman & Associates at the same price as the Manufacturer, and get the added support and care you need to be up and running FAST!

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Automated Apollo Saw FOB New Zealand

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Solid 48” x 72” Frame and Arm Construction Minimizes Flex on the Saw Frame Direct Drive 7.5 HP Motor with 18” Blade (230/460 Volt) Minimum Angle of 10 Degrees with 36” Stroke for Long Scarf Cuts Automated 160 Degree Angular Movement Variable Stroke Limiter & Plexiglass Shield for Operator Safety MDF Profiled Saw Bench Top Provides a Safe Working Platform Dust Extraction Outlet 20’ of MDF Bench Top with Automated 20’ Length Stop & 10’ Gravity Conveyor Workstation, Control Cabinet Enclosure & 17” Touch Screen Integration

Monet DeSauw DeSawyer 2000 Automated Saw

Touch Screen User Interface with Backup Mechanical Controls 3 Operating Modes: Auto, Semi-Auto & Manual All 20 Axes of Movements are Computer & PLC Controlled Comprehensive Setup Screens Display Each Piece with Setup Data Anti-Collision & Optimizing Programming Auto Calibration Productivity & Time Tracking Maintenance Diagnostics Variable Speed Conveyor (0-50 Flights per Minute)with Powered Hold Downs (1) 30” x 80 Tooth Blade (27 3/4” Scarf on PAE) (4) 16” x 40 Tooth Blades (13 1/2” Scarf on Centerline) Pneumatic Blade Brakes on all 5 Blades 16 1/2” to 20’ Length Capacity (11” Minimum on Square End Blocks) Vibrating Waste Conveyor Under Saw 480 Volt / 3 Phase Includes 4 Day Onsite Installation & Training Add $2,300 for Extra Set of Blades Optional Live Deck, Label Printer, Ink Jet Printer, Catcher Display & Incline Belt Waste Conveyor. $278,000 FOB MO

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Serial Control System Includes all Plug & Play Wiring MangoTech/Spida Truss Cutting Software Add $4,500 Two Day Onsite Installation & Training Add $750 for 12 Month Phone & Virtual Tech Support Add $275 for Spare Blade Add $558 for Saw Laser Guide Add $1,050 for Dust Collector Excludes Freight & Customs Charges

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Celebrating 50 Years of Truss Design Innovation Part XII: Walls Get in the Way Joe Kannapell - P.E. Senior VP, MiTek USA www.mitek-us.com

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ust because two CEOs agree to build a computer model of a house in 3 years doesn’t mean it’s feasible. And barely a year into the agreement between TrusJoist and MiTek to merge software, we realized that we couldn’t do it. Meanwhile our competitor, Tommy Wood, had a workable “parametric” solution. Our “OptiFrame” effort seemed to be aimed at the executive suite, while Tommy was targeting truss and panel designers.

Before Tommy hawked his IntelliBuild solution, few CMs sought more than a strong truss program.

Most applauded our OptiFrame efforts, but the bulk of them avoided (or had been burned by) the highlycyclical wall panel market. As a result, our 1990’s attempt at whole house design, called eFrame, had received mixed reviews from both truss designers and panel designers. eFrame users complained that we had strayed too far from the simplicity of our (A.C.E.S.) roots, and that we failed to deliver increased productivity. Thankfully we gained a reprieve during this period as heavier designer workloads mitigated against software changes. Most eFrame users had to stumble along until the “better mousetrap” arrived.

But we couldn’t ask them to wait too long, as IntelliBuild had the added backing of Illinois Tool Works (ITW). And similarly, MiTek had become part of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. The stage was set for a competitive clash.

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When Illinois Tool Works purchased Tommy Wood’s business through its Truswal subsidiary, ITW had a solid shot at whole house leadership. Tommy brought with him an intense focus on wall panel technology, including an impressive wall panel equipment line and automated machinery know-how. He had begun partnering with Makron, an advanced European wall panel machinery vendor. This alliance gave Tommy an industry-leading link between design software and automated machinery, and a “PlantNet” shop floor control system.

Meanwhile, the developers at our OptiFrame office faced daunting challenges. Our partner’s program, TJ Expert, was an outgrowth of Keymark’s legacy software. MiTek’s contribution, eFrame, was largely based on older Panel Builder software (see diagram). Both programs had limited capabilities and a vastly different internal architecture. In early 2002, the decision was made to scrap the old and write brand new, state-of-the-art software. However, no one, including MiTek’s CEO Gene Toombs, who had launched the partnership, speculated on the market-ready date.

While component design software plodded along from 2001 to 2005 without noticeable accomplishment, housing starts were reaching all-time highs. 2006 marked the 15th year of housing expansion, and both ITW and MiTek were generating enough capital from truss plate sales to fund software development. ITW added a leading truss design program, View, when it purchased Alpine.

MiTek/TrusJoist continued to add programmers to the OptiFrame project. Yet even with a nearly $10 Million annual investment, we hadn’t yet produced a marketable product. Instead our partnership was on the rocks. T-J’s grand vision of designing every element of a structure seemed unattainable.

We at MiTek just wanted a good framing plan that was connected with our truss design program. We worried that T-J’s purchase by Weyerhaeuser would adversely affect their continued investment in OptiFrame. And could Truswal/Alpine/Comsoft software code be successfully merged faster than we could create a brand new program? Also, would we be able to keep our 70 OptiFrame developers when the great recession devastated our industry?

Next Month: The Unfinished Whole House

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New Monet DeSawyer 2000 Component Saw !

W NE $268,500 Base Condition: New Location: MO

New, Monet DeSawyer 2000, computerized, five-bladed component saw, sets up in 15 to 17 seconds, can run in manual mode, downloads projects from a network or manually using display screen controls.

Features all powered movements, cuts from 15" 90/90 cuts to 20 foot length, 2 x 3" to 2 x 12" lumber depths and internal brakes are standard. Options include enhanced servo controls featuring autocalibration, catcher's display and either shaker or belt scrap conveyor and incline. 440 volt, 3 phase electrical. www.woodtrusssystems.com

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First Fully Automatic Production Line for the Wooden Roof Truss Industry

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Clary Shortcutter Roof & Floor Truss Web Saw • Four 5 HP Cutting Heads • Cut 2x4 and 4x2 Lumber • Manual Length & Angle Adjustments • Powered Material Conveyor with Overhead Material Hold Downs • Chain Drag Waste & Incline Conveyor $5,900 FOB MN. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

TIMBERMILL 6-20 COMPONENT SAW (IL) Six Blades cut 4x2 & 2x4 through 2x12 Lumber from 12" up to 20'-0". Powered Angulation & Carriage. Chain Drag Waste & Incline Conveyor. ?? Volt / 3 Phase.

Removed from service and stored in a trailer. Video available upon request. $8,900 NOW $5,999 FOB IL. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

2007 Alpine X4 Linear Saw 2007 Alpine X4 linear saw, includes saw only. From the OEM's brochure, "..ability to cut one, two, three or four boards at the same time. Will cut extremely long scarf cuts (60 inches or more). Cuts standard truss parts from any lumber width". Cuts from 2x4" through 2x12" lumber. Servo controls, self-diagnostics, small parts outfeed at front of saw and touch screen PC controls. Material feeds from left to right.

Prints up to four (4) 1 1/2" edges. 15 HP motor, 22" carbide-tipped blade. Includes manual and spare blade. 230 volt, 3 phase electrical. 10 CFM at 90 PSI air required.

Price: $19,990 FOB MS. Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com PHONE: 800-289-5627

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NEW! 2007 Omni Miser RT Saw • Automated Roof Truss Cutting & Marking Saw • 5 HP Motor with 16" Blade (cuts 2x3 through 2x12 up to 20' in length) • Auto Deck (5 chain) • Ink Jet Print System A (One Face) • Crooked Lumber Sensor • Computer with Enclosure & Stand Uploaded PDF: Omni Miser with Auto Deck.pdf $39,900 FOB MT Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

Safety Speed Cut Model 7000 Panel Saw

Safety Speed Cut model 7000, vertical panel saw, 3 HP induction motor, 64 inch crosscut, 2 inch maximum thickness, accuracy within 1/64th of an inch, 10 foot welded steel frame with integrated stand and linear V-guides, enclosed counterweight system, adjustable vertical and horizontal rules. Quick changes from vertical to horizontal cutting. Includes machined aluminum material rollers, hold down bar, wheels, quick stop gauges and material hold downs. Dust collection ready. Options available include lower frame extensions, digital readouts, laser guide, stop bar, vacuum and midway fence. 208/230/460 volt, 3 phase electrical. $8,149 Base, FOB MN.

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1997 TimberMill 6-20 Pro Component Saw • Six Blades cut 4x2 & 2x4 through 2x12 Lumber from 12" up to 20'-0" • Powered Angulation & Carriage • Chain Drag Waste & Incline Conveyor • ?? Volt / 3 Phase $22,500 FOB TX Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

2003 HUNDEGGER SC-1 LINEAR SAW

1994 TimberMill 6-20 Component Saw •Six Blades cut 4x2 & 2x4 through 2x12 Lumber from 12” up to 20’-0” •Powered Angulation & Carriage •Chain Drag Waste & Incline Conveyor •Extra Set of Blades •Many New Parts in the Last 2 Years •Removed from Service in July 2017 $15,500 NOW $14,500 FOB SD Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

Servo Driven Single Blade Linear Saw Automated Cutting with Software Download to Operator Console 20' Capacity Loading Conveyor System Automated Clamping & Positioning System Angle & Bevel Drive for Roof Truss, Floor Truss & Wall Panel Cutting Outfeed Table with Ink Jet Printer Waste Conveyor (under saw, parts to the rear) Incline Waste Conveyor (adjacent to saw) Updated Computer with Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Software

$54,900 FOB MN

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You’re Only As Strong As Your Weakest Link Chris Scott

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eing only as strong as your weakest link is not only true in sports but also on the production line, whether we are talking about people or equipment. Diagnosing the slowest and least efficient point in any production line is key to having a successful and profitable manufacturing process.

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When we look at a wall panel manufacturing line, most of the work is done at the front of the line with everything feeding into the framing table. That means, what happens down the line is critical—the last thing we want is to have something back up the line and stop the framing table. This makes the sheathing station the “weakest link” in the line.

One approach to preventing a back-up on the line is to add more labor and resources. Some plants spread out the work from one table to several tables to avoid a pinch point. Examples of this would be using a squaring table before the sheathing table to apply and tack down the sheathing or a squaring table afterward to rout the openings.

The sheathing station itself poses certain problems also. On a squaring table with manual nail guns being used, it’s hard to make sure that you get the correct nailing spacing. Many production shops just make sure they apply extra nails at a narrower spacing, but this can be as bad as having too wide of a nailing pattern. The other concern is (shiners) nails missing the studs. Because a worker can only reach one side of the table, two guys are needed on the tacking and sheathing station.

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2008 Monet DeSauw Floor Web Saw & 2007 Pacific Automation Floor Truss Machine Rather than add more people to the process though, you can add a true solution—a fully automatic sheathing station.

For example, the Spida sheathing station is an extruder-style sheathing table. The bridge is stationary while the wall panel is pulled into and out of it. Four industrial-grade nail guns are mounted on the table, two for the top and bottom chords and two for the studs. The nailing pattern is read straight from the design software, so this eliminates any chance that the nailing pattern is incorrect. Under the table before each stud is nailed off, it is locked onto and straightened to ensure that every nail is embedded fully into the stud every time.

The table comes with a touch screen that not only allows the operator to see what the panel details are but also gives diagnostics and production metrics. Since this is a CNC machine, you can eliminate the two operators that would be needed on a manual line or the one operator needed on a semi-auto line.

So, are you addressing the weakest link in your wall panel production line? Consider the benefits of full automation. The labor savings combined with the consistent high quality of the finished product make a fully automatic sheathing station something to seriously consider.

2008 Monet DeSauw FWA 500 Floor Web Saw Cut 4 Angle Webs, Cantilever Webs (2 piece webs) and Square Blocks Magazine Lumber Feed for 3x2, 4x2 and 6x2 Lumber 13 1/2" to 48 1/2" Length Capacity (7" minimum on square blocks) Vibrating Waste Conveyor (under saw) 12' Incline Waste Conveyor (adjacent to saw) 480 Volt / 3 Phase 2007 Pacific Automation Floor Truss Machine 24" Diameter Gantry Roller with Safety Bars and Recessed Track 40' Steel Table (3/4" top) with 2 Floor Truss Jigs and Park Sections Maximum Truss Length: 36' Floor Truss Depth: 11 1/2" to 26" Pop-Up End Eject Rollers on Finish Side 7 1/2 HP / 480 Volt / 3 Phase

$119,900 FOB Alberta CN Price is in US Dollars Uploaded PDF: Monet_DeSauw_FWA500_Saw_Literature.pdf Pacific Automation Floor Truss Machine.pdf

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2007 Truss Equipment Package in Alberta Pacific Automation 14' x 70' End Eject Roller Gantry System with Wizard Auto Jigging Pacific Automation Finish Roller & Outside Idle Conveyor 5 Head Virtek Laser Projection System Pacific Automation Auto-10 Truss Press with 10' x 45' Table Floor Truss Jig Rails (for Auto-10) Hundegger SC-1 Linear Saw with Auto Infeed & Incline Waste Conveyor Manual Apollo Saw with Infeed/Outfeed Conveyor Two Ingersoll Rand 15 HP Air Compressors GMC Flatbed Truck Iron Steer Gooseneck Roll-Off Trailer All purchased new in 2007

The buyer is responsible for equipment dismantle, freight & customs brokerage fees

Price is $645,000 USD

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BCMC October 22-25, 2019 GREATER COLUMBUS CONVENTION CENTER • COLUMBUS, OHIO

Countdown to BCMC Where Friends are Like Family And Vice Versa!

The component industry’s biggest event is only 3 months away! This year’s Building Component Manufacturers Conference will be held on October 22– b Will c myouc be s there? how.com 25 in Columbus, OH. Exhibitors are readying their booths, speakers are preparing their sessions, and we’ve decided to help build the excitement with a trip down memory lane. To kick off, we’re reminding everyone how you’ll always see lots of smiling faces at the show. In this industry, our friends truly are like our family, and BCMC is the annual opportunity to see your friends face-to-face again.

What’s more, some of our friends really are family! Here is a terrific memory from BCMC 2009.

Pictured are that year’s out-going SBCA President Ben Hershey, Industry Legend (and Dad) Don Hershey, and then-BCMC and SBCA staff member Keith Hershey.

What is YOUR favorite memory from BCMC? Did you join us and “Soar to New Heights” in Phoenix that fall? Maybe you have a story to tell from “Revvin’ Up and Gaining Momentum” in Charlotte in 2010. What brings you to BCMC each year?

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MORE THAN JUST A PRETTY FACE.

THE HUNDEGGER TURBO DRIVE SAW IS A FAST, ACCURATE AND VERSATILE, FULLY AUTOMATED LINEAR SAW SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO CUT STRUCTURAL COMPONENT PARTS.

Hundegger continues to stretch the cutting capabilities of our industry by providing a single saw with options that can perform basic drilling, milling and printing operations in addition to 4 -axis cutting.

Hardly another “pretty face”, the TURBO Drive is a solid evolution of the popular SC Series saws. This workhorse, like all of Hundegger’s production saws, benefits from their experience learned from a wide variety of wood cutting and milling applications from over 4,700 saws to date. Specific to our wood component industry, the TURBO Drive has been thoroughly developed for world-wide customers prior to its introduction to the US. Regardless of your cutting application, be it I-Joist, dimensional 2x lumber, or any variety of EWP, we have the experience and equipment to efficiently bring your job to market.

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Safe, accurate cutting of any component with the ProCut™ UC Linear Saw Series The ProCut™ UC-Series Linear Saw cuts Roof, Floor Truss and Wall Panel Components accurately, safely, and easily – up to 4-boards high!

ProCut™ features 6-position clamping, 16´ 6˝ powered Infeed conveyor, 20´ Exit conveyor, and Servo controlled measuring system for accurate lengths. Multi-pass cutting for longer scarf cuts.

Dual pushbutton controls and clear poly-guard for safety. And an enclosed saw chamber with (4) 4˝ dust collection outlets assures effective dust collection and a cleaner workspace.

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NEW! 2007 Koskovich Omni Miser II Linear Saw RT Roof truss saw with printing option for 3 1/2" face printing, servo-controlled angulation axis of movement, and live deck.

Cuts Cuts 2x4 through 2x12 lumber up to 16'. Includes crooked lumber sensor (CLS), vibrating trash pan, 5 HP, 3450 RPM arbor motor, computer monitor, console, spare blade, and any available spare parts. 240 volt, 3 phase saw electrical. 110 volt, 1 phase computer electrical. 110 PSI air at 16 CFM required. $79,990 NOW $59,990 FOB MT. Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

2005 Hundegger SC-1 Linear Saw Complete Roof Truss cutting functions including angle drive unit, bevel drive unit with auto-loading conveyor system, autodischarge. 20' timber capable in-feed and out-feed, electronic controls and operator console hydraulic unit, automated clamping system, 16 nozzle ink (upgraded in 2015) on two 1 1/2" face, vertical end-mill READY option. Includes small part discharge and 20'+ incline scrap conveyor. Windows XP operating system. Spare blades, extra spares parts, well maintained, one owner saw. OEM disassembly and installation available at additional cost. $79,600 FOB NY Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

Clary Master Component Saw 5 Blade Component Saw. Powered Angulation. Pneumatic Blade Brakes.

Waste Conveyor (under saw). Incline Waste Conveyor (adjacent to saw). Serial #340059. ___ Volt / 3 Phase. $7,900 FOB PA. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com PHONE: 800-289-5627

1983 HydroAir Combi-Cut Floor Web Saw Four head saw with cut-off 5th blade, 14 inch diameter blades and powered angulation.

Includes magazine feed for up to six 2x4's on flat, scrap conveyor, incline conveyor, extra set of blades and operation/maintenance manual. Recently had $3,000 in parts installed. 220/440 volt, 3 phase electrical required. $27,490 FOB TX. Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

Monet FWA 500 Floor Web Saw

New, Monet five-head, floor truss web saw, cuts 4-angle, 4x2 floor truss webs from 16 inches and 90-90 blocks from 12 inches to four foot long maximum length. Features 10-board magazine feed, powered, fixed-quadrant angulation, manual carriage standard, shaker-pan scrap conveyor with short incline conveyor and cut-off blade. Option for longer carriage length, single sided setup (shown in pictures, but not standard), dust hood and choice of shaker or belt scrap conveyor. 440 volt, 3 phase. $ASK for PRICE, FOB MO. 2004 TCT Model 1050 Linear Saw • Cut 2x4 Four Angle Parts from 13 1/2" to 20' • Cut Three Angle Parts down to 3" • 230 Volt / 3 Phase 5 HP Motor with 24" Blade • Ink Jet Printer • Scrap Conveyor $22,900 FOB CO Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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2006 WEINMANN WBZ-100 AUTOMATED LINEAR SAW

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New Square 1 Rolsplicer New Square 1 Rolsplicer, splices 2"x3", 2"x4" and 2"x6" lumber with a 3 to 4 second cycle time. Presses the lumber together prior to imbedding plates. Embeds plate lengths up to 19 inches. Features two, recessed, simultaneous-activation buttons, guarded motor and sprockets, external lubrication points, 3 HP motor and a footprint of 59" long x 42" wide. Optional 20' infeed and 10' outfeed conveyor available. 480 volt, 3 phase electrical. Other voltages available. $17,409 FOB IN Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

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Cut & Mark Truss and Wall Panel Parts. Upgraded in 2010 to include Routing (similar to the WBZ-120 model). Servo Driven for Precise Cutting. 22" Blade with 7 7/8" x 16 1/2" x 19'-8" Capacity. Infeed and Outfeed Roller Tables. Ink Jet Printer for Part Identification. Marking Pen for Wall Panel Layout. 460 Volt / 3 Phase.

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Measure the Tempo of Your Operation

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y wife Dianne and I were recently going through some of our old family photos and I came across this photo of Dianne’s Dad, Jack Hendershot, as a teenager on his bike delivering ice in the early Ben Hershey 4Ward Consulting Group, LLC ’50s. For those who may not know, before the advent of refrigeration and freezing technology, ice was cut from lakes and rivers during the winter and stored in insulated places for use during warmer months. It was delivered to customers and placed into what was then an early version of the refrigerator or “ice box.” Young Jack was part of the team who would deliver ice blocks from the insulated storage facility and drop the block into the customer’s ice box. Reading some history on early ice block companies, one of the challenges was meeting customer demand while not losing the volume of ice during delivery. From what I understand of family history, Jack would spend time prior to leaving the insulated warehouse so he could figure out by hand the number of deliveries he needed to make and what plan would result in the least amount of loss of ice along the way. I imagine that Jack likely figured out the amount of time he could spend at each stop and created a cadence for his time. Fast forward a few decades and we’re still trying to accomplish a similar feat—today’s manufacturing and distribution demands we figure out what our capacity is, and how much product can be delivered each day.

Jack Hendershot Circa early 1950s

Today, we measure capacity and the tempo of our operation using Takt time(s).

Though I hear some around us babble about what they think they know, until you dive in and actually know the operation, the processes, and the requirements of the customer, you would be hard pressed to figure what was the time required to produce an order (design, pulling a load, manufacturing a truss, completing a door, etc.).

What is Takt Time?

Takt time is the maximum amount of time in which a product needs to be produced/ designed/pulled-together in order to satisfy customer demand. The term comes from the German word “takt,” which means “pulse.”

Set by customer demand, takt creates the pulse or rhythm across all processes in a business to ensure continuous flow and utilization of capacities (e.g., man and machine). You might ask yourself, “why do we need to know takt time?” First, takt ensures that all the capacity in a business is planned and utilized and still meets overall customer demand. By and large, takt will help to deliver the right product at the right time in the right quantity to the customer. Second, takt creates a constant pulse across your processes, which will immediately highlight capacity issues, synchronization issues among processes, quality issues, and many others.

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The simple formula is: Production time available = total production time – breaks – maintenance activities – shift changeover – clean down time and Customer demand = amount of units required by customer/time period Say that you need to produce 100 doors per day to meet customer demand, and you work an 8-hour shift with two 15-minute breaks and a 10-minute clean down time.

Total Time: 8 Hours x 60 Minutes = 480 Minutes Breaks: 40 Minutes Time Available: 440 Minutes Customer Demand in 8 Hours: 100 Doors Takt Time: 440 / 100 = 4.4 Minutes = 264 Seconds This example shows that the customer demand will need one door every 264 seconds. However, you might like to produce a single door in a little less than 264 seconds in order to accommodate any variation in process steps, breakdowns, quality issues, etc. It’s therefore essential that, before you implement takt, you ensure that your processes are dependable and can deliver good quality, and that your machine has a very high uptime.

How Do You Implement Takt Time?

Takt has an easy formula, but it’s one of the most difficult to implement in the Lean world.

1. You can start implementing takt time by first measuring individual cycle times. Insert this data into the formula in order to calculate takt time.

2. To begin aligning your process to the takt time, start dividing the work that goes into the process into value adding and non-value adding activity.

3. Eliminate the non-value adding time and balance the workload of the operators.

4. Bring the individual cycle times closer to the takt time. Keep the line balanced. In this case you will need fewer operators.

Knowing the takt time in all of your processes will allow you to understand what the capacity of your operation is, and will allow you to address those areas where automation or software can improve capacity while also reducing costs. As you consider this, remember there is a lot of babble out there trying to tell you what they know, but it is more important that you understand your operation. The entire 4Ward Consulting team has helped several hundred operations effectively increase lean efficiency while also mentoring/ coaching leaders to empower their employees to lead them to success. If we can be of assistance to you and your team, please give us a call.

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Best Practice Tip The announcements have already started, and I want to echo the opportunity you have at this year’s BCMC Show in Columbus, OH. It has been my privilege to be a part of the committee that works with the SBCA Staff to organize this show every year. This year’s theme sets the stage for you and your team to take advantage of learning, not only from all of the exhibitors who will be present at the show, but also the numerous educational sessions we have this year. From learning more about cyber security, developing a local workforce, risk management, measuring production, and training designers, you will have numerous opportunities to learn, grow, and network with your peers throughout the industry. As of this article’s publication, there are already 86 exhibitors with more than 61,000 square feet of space that will provide you the opportunity to chart a course for your company’s success. And don’t forget, this is always a show that reaches out to everyone in your business, not only to your management team, but your design, operations, and production teams as well. We even have a Lean Workshop on Tuesday that will provide you with a fresh perspective from the team at Ohio University’s College of Business.

Start planning today and get your registration in for you and your team. And the team at 4Ward Consulting will also look forward to meeting you there. Check out this link to set your course for 2019!

Ben Hershey is CEO of the 4Ward Consulting Group, LLC team. When the industry needs an actual expert, they turn to 4Ward Consulting Group team with more than 100 years of experience. 4Ward Consulting Group is the leading provider of Management and Manufacturing Consulting to the Structural Component and Lumber Industry. A Past President of SBCA, Ben has owned and managed several manufacturing and distribution companies and is Six Sigma Black Belt Certified.

Ben has provided consulting to hundreds of Component Manufacturers, Lumber Dealers, and Millwork Operations in the past seven years. You can reach Ben at ben@4WardConsult.com or 623512-6770. © 2019 4Ward Consulting Group, LLC

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More than history, the TURBO Drive is German engineered to allow for maximum performance in a given application. With this base, precision performance is improved with software optimization rather than hardware changes.

This is apparent when the TURBO Drive was optimized for USA component cutting, the same world model saw runs significantly faster, simply by optimizing movements and stroke.

For a demonstration of how software upgrades accomplish this, see the “before & after” video at: https://youtu.be/3V5gmXbjQPU. It illustrates that software can increase throughput rather than redesigning elements of the equipment, your TURBO Drive does not become yesterday’s news because of a model number change.

FOR A DEMONSTRATION OF HOW SOFTWARE UPGRADES ACCOMPLISH THIS, SEE THE “BEFORE & AFTER” VIDEO AT: https://youtu.be/3V5gmXbjQPU

So how much would you pay for software that increases your cutting productivity and keeps your saw current with the latest technology?

How about zero? With the Hundegger TURBO Drive, free software updates for life are included with the saw. As software is optimized and performance is enhanced, you’ll never have to worry about what model you bought. For more information, visit http://www.woodtrusssystems.com/ manufacturers/general/hundegger-usa/

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With a sole operator, the Terminailer sub-component assembler quickly and precisely drives 30-70% of the nails in any wall panel job. And that, needless to say, can drive a whole lot of improvement in efficiency and output. Add increased safety and easy maintenance with off-the-shelf parts, and you can see why Terminailer should be driving greater productivity on your plant floor.

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2008 Alpine X4 Linear Saw Touch Screen Control Panel. 5 Axes of Automation. 15 HP Motor with 22” Blade. Ink Jet Printer. Auto Feeder ( L i v e D e c k ) . O u t f e e d C o n v e y o r.

230 Volt / 3 Phase. $49,900 FOB AB NOW $39,900.

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2008 TCT Series 1200 Linear Saw TCT Series 1200 linear saw with TCT-XL upgrade features 5 HP, 3 phase saw motor with 20" carbide tip blade, 8-axis motion control system utilizing permanent magnet servo motors. Motion control Delta-Tau Pmac card in a standard IBM compatible PC. Cuts webs from 2x4, 2x6, and 2x8 material from 3" to 20 feet in length. Saw includes a PC (currently XP Pro) with touch screen, Matthews inkjet printer designed to print on one, 1 1/2" edge of board. Material handling includes18' TCT-XL style in-feed, with standard out-feed with scrap conveyors.

240V, 3 phase electrical service. 80 PSI air required. $48,000 FOB AL Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

1993 Timbermill 6-20 Component Saw Model MH6E-20, six blades cut lumber from 2" x 4" through 2" x 12", 4" x 2" lengths from 12 inches to 20 feet, including four-angle floor webs from 18 inches. All powered movements, includes chain-drag scrap conveyor, long scrap incline and extra set of blades. 208/230 volt, 3 phase electrical required. 90 PSI air required. $15,990 NOW $4,900 FOB MO Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

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Automated Length & Angle Function as directed by Truss Design Software. Operator Station with Computer & Touch Screen Control. 20' Left Hand Measuring System & 16' Infeed Roller Conveyor. 6.17 HP Motor with 25.6" Blade. 220 Volt / 3 Phase.

Installation & Operator Training available at additional cost. $39,500 NOW $31,500 FOB MN Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

USED ALS 276 LINEAR SAW COMPUTERS & SERVO PARTS IPC-6606 Industrial Computer (2 Available) These are new computers purchased in the Summer of 2018 (still under warranty) Servo Star CD - CR 10251-000000 (6 Available). Servo Star MC - MC 55083224-001 (2 Available). Servo Star CD - CR 06251-000000 (6 Available). All parts were removed in "working condition" from the ALS 276 during a saw upgrade.

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Safety Speed Manufacturing Model 6400 Panel Saw

Safety Speed Manufacturing model 6400 vertical panel saw, 3 HP worm drive motor, 64 inch crosscut, 1 3/4" inch maximum thickness, accuracy within 1/64th of an inch, 10 foot welded steel frame with integrated stand and linear V-guides, enclosed counterweight system, adjustable vertical and horizontal rules. Quick changes from vertical to horizontal cutting. Includes machined aluminum material rollers, hold down bar, wheels, quick stop gauges and material hold downs. Dust collection ready. Options available include lower frame extensions, digital readouts, laser guide, stop bar, vacuum and midway fence. 120 volt. Starting at $4,597 FOB MN.

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Take a look at the numbers.

Manual Jigging

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Setup Time Build Time

Build Time

If you average 4.5 trusses per setup, 89´ Board FT/truss, and 5 minutes build time each − here’s how the numbers compare.

(4.5 × 5.0) + 13.5 = 36 min.

(13.5 ÷ 36) × 100 = 37.5%

(4.5 × 5.0) + .25 = 22.75 min. (.25 ÷ 22.75) × 100 = 1.1%

Total Job Run Time: 36 mins.

Total Job Run Time: 22.75 mins.

5280 Board FT/Shift with manual Jigging

8640 Board Ft/Shift with WizardPDS® Jigging

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All WizardPDS® Systems feature the patented Open-Channel design.

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Compression or Tension Web Configuration—Which is Better?

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n a recent Quality Assurance Audit at a large facility, we witnessed a floor truss builder carefully spacing out his floor truss webs in the allotted space available with precision and care. He was very meticulous. I asked him why he was doing that and he explained that his in-house inspector did not like any gaps in the webs. I showed him how he could adjust for this gap by tapping the webs away from the chase, widening the chase thus removing any gap. He then explained that, when he took that action, the truss salesmen would complain that the webs didn’t align. I commended the builder for his care and concern, but the situation revealed the need to discuss more issues during our review.

When we sat down with the production manager, shift supervisor, and several other key individuals to discuss in depth the issues and problems we found, the following issues were in our discussion.

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Lumber dimensions will always vary slightly. It’s the nature of wood.

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Chord thickness change impacts the web location related to the length.

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It’s not reasonable to adjust standard web lengths to suit variations in chord thickness.

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Webs are cut with reasonable accuracy but the precision is not sufficient to assume all webs are equal.

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Hiding member to member gaps under the connection plate does not resolve the gap issue—it merely hides and obscures the problem.

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The Warren design of the System 42 truss accommodates the variability of the floor truss web lengths and the chord thickness variations as long as the chase width is flexible (in other words, that the chase can float).

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Gaps in a Warren configuration where the webs are designed in compression (see blue in diagram) can cause additional deflection in the floor truss as the truss is put into service.

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If the Warren configuration is designed in tension (see orange in diagram), this minor gap 0” to the maximum gap 1/8” will not add to deflection, because the connector plate will be designed to transfer the tension load.

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Holding chase sizes creates problems when sometimes the request is not justifiable.

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Tension web configuration can require a larger connection plate.

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Compression web configuration can result in a smaller plate.

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Our conclusion: spreading out gaps is never a desirable action. Webs should be pushed until tight towards the ends of the floor trusses rather than spacing out gaps. Chases should be allowed to float to accommodate the natural variations of lumber. If the design requires the fabricator to hold a particular chase size, agree to a minimum size but allow that size to increase.

When using a compression web configuration, it will be important to eliminate member to member gaps in order to help eliminate deflection issues.

Tension web configuration is better suited where some gap exists.

Glenn Traylor is an independent consultant with almost four decades of experience in the structural building components industry. While he is a TPI 3rd Party In-Plant Quality Assurance Authorized Agent covering the Southeastern United States and performs 3rd party safety auditor services, these articles represent his personal views, knowledge, and experience. Glenn serves as a trainer-evaluator-auditor covering sales, design, PM, QA, customer service, and production elements of the truss industry. He also provides project management specifically pertaining to structural building components, including on-site Glenn Traylor inspections and ANSI/TPI 1 compliance assessments. Glenn Structural Building Components Industry Consultant http://www.linkedin.com/in/glenntraylor provides new plant and retrofit designs, equipment evaluations, ROI, capacity analysis, and CPM analysis.

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2016 VEKTA RAZER V5 LINEAR SAW New Monet DeWall Saw

Monet DeWall 90/90 wall panel marking saw is a computer numeric controlled wall panel saw with touch screen user interface. Cuts and marks up to 2 boards at a time using 2x4 through 2x8 or cuts and marks one board at a time. $96,000 FOB MO 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com PHONE: 800-289-5627

Angle cuts from 0 to 180 degrees. Single and multiple bevel cuts up to 45 degrees. Unlimited length scarf cutting & ripping. Fully enclosed cutting chamber with clear front door for maximum visibility & safety. Automated infeed system. Stack boards vertically or horizontally. Outfeed kickoff system.

Ink jet printer (top & edge). Lumber optimization software. Incline waste conveyor. 480 Volt / 3 Phase. Excludes dust collection system.

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Call your Simpson Strong-Tie Truss Specialist at (800) 999-5099 and let us share our latest solutions with you.

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Monet DeSauw DeSawyer 2000 Automated Saw

NEW! Depauw Combi-Cut Saw Used/As-is – Working condition as taken from service – with updated electronics and full length shaker/scrap conveyor. [Or Optional Fully Reconditioned with 30 day warranty, call for price.] Features: 2x4 lumber flat or upright; (5) 14” diameter carbide tipped blades; feed rate 34 parts/ minute; aluminum engraved scales for length, digital readout for angle; saw angle adjustment; piece predetermining counter; overhead suspension wiring; emergency shutoff; shaker style (vibrating) waste conveyor/belt scrap conveyor.

Priced at $19,900 Eide Machinery Sales, Inc. 800-344-3433 www.eidemachinery.com

NEW!

2004 TCT Model CT041-1100 Linear Web Saw Cuts 2x3 through 2x6 lumber to 20 foot long, 20 inch diameter blade, out-feed scrap conveyor 24 inches wide by width of saw.

Scrap conveyor can be set up for left-to-right or right-to-left material flow (no incline waste-conveyor included). Features 5 HP, 3 phase saw motor with 24" carbide tip blade, 3-axis motion control system utilizing magnet servo motors. Saw includes system PC with keypad and mouse, Matthews DOD 2002A inkjet printer (needs maintenance) designed to print on one, 3 1/2" side of board. Currently in service and operational through mid-May, 230 volt, 20 Amp., 3 phase electrical required. $38,955 FOB OH. Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

Touch Screen User Interface with Backup Mechanical Controls.

3 Operating Modes: Auto, Semi-Auto & Manual.

All 20 Axes of Movements are Computer & PLC Controlled.

Comprehensive Setup Screens Display Each Piece with Setup Data.

Anti-Collision & Optimizing Programming. Auto Calibration Productivity & Time Tracking. Maintenance Diagnostics. Variable Speed Conveyor (0-50 Flights per Minute)with Powered Hold Downs. (1) 30” x 80 Tooth Blade (27 3/4” Scarf on PAE) . (4) 16” x 40 Tooth Blades (13 1/2” Scarf on Centerline). Pneumatic Blade Brakes on all 5 Blades. 16 1/2” to 20’ Length Capacity (11” Minimum on Square End Blocks). Vibrating Waste Conveyor Under Saw. 480 Volt / 3 Phase.

Includes 4 Day Onsite Installation & Training. Add $2,300 for Extra Set of Blades.

Optional Live Deck, Label Printer, Ink Jet Printer, Catcher Display & Incline Belt Waste Conveyor.

$278,000 FOB MO 800-382-0329 | www.wasserman-associates.com

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MANUFACTURERS’ Safety Speed Manufacturing Model 7400 XL Panel Saw Safety Speed Manufacturing, model 7400 XL, vertical panel saw, 3 HP induction motor, 64 inch crosscut, 2 1/8" maximum thickness, accuracy within 0.005 inches, 13 foot long welded steel frame with integrated stand and linear V-guides, enclosed counterweight system, adjustable vertical and horizontal rules. Quick changes from vertical to horizontal cutting. Includes machined aluminum material rollers, hold down bar, wheels, quick stop gauges and material hold downs. Dust collection ready. Options available include digital readouts for vertical cuts, automated length measuring, laser guide, stop bar, vacuum and midway fence. 208/230/460 volt, 3 phase electrical. $12,199 Base, FOB MN. Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

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2007 Koskovich Omni Miser II Linear Saw Servo-controlled angulation axis of movement (BEVEL, square & angle cut) for roof truss components (RTB), “A” Print option (one face) manual Staging Deck 10 foot long, handles lumber 2x3" through 2x12" up to 16’ long. OEM performed maintenance in both 2014 and 2017.

Includes 16 foot bunk feeder, (4) 2x4", (3) 2x6" magazines, pneumatically actuated, automated lumber advance (LASM), auto exit roller, 17’ x 24” out-feed table, crooked lumber sensor (CLS), vibrating trash pan, 5 HP, 3,450 RPM, arbor motor, computer console, and MS-XP Pro, latest Koskovich software version 2018 with "board stretcher" software. Includes all available spare blades and parts. 208/480 V, 3 phase electrical required. 90 PSI at 16 CFM air required. $88,980.00 FOB PA. Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

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2007 Koskovich Omni Miser linear saw, roof truss AND wall frame square and angle cuts with printing option "D": two (2) 3 1/2" faces and one (1) 1 1/2" edge, servocontrolled angulation axis of movement, extended incline infeed deck,(1) bulk feeder for between 7'-8" to 16'-0" long lumber, (5) magazines for up to 16 foot long lumber: (1- 2x4, 1- 2x6, 1- 2x8, 1- 2x10 & 1- 2x12). Includes bevel cut option, crooked lumber sensor (CLS), auto exit roller, vibrating trash pan, 5 HP, 3450 RPM arbor motor, computer monitor, console, spare 16" diameter blade and all available spare parts.

230 volt, 3 phase saw electrical. 110 volt, 1 phase computer electrical. Sold for over $338,000 new. Price: $78,990 FOB IA.

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EZ-SET AUTO JIGGING EXCLUSIVE & PATENTED DESIGN Automatic Truss Jigging System to drastically reduce setup times.

Allows for 100% embedment on the table, with top & bottom chord pucks in the same slot. TopSider or standard configurations available for conventional kick-leg, walk-thru, or our new trackless 8' and 10' continuous table systems. Systems for other roller & hydraulic gantries are coming soon. Available in new machine installations or for retro-fitting your existing table. The TopSider is exclusively applicable for “kick or flip leg” style truss presses such as the Tri-Axis & Lumbermater® Lumbermater® is a registered trademark of Illinois Tool Works, Inc., or ITW.

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2006 Koskovich Omni Miser RT

2006 Koskovich Omni Miser RT linear saw. Servo controlled angulation axis of movement for roof truss (square & angle cut) components. With optional extended incline deck, 5 lumber magazines, 8 ft through 16 ft, (4-2x4"& 1-2x6"), bulk feeder (handles full units of lumber to 16 ft), “A” Print option (one 3 1/2" face), auto exit roller, vibrating trash pan, 5 HP, 3450 RPM arbor motor, computer monitor, console, spare control card, manual and spare blade. 230/460 volt, 3 phase electrical.

110 PSI air required. $53,980 FOB MS

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1994 MiTek Combi-Cut 4-Blade Saw 1994 MiTek Combi-Cut component saw, model 2000 Combi Cut, serial # CO15, four-head saw with powered angulation, Cuts from 1 foot at 90/90 to 20 foot lengths, angles from 10 to 105 degrees, digital angle readouts, power angulation, power length.

Cuts 4x2, four-angle floor webs from 19".

Includes under-saw waste conveyor (no incline), two extra 16" blades, manual and all available parts. Saw in use until end of January, 2016. 480 volt, 3 phase. $15,990 NOW $13,890 NOW $8,990 FOB MI Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

RECONDITIONED IN 2018 AUTO-OMNI COMPONENT SAW 5 Blade Automated Component Saw Reconditioned in 2018 (manufactured in 2005) • Updated Computer • Remote Monitor • Shaker Waste Pan • Incline Waste Conveyor • Spare Parts • Excludes Ink Jet Printer • Video available upon request $72,500 NOW $64,900 FOB IN. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

1995 TIMBERMILL 6-20 COMPONENT SAW Six Blades cut 4x2 & 2x4 through 2x12 Lumber from 12" up to 20'-0". Powered Angulation & Carriage. Chain Drag Waste & Incline Conveyor. ?? Volt / 3 Phase. $14,500 FOB WA. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com PHONE: 800-289-5627

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REPRESENTATIVES

2005 Omni Miser Saw Automated Wood Processing System.

Model RT (Roof Truss Components). 5 HP Motor with 16” Blade. Incline Live Deck 2 Magazine Feeders. Bulk Feeder. Ink Jet Printer (One Face). Spare Parts & Manuals. $35,000 NOW $29,900 FOB ON Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

NEW! New Monet DeRobo Linear Saw New, DeRobo linear saw by Monet organizes "fill" boards to increase optimization of each board, can produce unlimited scarf cuts, cuts 1 or 2 boards at a time and cuts webs, chords, wedges, rafters and open-stair stringers. Works with all major connector plate manufacturer's software. Features include 22 inch blade, left-to-right feed direction standard, lumber push and pull grippers for more accuracy, ink marking on the 1 1/2" face of the incoming boards and small piece capture and delivery to the front of the saw for easy access. Infeed deck and bunk feed are shown as options only. Works with the optional WoodRunner TM lumber retrieval system. 440 volt, 3phase. $174,300 Base Price, FOB MO. 2004 TCT Model 1100 Linear Saw Cut 2x4 and 2x6 Lumber from 3” to 20’.

Tops, Bottoms, Webs, Sliders, Wedges and Scissor Bottoms. 230 Volt / 3 Phase 5 HP Motor with 24” Blade. Ink Jet Printer. Scrap Conveyor. $36,900 NOW $23,000 FOB AR. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

Koskovich 1999 Auto Omni Parts Spare parts to fit a 1999 Koskovich Auto Omni saw: saw heads #1 through #5 including motors, telescoping tubes and bearings, material conveyor chain with trucks, stationary main electrical panel with cards and contactors, stationary terminal panel with cards and contactors, transport electrical panel with cards and contactors, transport terminal panel box with cards and contactors, saw blades and operator console including cards (no PC or screen). Includes any available fastener hardware. $18,890 FOB NY. Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

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2004 Omni Miser RTWF Saw (Reconditioned in 2019)

•Automated Roof Truss & Wall Panel Cutting & Marking Saw •5 HP Motor with 16" Blade (cuts 2x3 through 2x12 up to 16' in length) •Auto Deck (4 conveyors handle material from 6' to 16') •New Computer/Software •Ink Jet Print System D (Both Faces & One Edge) •2 New & 1 Reconditoned Ink Jet Print Heads •Roughly $3,000 in Other New Parts

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Now, there is Sum+It! 

Web-browser application

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Customized adjusted labor, material costs, and markup to match your existing pricing with ±5% accuracy!

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No truss layouts or engineering is needed or generated.

Using Sum+It is easy, fast, and very accurate. Sum+It is not a price book, square-foot multiplier, or database search engine.

Why is Sum+It so fast? The user simply divides each project into sections and uses built-in modifiers to account for differing conditions. Sum+It requires no predesigned truss database, yet all of a project’s costs are calculated using sophisticated algorithms that have been years in development (protected via copyrights). No engineering truss drawings or layout is generated. [Please note that for continued intellectual protection, it is intentional that screenshots of the user interface are not shown in this article.]

“Like most truss manufacturers using modern truss design software, we had fallen into the trap of doing our quotes as if they needed to be shop ready. We knew we were putting way too much effort into our quoting, but what could we do? As soon as I was introduced to Sum+It, I knew we had the solution if it worked. We were up and running with SumIt after a very fast training session and with very little data collection. Sum+It works!!!”

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All of your products, including hardware, can easily be added and integrated so you can incorporate the hangers, LVL, and rimboard that your roof and floor projects need, too.

TDC is Proud to be Representing Sum+It as Part of my Services. Register and request a demo at https://app.sum-it.ca/#/ or contact me for a Demo. Most demos take only 20 minutes and there is a 45-day free trial period!

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2007 Baker Chop Saw • 20 HP Motor with 36" Blade • 12" x 12" Cutting Capacity • 20' Infeed & 15' Outfeed Roller Conveyor • 10' Stop Bar with Manual Stops • Remote Control Station (Hydraulic Powered Saw Cycle) • 4" Dust Outlet • 480 Volt / 3 Phase FOB AZ Call for price Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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Truss Equipment

MiTek Tracked Floor Truss Machine Builds floor trusses from 10" to 24" depths, to 30' lengths. Table is 7' wide x 42' overall length. Includes gantry with 24" diameter roll and pendant push-button controls, operator platform, electric s/o cord, (1) electrical mast, 10 HP drive motor and floor-mounted track with (4) end stops.

1/2" camber over 30'. 230/460 volt, 3 phase electrical required. $36,980 FOB TX. Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

Reconditioned in 2019 Clary 14' Finish Roller • 14' x 20" Diameter Rollers • 10 HP Motor • Safety Bars • New Sprockets & Chain • 30 Day Warranty • Available in mid to late May $16,000 FOB AZ Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

1994 Mitek Mark 5 Press with Finish Roller • 50 Ton Press with 36" Wide x 96" Long Platen • 8' x 30' Table with Steel Drilled & Tapped Top & Unistrut Jigging • Manual (Joystick) or Automated (Touch Screen) Operation • Press Roof Trusses, Floor Trusses & Wall Panel Components • 12' Long x 18" Diameter Finish Roller with Infeed/Outfeed Conveyor $24,900 NOW $19,900 FOB ME Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

$99,500 FOB AZ 2005 Klaisler 14' x 78' Roller Gantry System • Klaisler Model GR14-24 Gantry Roller (Recessed Track Mounted) with Ride Platform • (2) 7 1/2 HP Sumitomo Gear Motors (460 Volt - 3 Phase) • Front & Rear Emergency Shut Off Bar • New Overhead Festoon Cable & Pulleys • (13) 14' x 6' Klaisler Tables with Skatewheel Ejectors (w/new air lines) & Unistrut Jig Channel

• 30" Newly Drilled & Tapped Bottom Chord with Plywood or OSB Top • Roof Truss Hardware: 2 Peak Sets, 4 Heel Sets & Pucks • New Transfer Roller • (11) Idle & (13) Powered (1/4 HP Motor) 14' x 5" Diameter Exiting Conveyor • All checked, repaired and painted in Spring 2019 (ready to ship in June) • Excludes: Finish Roller & Outside Conveyor

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New Square 1 Short Roof Truss Finish Press Four-foot* wide x 3 1/2” tall throat. The unique “uni-body” construction creates a ridged machine that houses 12” diameter rolls, 7 1/2 HP motor with integrated brake, and 80# chain drive. This FRP features 114 FPM speed, emergency shut-off bars, and full chain and sprocket guards. Available options include: Other roller widths, Heavy-Duty upgrade, gear motor drive, and soft start controls available at an additional charge. 208, 240, 480 volt electrical. $15,750 FOB IN

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1990 Lumbermater Press, Kicklegs, Track & Extra Parts • Lumbermater Model 4141 Press with 16" x 19" Platen • High/Low Hydraulic System • 20 HP / 3 Phase Motor • Joystick Control • Kicklegs, End Stands & Track for 12' or 14' x 70' Table • Excludes Combination Wood/Plastic Table • Extra Parts: 18 Kicklegs, Press Head, Joystick, Speed Contoller & Misc.

Hydraulic Components • Drive wheels have flat spots and need replaced • Video available upon request. $29,500 FOB CA Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

2004 Robbins Jack Table • Hydraulic Press with Dual Joystick Controls • 6' x 20' Steel Table with Plastic Top • 7 1/2 HP - 3 Phase Motor $16,900 FOB NE Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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Eagle & MiTek Clamp 58 Ft System Eagle 14 foot maximum height x 58 foot maximum span, c-clamp system with strut jigging and additional MiTek c-clamp heads. One Eagle clamp has never been used (purchased new is 2018), the other is a 2017 model. The Eagle clamps are 2-stage 10 KSI hydraulic pressure clamps and the (2) working MiTek clamps are 20 KSI hydraulic pressure. The two MiTek clamps have been rebuilt. A third MiTek clamp is available for parts. One of each brand can accommodate 4x2 clamping. Unistrut jigging is 2013 and includes all available guides and attachments. Includes overhead beam and some spare clamp parts. The Eagle clamps are 220 volt, 1 phase electrical and the MiTek clamps are 110 volt, 1 phase electrical. $37,990 FOB CO. Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

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NEW! Reconditioned Klaisler GR14-24 78’ Press System, Steel/Plastic Top with WizardPDS® Automation Gantry with 14’ X 24” Roll, Soft Start Drive with Brake, Operator Platform, Inverted Track System. WizardPDS® ChannelS® spaced 24” o/c, length customized to your specification. Warranty, Installation & Operator Training Included.

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Tee-Lok Roof Truss Production Tables (Qty 14) Professionally reconditioned TeeLok roof truss gantry tables that feature Slotted jigging fixtures with intermediate HDPE plastic over all steel construction.

(7) 14'x72" and (7) 14'x56" tables with 12 skate-wheel lift-outs. Includes aprox. 200' of TL 85 lb. crane-rail with mounting base.

Sufficient table and rail to create a 100' foot line or extension. $68,600 FOB NC. Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

PANEL CLIP PRESS, TABLE, TRAILER & TRUSS PLATES Panel Clip TK C-Clamp Press (10 Ton).

Overhead Track & Trolley. Extra Aluminum C (for Floor Trusses). Unistrut Jig Table & Stands (build up to 50' trusses). Panel Clip Gooseneck Truss Trailer. Over 100 Boxes of Connector Plate Inventory (reference phot for quantity and description). Operation & Maintenenace Manuals. $14,900 FOB ON Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com PHONE: 800-289-5627

Alpine Mighty Mite Press 6’ x 29’ Table. Hydraulic Press with Ride Platform. 480 Volt / 3 Phase. The motor and several of the hydraulic components have been replaced in the last couple of years.

Video available upon request. $6,900 NOW $4,950 FOB MI. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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1980 TTS MODEL 1250 TRAVELMATIC PRESS & TABLES 50 Ton Hydraulic Press with Ride Platform Approximately 90' of Rail & Electrical Track (for Press). 15 Each - 41" x 12' Tables with End Eject Rollers. Unistrut Jig Rails & Wood Top (some of the wood top needs to be replaced). Tables can be lifted & relocated with the press 220 Volt/ 3 Phase. $19,500 FOB NY. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

USED 14' X 82'-6" SIDE ELECT ROLLER GANTRY SYSTEM TeeLok 14' x 18" Diameter Gantry Roller.

2nd Used 14' x 18" Diameter Gantry Roller 82'-6" of Steel Slotted Top Tables with Skatewheel Ejectors. Powered Exiting Conveyor with Skatewheel Receivers.

Powered Outside Conveyor. Two Pedestal Peak-up Stacker. Two Pedestal Horizontal Stacker 480 Volt / 3 Phase. Videos available upon request. $99,000 FOB PA. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

Engineered to operate through all seasons. Sumitomo High Torque Break Motor (no air or hydraulic unit to maintain). 35 Second Cycle Time. Each pedestal will hold from 10 to 25 trusses depending on truss size & weight. Floor Truss Stacker (stack 14’ to 50’ trusses). Roof Truss Stackers (stack 14’ to 50’ or 20’ to 70’ trusses). Agricultural & Large Residential Roof Truss Stacker (stack trusses up to 120’). Powered Outside Conveyor. Control Panel

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Other voltages available. $15,750, FOB IN

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2007 Clark Industries Horizontal Truss Stacker Model HVS, Two Unit, 2-Zone, 14’ Horzontal Stacking System. Two lifting units (one master and one slave) with integral electrics. A truss sensing system consisting of adjustable laser sensors mounted on slide rails. One indoor electric control enclosure & panel w/PLC and manual controls. A stacker-conveyor interface package comprised of (1) mounted 3-push button enclosure and (1) remotely mounted 2-push button enclosure (pause/ emergncy stop). Hand-held Wampfler Remote Control System. 8 stacking rails and 4 stripping posts. Stack 1 5/8” thick x 14’ tall trusses up to 30 high. Stack a truss in approximately 40 seconds (cycle time).

Stack up to 55’ or longer trusses on each side of the conveyor with minor assistance for truss sag, shorter lengths can be stacked unassisted. Excludes 77’ Walk Through Conveyor System. Two systems available at $25,000 Each. FOB NE. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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2006 Klaisler Side Eject 12 ft x 96 ft Roof Truss Gantry System 2006 Klaisler side-eject roof truss gantry system, 12 foot maximum truss height x 96 foot long working length. Includes (12) 8 foot x 12 foot, plastic top with steel bottom chord tables, each with a skatewheel ejector, (1) 24" diameter roller gantry with two, 7 HP drive motors, (1) 24" diameter x 12 foot throat finish press with 7 HP drive, and (2) lengths of 112 feet of crane rail with mounting plates. Includes (11) powered roller conveyors with drive motors and gearboxes, (38) idler roller conveyors, all available jigging hardware and all available lumber bunk storage racks. 460 volt, 3 phase electrical required. 125 PSI air required. $78,980 FOB CA Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

DIAMOND 14' FINISH ROLLER 14' x 18" Diameter Rollers. Safety Bars on Each Side. One of the hubs has been welded (reference photos). The frame has a crack that needs to be welded (reference photos) $7,900 FOB WI. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com PHONE: 800-289-5627

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Vertical Truss Stacker by Square 1 Manufacturing New, vertical stacker by Square 1 Design & Manufacture, up to six pedestals to handle up to 100 foot long spans. Features I-beam construction, holds from 10 to 25 trusses based on truss size, shape and weight, integrated drive tube for simultaneous stacking action and support during rotation, dual high-torque braking gear motors, adjustable tension clutch, heavy-gauge aluminum uprights with rubber bumper stops and automatic controls. The controls allow jogging the stacker both in forward and reverse directions and can be set up for multiple stacks of trusses. 440 volt, 3 phase electrical. Other voltages available. $31,067 BASE, FOB IN.

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2005 Robbins 15'-6" Finish Roller • 15'-6" x 24" Diameter Rollers • 230/460 Volt - 10 HP Motor • Safety Bars • Indoors since original purchase $26,900 FOB OK Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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2004 MiTek Horizontal Stacker 2004 MiTek Horizontal Stacker, model 70300-50, automatic, four-pedestal flat stacker with controls. According to OEM specs, "...35 second cycle time. Stacks all truss configurations both left and right, single trusses up to 80 foot spans or two stacks to 40 foot spans...". Includes (4) 2000 PSI hydraulic drives, hand-held controller, control panel and (18) idler roller conveyors with stands. 460 volt, 3 phase electrical. $73,980 FOB VA. Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

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IBS/Comsoft Wall Panel Light Bars Reconditioned dual 16’ foot long light bars, includes spare light board. Light bars are compatible with all light-bar equipped or ready IBS/Comsoft, Panels Plus, etc. wall panel equipment driven by ITW (IBS) or other compatible design software. 110 volt, single phase electrical. $18,890 FOB MN. Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

2004 PANELS PLUS SUB-COMPONENT NAILER Maximum Clamp Opening: 17” x 17 1/2” 17 Vertical and 14 Horizontal Clamping Positions Vertical Nailing Capacity to 12” Paslode Nail Guns On/Off Switches for Each Nail Gun Button to Activate Squaring Stop Foot Pedal to Activate Clamping & Nailing 60” Long x 20” Wide Infeed & Outfeed Conveyor Assemble corners, trimmers, partition lead-ins, jack studs, ells, channels, headers & ladders Electrical: 120 Volt / 1 Phase Air: 20 CFM at 90 PSI $9,900 FOB SK Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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2006 Triad / Custom Wall Panel Equipment Price: $79,890 Condition: Good Location: CA 2006 Triad wall panel equipment, 16 foot long maximum panel length x 10'-7" maximum panel height. Includes model G2 framer x 16 ft long with (2) 2-tool dollies, squaring / sheathing table x 20 ft long with (11)-tool bridge, squaring / sheathing table x 20 ft long with (20)-tool bridge, model CN4 sub-component nailing station with (4) tool locations and (1) 16 ft long outfeed conveyor, (2) sub-component tables 30 inches wide x 12 ft long each, all available roller and skate conveyors and (32) Bostitch model F21PL nail tools. Nail tools sold for $259 each new. Includes all available floor grates and hardware. 110 volt, 1 phase electrical. 100 PSI air required. Also includes custom built interior table x 21 ft long, squaring table x 14 ft long, transfer frame 30 foot long x 12' height and (3) steel storage racks, with separate control panels, drive motors and v-track. $79,890 FOB CA Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

Triad Gen II Multi-Tool Sheathing System Complete 10' X 16' Sheathing/Squaring System includes: staple/nail bridge (no tools included) with auto return, Space-fire (stitcher tools), tilt, shift, & joystick control.

System is in fair working condition. $9,990 FOB OH. Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

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NEW! 2007 PANELS PLUS SUB-COMPONENT NAILER Maximum Clamp Opening: 17" x 17 1/2" 17 Vertical and 14 Horizontal Clamping Positions. Vertical Nailing Capacity to 12" On/Off Switches for Each Nail Gun. Button to Activate Squaring Stop. Foot Pedal to Activate Clamping & Nailing. 60" Long x 20" Wide Infeed & Outfeed Conveyor.

Assemble corners, trimmers, partition leadins, jack studs, ells, channels, headers & ladders. Electrical: 120 Volt / 1 Phase. Air: 20 CFM at 90 PSI. Excludes Nail Guns. $9,900 FOB NB CA. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

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Consider Panels Plus wall panel assembly equipment for manufacturers of wood or steel wall panels, floor-panels, and related framing components. Panels Plus is an employee owned, ISO certified, manufacturing company that builds state-of-the-art equipment featuring durable construction, with fit and finish second to none in the structural building component industry. The referenced base framing table allows you to assemble from 7-12 foot wall heights, at industry standard 16 foot lengths, at a working height of 29 to 32 inches.

This framer design includes controls at each end of table, squaring stops and pneumatic clamping for consistent wall panel quality.

Frames 2x4 or 2 x 6 walls, with color-coded, steel stud locators at 16 and 24 inches O.C. spacing. Includes pop-up skate wheels for easy transfer of completed wall frame. Framing table can be configured to receive wall framing light bars, other options include custom buildable wall heights, lengths and auto-indexing of optional 2 or 3 tool carriages.

Additionally from Panels Plus are sheathing tables with features that include foot pedal control at squaring end of table, with squaring stops, roller conveyors at both sides, single pendant controls for bridge, tool spacing at 6 inch centers with 3 inch bridge shift for offset nailing. Tool bridges can accommodate from 2 x 4 to 2 x 8 walls, with seam tilt being standard equipment Panels Plus Tool Bridges are available with single beam or dual beam design for two different tool mounts on one bridge.

Squaring stations, sub-component tables, conveyors and panel lifts are also available to complete the configuration of the wall panel assembly line. Price includes factory installation and training. 50 CFM at 120 psi air. 120 or 230 volt, 1 phase electrical.

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WALL PANEL EQUIPMENT NEW PORTABLE SHEATHING BRIDGE 10’ Portable Sheathing Bridge ($22,500) 12’ Portable Sheathing Bridge ($23,000) Programmable Fastener Spacing with PLC Touch Pad Entry. Gun Tilt at Sheathing Seams. Laser Pointer for Stud Location.

Sensors to Detect Sheathing. Nail/Staple 8’ Stud in Under 6 Seconds. Quick Tool Changeout. Weight: 175 Lbs. 120 Volt /1 Phase. Excludes Nail or Staple Gun FOB SD. Wasserman & Associates 800-382-0329 www.wasserman-associates.com

2002 PCS Twin Axis Sheathing Station Sheathing Saw, optimizes sheathing material as it cuts X and Y axis simultaneously in one pass through the saw. Fully enclosed to reduce noise, dust, and improve operator safety; fully automated via downloaded sheathing cutting from wall design software.

480v, 3phase electrical saw, 120v, 1 phase electrical pc. $28,990 FOB IL. Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com PHONE: 800-289-5627

2001 Triad 9 Ft, Wall Panel Equipment 2001 Triad model Diamond Quad (DQ) wall panel equipment, builds walls from 6'-9" to 9'-0" high and up to 16’ in length. Includes Triad DQ framing table with (2) two-tool dollies and all available stud locators, all available transition conveyor, DQ squaring table, DQ sheathing table with bridge featuring side shift, laser and manual-mode feature. Sheathing bridge tool mounts are 8" on-center with 4" side-shift. Includes (12) staple tools and (4) nail tools, handheld router and stand-along panel saw. Still under power. Seller has manuals. 120v, 1 phase electrical and 100 psi air required. $34,980 FOB AL Wood Truss Systems 765-751-9990 www.woodtrusssystems.com

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Post Frame at a Crossroads Is This the 11th Hour for the Industry?

By Sharon Thatcher, Editor, Frame Building News This article appears in the June 2019 issue of Frame Building News. Reprinted with permission.

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or several years, there has been a foreboding trend in the post-frame industry: the disappearance of post-frame engineers. At once a strong coalition of devoted proponents who worked diligently on both personal and professional time to promote the industry through research, education and builder support, they are now ‘graying out’ at an alarming rate. It was bound to happen, but what many people did not see, was that most of these post-frame professionals were not being replaced. There has literally been no one left behind to continue the post-frame engineering journey.

This trend is no more apparent than at the university level where wood construction is not being taught to prospective engineers.

Frank E. Woeste, Ph.D., P.E., is one of those post-frame engineers who blazed a prominent trail before retiring from Virginia Tech in 2003. He was not replaced with a wood engineering specialist, a trend being seen nationwide.

The Early Years of the Industry Woeste explained that even in the boom years of post-frame’s popularity (arguably beginning in the 1950s and extending into the 1990s), universities struggled to incorporate wood construction of any kind into its engineering curriculum.

“If you go back to when I first started, very few civil engineering departments offered a wood design class,” he said. “It was the purview of agricultural engineers, because historically farm buildings were wood frame.”

Some professors discovered post frame and embraced it. Woeste was one of them. Donald A. Bender, Ph.D., P.E., now at Washington State University, was another.

Noted Bender: “Back then (in the 1970s) most university agricultural engineering departments had a faculty member for wood structures: post frame and animal confinement types of construction,” he said. “And at most universities the faculty was a one-off person.

At Virginia Tech it was Frank Woeste, at Texas A&M, where I was and now at Washington State, it was myself, at Wisconsin University it was Dave Bohnhoff, at South Dakota State it was Gary Anderson, at Penn State it was Harvey Manbeck, and at Cornell it was Kifle Gebremedhin.”

It worked because agricultural engineering programs at the university level were still prevalent and post-frame was seen as a revolutionary style of construction that universities could find potential in promoting.

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These were the glory years for post-frame research. “Going back to the ’70s, there were many academic and industry professionals who were trying to establish that post frame could be code-conforming construction and meet the requirements of strict building codes,” Bender said. “But we first needed to understand how the buildings worked and how to design them, and how to make them check out on paper.”

Today, post frame in universities is rarely mentioned.

“To survive and thrive [university agricultural engineering departments] had to move to bioengineering and biomass conversion,” Bender said. “Most of them have dropped the structural engineering piece.”

As well, post frame has become a drop in the proverbial ocean of growing construction technologies. In wood construction alone, Woeste pointed out, ‘tall wood’, like cross-laminated timber (CLT) and podium construction (multiple stories of wood over 1–2 stories of concrete), are younger and sexier programs being promoted on the university level.

So What?

One might wonder what the ultimate impact on the post-frame industry might be if new engineers are not entering the field. “The impact is less than good,” Woeste said. “A lot of your local engineers do not have background in post-frame design.”

Not surprisingly, research for post frame has also slowed to a near standstill.

“Over the years, a lot of people have worked to develop engineering standards for post frame, even referenced in the building code, and those need to be maintained,” Woeste said, adding: “post-frame buildings are structurally complex and also fascinating. It took us about 20 years to understand why post-frame buildings did so well in high-wind events over types of buildings like concrete block and so forth. That has now been documented because programs were available to do all this.”

It isn’t just at the university level where the pinch is being felt. Some larger post-frame companies are struggling to find engineering replacements.

“I’ve become aware that a lot of the senior people in the larger companies are retiring,” Woeste said. “Someone just contacted me and they are desperate because their senior person just retired. They asked me where they could get some help, so the lack of education is starting to take its toll.”

Most likely the larger companies, of which there are only a hand full, will be able to develop their own solutions and carry on. Left behind will be smaller builders who may get stuck building smaller, less diverse structures where the engineering is less complex, or using packaged buildings with limited customization. It will be a struggle to advance beyond that.

Understanding the basics in post-frame engineering has become a must-have for any builder trying to advance.

“If the builder doesn’t have some background [in post-frame engineering] to communicate what types of designs are needed, what the structural design techniques are in general terms, it’s hard to have a good set of plans produced for a smaller builder,” said Woeste.

This is even more paramount now that fewer professional engineers have the background. “It comes back to education,” Woeste said. “The builder needs to communicate with a local engineer or architect to give them direction as to who they need to contact for the design work and what kind of design work is needed.”

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It’s Not Up to the Universities It may be easy to assume that universities should just wake up and start teaching some postframe courses again, but Woeste doesn’t agree.

“I don’t think it is realistic that universities are going to invest the resources in this area. It’s just not popular enough on the research side. It would be very difficult for a young faculty member to make tenure because of [lack of] funding. So going forward it will need to be a different path,” he said.

Bender has made the same assessment. “As these folks are retiring, their departments are not filling them with that kind of person any longer,” he said. “I don’t know any agricultural engineering department in the nation that is making structures an emphasis and that would hire faculty in that area.”

A Different Path

Many advancements in the post-frame industry came as the result of engineers who understood its unique complexities and simplicities. Pictured: Two-ply truss, 4-ply nail-laminated column. (Photo courtesy of David Pellett, P.E.)

Woeste would like the post-frame industry to take a page from its own history to build itself back up before it is too late. His prescription for a cure can be broken down into three parts:

Basic Engineering Education for Builders The only course currently available on an ongoing basis is a post-frame engineering webinar taught by Harvey Manbeck.

In the interest of survival, Woeste believes the industry needs to provide more courses like this, on and off line, and to begin actively cultivating younger replacements.

For 10 years, Woeste and Bender teamed up to conduct workshops at the annual Frame Building Expo that were designed to give post-frame builders the basic tools they needed to build safe and properly designed buildings.

“We operated under the assumption that the participants had no experience in engineering. That’s how we presented it,” Woeste said. When those workshops ended about 10 years ago, he and Bender continued offering some limited postframe design course work in a wood design course at Virginia Tech. Post frame is not given a lot of attention due to the audience, but Woeste sees no reason why a course like the former post-frame-specific workshop should not once again be part of the expo curriculum.

Such a course would inform builders of all the work that has already been done in post-frame research. At present, the technical resources are simply sitting there waiting to be dusted off and properly used.

“I don’t know if new people coming into the industry even know about all this and how useful it is,” Woeste said.

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Cultivate Engineering Replacements The agricultural building engineer is a dying breed, thus taking with it the post-frame engineer. Don’t expect a revival; instead, in addition to training builders on the basics, the industry needs to pull together the few practicing engineers and educators whose retirements have not dimmed their enthusiasm to train a new generation. Their expertise should be tapped into to serve on committees that are devoted to “maintain the progress in post frame that has been made over the last 30– or 40–some years,” said Woeste.

He added: “Back in the 1980s and ’90s, we had a lot of involvement by university and industry people.

I fondly remember at one point we needed a bracing standard for recommended practice for installing postframe trusses for safety concerns … about five of us met and wrote that standard in one day, and published it. The Truss Plate Institute (TPI) published it. I don’t see that type of activity anymore.”

The third recommendation is the most expedient of all:

Make Ownership of Code Standards a Mission of the National Frame Building Association Bender said it is common for trade organizations to own and maintain building code standards and are referenced as such within the International Building Code. The standards for mass timber in the IBC are owned by APA – The Engineered Wood Association. For timber design, the standards are owned by American Wood Council (AWC).

For post frame, Bender believes “those standards should be managed by the NFBA. That’s the most relevant trade association.”

Without that kind of commitment, Bender fears: “The standards will just go defunct, discarded.”

That loss would be devastating since code reference is the gold standard for building code officials nationwide and has allowed post frame to move beyond pole barns.

“Post frame has always had a bit of a brand recognition problem with the ‘a’ word—agricultural,” Bender said. “People will say, ‘well they’re pole barns, they’re ag buildings. Well, no, they’re much more than ag buildings, so by moving them from ASABE to NFBA, you would build NFBA’s reputation in the code community and you wouldn’t have the word agriculture in the title of it anymore and it would add credibility and build the NFBA brand.”

The ASAE Post-Frame Design Monograph, containing 358 pages, was published in 1992 and is an example of the former collaboration once enjoyed by the industry. Twenty-three university professors, post-frame industry engineers, and association staff contributed to writing 11 chapters that contained the “state-of-theart” structural design information at the time of publication. Today, the resources are no longer available to accomplish such a task.

The argument for NFBA ownership heralds back to the lack of up-andcoming post-frame engineers. Bender noted that engineers on the university level were heavily involved with creating the post-frame standards currently in the IBC. They accomplished this work through the ASAE (American Society of Agricultural Engineers). This is where post-frame standards were first reviewed, adopted, and moved into the building code.

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Cautions Bender: “These standards have to be revised periodically to stay listed in the codes. And there is hardly anyone left to run that operation in the ASABE.”

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Woeste explained further: “The standards are maintained by an ASABE Committee, composed of largely university faculty interested in post-frame research. With the demise of structures faculty in universities, these standards are at risk because they must be revised and re-approved on a periodic schedule. If the standards are dropped due to the lack of maintenance, they will be dropped and removed from the IBC on its revision schedule. Without these standards in the IBC, all post-frame builders, both large and small, will be back to ‘square one’ trying to justify their post-frame plan submittal at the local building department.”

Is This the 11th Hour for the Industry?

Both Woeste and Bender were asked if the post-frame industry was entering its 11th hour.

Woeste agreed that it was.

Said Bender: “It’s 11:30.”

With his own retirement decisions not that far on the horizon, Bender added: “I really have a spot in my heart for this industry. There are so many people, not me alone, but in academia and in the industry, who have given so much to get post frame to where it is today that I hate to give up. It pains me that we would lose ground. That’s all that motivates me.”

NOTE: Frame Building News reached out to the National Frame Building Association for comment. The NFBA issued the following comment: “The NFBA Board, with input from the Technical and Research Committee, is aware of the issues raised in this article. NFBA launched several initiatives in recent years to expose and educate current and aspiring, structural engineers to post-frame construction. A review of the NFBA’s initiatives and opportunities will be addressed in the August issue of FBN.”

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Linear Saw Optimization to Turn Costs into Benefits

By Ed Serrano, Managing Director

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efore buying a linear saw, several common questions will be asked. What is the price? Speed? Accuracy?

Most potential customers enquire about support and on-going maintenance. Occasionally, the topic of spare parts and availability is broached, and sporadically someone may throw in a question about training. These are all important questions and the answers should be given consideration. Even so, one more question is NEVER asked. It is the question that will have the biggest impact on your business in the long-term.

The answer will dictate if your linear saw is actually creating hidden costs or providing a cost benefit.

How efficient and flexible are your optimization algorithms?

Optimizing. It seems straightforward enough. The computer program takes a few components, mixes and matches them, and works out what length of timber would be best to cut them from. Chippies and pull saw operators have been doing this in their heads since the beginning of time. However, the power of computers and intelligence of the software means the potential complexity is staggering. Cut files can have hundreds of components, but, without meaningful and efficient ways of sorting the components after cutting, the order of the cutting becomes critical and a significant optimizing constraint. Certain components may or may not be flipped, or flipped in only certain ways. The saws themselves will require certain components to be cut in a certain orientation. Shorter lengths of timber cost less than longer lengths but also tend to yield more waste as a percentage. Saws will produce more per hour when processing longer lengths of timber compared to shorter lengths. And the complexity continues.

As an example, consider the optimizing software of the Vekta Razer Saw. Over the past 20 years, the development of its software has focused on enhancing optimization for both flexibility and efficiency. In addition, over the past two years, Vekta has engaged and collaborated with a University Mathematics Department to develop groundbreaking, mathematically guaranteed, optimizing algorithms – spending several hundreds of thousands of dollars in R&D on this endeavour alone. Optimization is not a trivial element in today’s linear saws and it isn’t something that can be developed properly in just a few years. Good, proper, and efficient optimization is an extremely complicated process that can’t be rushed.

Yes ok, but can’t I just assume my saw’s optimizing is good enough?

If only the answer was an easy yes. Not all optimizing is created equal and the difference it can make is HUGE! Consider the amount of money spent on timber every year. Now add in the cost of disposing of timber waste each year and, why not, include a figure to cover the costs involved in managing the timber (ordering, handling, transporting). Now, consider roughly what percentage of that timber is or will be run through your linear saw. Divide the associated cost by 100. What is the result? A clear and simple figure that represents just how much money you stand to gain, or lose, every year for every 1% difference in your timber optimizing! Think about it for a moment… Slight changes in your optimizing CAN save, or cost, you a whole extra person’s wages each year!

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Let’s talk numbers! $1,000,000 worth of timber runs through the saw a year, divided by 100 = $10,000.

2% improvement in optimization = $20,000.

5% improvement in optimization = $50,000. Really, this is easily achievable with only small changes to settings.

Is my linear saw optimization creating a hidden cost or a benefit?

What questions should I ask? What should I be aware of?

1. Is there flexibility in the cutting order? You may want to cut in a certain way now, but a good algorithm will give you efficient options to cut in a variety of manners. A good optimizing algorithm must be extremely flexible in how it can be configured if you want to achieve optimal results.

2. How mature is the algorithm? Optimizing algorithms are a far less obvious element of a linear saw but they have one of the single biggest impacts on the financial benefits. Look for long-standing, constantly improved and improving algorithms.

3. How much input from the operator is needed? Unfortunately, our brains can only do so much. The more an optimizing algorithm relies on human input, the poorer the results will tend to be. Sorry but it’s true… A computer is far better at those hard computations!

4. Are there tools to help refine your settings? Every plant will want and need to optimize differently. This means a flexible system must be configured in a custom way to best fit your business. A good software package should have specific tools that will help you work out things such as what lengths of timber you should stock and the impact of the cutting order on timber efficiency.

5. Are there clever ways to reduce the waste that goes in the bin? Most linear saws will give you options to cut things like noggins and blocks from your waste. But what if you don’t build walls or you don’t need any more blocks? Look and ask for flexible alternatives.

6. Can I optimize differently for different scenarios? Trusses and frames can and usually should be optimized with slightly different settings to get the very most out of both. Make sure you understand your options for doing this with minimal changes to settings – you don’t want to have to constantly change settings back and forth, not to mention having to remember what settings have been changed.

7. Where and how can optimizing be performed? Some businesses prefer to optimize at the saw. Others prefer for someone in the office to be responsible for minimizing waste. A good optimizing solution will provide efficient means of doing both, including the ability to lock files that have been pre-optimized. The software should also make it easy to optimize several files at once and automatically print off and/or save necessary files and documents, such as pick lists.

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8. What are the skill sets and background of the support providers? Consider the skill sets of those who provide the primary support for your saw. You want highly trained individuals with strong backgrounds in software. Support engineers should help review your optimizing results and improve them when changes are needed. Most truss plants do not have the internal skills or time to keep their optimizing systems firing on all cylinders. Get the experts to help you with this!!

9. Is there ongoing development, and what future improvements can you expect? Ask your supplier about new features in their software that you might not be aware of. Ask them what’s coming up. Consider how likely your suggestions and wish lists will be considered. How often are new versions of your software released? Are you on the latest software?

10. Can I run sample files and see the results? If you are looking at a new saw, it is a great idea to ask the suppliers you’re considering to run some sample files for you and analyze the results – the more the better! It’s amazing how rarely this happens for such a crucial element of a very expensive piece of equipment.

If you have a linear saw, take the time to evaluate your optimizing systems and settings. If you are looking at purchasing a linear saw, ask the questions and take the time to ensure the optimizing system stacks up to today’s standards and your expectations. In today’s highly competitive market, can you really afford not to?

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When asked why they had not modernized saws, wall stations, or even lumber management—areas similar to where the component industry has invested in technology—the answer was, “Do you know how much that equipment costs?” It brought back memories of my many attempts to modernize in the past, with similar answers from above. Sure, they have gone from drafting to CAD, but only in terms of making the lines look similar.

Since the crash, more modular manufacturers are looking closely at what the building components industry is doing. They see component manufacturers narrowing the speed-of-construction gap—the gap on which modular predicates its value. When it traditionally took 6–8 months to dry in a commercial structure, modular with a concurrent construction process could halve that timeframe. As building components such as roof and floor trusses, wall panels, floor panels, and other structural framing aids are allowing site construction to speed the dry-in timeframe, modular has done little to increase the gap by improving technology.

I must admit, modular has a disadvantage when it comes to purchasing equipment. They don’t produce the same volume that a component manufacturer builds. The Board Foot production rate is much lower.

Amortizing a lower volume over the same cost to acquire doesn’t make sense. In true modular form, doing more with less, the opportunity could be in used equipment. What was cutting edge technology in a component plant in 2000 is still 20 years ahead of current modular technology in many plants. By looking for used equipment and having technical support from a knowledgeable used equipment broker, modular could make the transition less costly and much smoother. The cost per BFT would be closer to the component manufacturer who has 2019 technology, and 2019 costs.

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The solution may be this simple, or we may still be having this conversation in another 10–20 years. For modular manufacturers, using newer technology may require a fundamental change in the way they look at the bottom line. Rather than adding that dime, invest it in newer technology, in the plant and in the office. Look to expand the gap between modular and site construction by reducing your concurrent construction timeframe. While building components are giving site construction ways to improve their speed, the same technology, albeit a little older and less expensive, may be the path to regaining the modular edge.

If nothing is done, the gap will continue to close.

Two used component manufacturing equipment brokers in these pages, Wasserman & Associates and Wood Truss Systems, are both experienced with taking older building component manufacturing technology and adapting it to modular manufacturing. Not only do they have many of the items modular manufacturers need, they can get it installed and provide technical and training resources to make the most out of your new-to-you equipment. And they can answer many of the questions modular manufacturers have about cost, time to install, and which types of equipment will work best in your plant. Contact information for both of these brokers is in our Advertiser Directory. Is opportunity knocking at your plant?

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Robert Glowinski is the President & CEO of the American Wood Council (AWC).

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ast year’s passage of Tall Mass Timber code provisions for inclusion in the 2021 International Code Council’s International Building Code will usher in a new era in construction, allowing for tall mass timber buildings

With these new technologies and approvals, it is vital for the wood products industry to seek input from, and build strong relationships with, those who understand fire prevention and safety best. To help foster communication and education with the fire service, the American Wood Council (AWC) has successively launched a Fire Service Advisory Council and created an informational WoodAware website.

The Fire Service Advisory Council is a distinguished national group of long-standing fire service experts who will provide the wood products industry with advice and guidance on fire safety strategies and tactics surrounding wood construction, wood products, and the industry’s engagement with the fire service.

The Council, led by AWC’s Manager of Fire Service Relations, Ray O’Brocki, draws its membership from fire service leadership across the country, among fire departments from a diverse group of communities.

Coupled with the establishment of the Fire Service Advisory Council, AWC updated and relaunched WoodAware, a website dedicated to educating the fire service on wood-frame construction, mass timber, and other wood products. The website provides extensive information on fire safety and testing, and examples of typical wood construction in all types of structures the fire service may encounter. Included in the relaunch is a section dedicated to the recently approved tall mass timber code changes in the 2021 International Building Code.

With tall mass timber now building-code approved and on the rise in the United States, ensuring open lines of communication and educational resources for the fire service is an AWC priority. As with any major changes, questions arise. The American Wood Council wants to be sure, on behalf of the industry, that we are best positioned to receive input from the fire service in addressing those questions.

It is hoped that a continuing conversation with the fire service will keep any misconceptions or misunderstandings about wood construction and products from being conveyed to others and even the media.

For example, because of widespread misconceptions surrounding tall mass timber construction, it is imperative that the wood products industry be able to distinguish mass timber construction from traditional light-frame construction. And we have already seen that the WoodAware website and the robust fire service outreach has and is continuing to dispel common myths held by many firefighters.

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Layman's Lumber Guide Lumber & Housing Market FORECAST Component Manufacturer's Edition Eurowood and SYP…the Future!

Matt Layman, Publisher

It’s times like the last couple of weeks in SPF-W, when buyers get taken by surprise, and they have one July, 2018 question for sellers. “How you gonna help me?”

ANOTHER DIMENSION Lumber & Housing Forecast Two weeks and ago, ISYP...the warned that Future!

SPF mills were about to spring surprise, imminent curtailments and Eurowood Plenty of Both closures on us. We got that and more. After Canfor’s 1-week warning of a 6-week curtailment and permanent It's times like the last couple of weeks in SPF-W, when Thevague future timeline of housingofand lumber supply willwhich be wellcould into its closure, West the question same, giving a more sometime in Q3, buyers get taken

by Fraser surprise,followed and they with have one for rebirth by the end of 2019. We just saw the future of SPF. The sellers.

"How you gonna' help me?" be two weeks. complementing species will be SYP. Combined U.S. lumber

Two weeks ago, I warned that SPF mills were about to spring demand of 60-65 billion board feet will be dominated by 30 surprise, imminent curtailments and closures on us. We got that billion board feet of SYP production. Eurowood can easily make and more.

After week warning of “How a 6-week Now theCanfor's biggerone question hangs, you gonna help mebbft next month and next year with SPF?” The up 5-10 decline from Canada. curtailment and permanent closure, West Fraser followed with New home construction innovations and living smaller, will answer is simple. EUROWOOD! By the time Canadian mills complete their current dismantling of their the same, giving a more vague timeline of sometime in Q3, require less lumber in the very near future. If anything, the which could be two weeks. lumber industry, there will be ample wood to make up for lostglobal SPF.lumber supply is excessive and not likely to be in current Now the bigger question hangs, "How you gonna' help me short supply over the next decade. next month and next year with SPF?" The answer is simple.

What does that mean for lumber prices? Unfortunately...

My FORECAST is that the anticipated lumber supply disruption will never happen. The rally EUROWOOD! By the time Canadian millscurrent complete their equal or more volatility. The reason is Eurowood transit time. current dismantling of their lumberThere industry, there will be ample at hand is 95% emotion. is no shortage of any species of the lumber. $1001-2 price jackin in Specifically, ability The to buy2-week speculatively months wood to make up for lost SPF. advance. Inventory accumulations and liquidations will still western Canadian SPF is ALL speculation and panic. It isoccur. already over-bought. When this disruption is over, My FORECAST is that the current anticipated lumber supply Eurowood will make our lumber market more disruption willwill never The rally at hand is 95% emotion.

SPF-W behappen. a west-of-the-Mississippi item.

Eurowood will claim the abandoned and Gulf complicated for home builders andEast contractor yards.Coasts.

There is no shortage of any species of lumber. The 2-week $100 Distributors and brokers will have to take more risks. Trucking housing will be a and Eurowood market by the end of 2019. priceThe jacksoutheastern in western Canadian SPFhotbed is ALL speculation panic. along the east and gulf coasts will be redefined.

It is already over-bought. When this disruption is over SPF-W For now, I suggest not chasing this market out of fear. will be a west-of-the-Mississippi item. Eurowood will claim the There isEurowood, no reason to including have any lumber bought beyond the end Here is what I am gonna do for you.

I will begin covering how that market works abandoned East and Gulf Coasts. The southeastern housing of July. Western Canadian SPF will fall just as quickly as is hotbed be a by thelooking end of 2019. andwill how toEurowood buy it. Imarket am indeed forward to it. rising. I expect mid July through August will give lumber prices Here is what I am gonna' do for you. I will begin covering a brutal beat down.

Eurowood including how that market works and how to buy it. I Looking Forward...ML am indeed looking forward to it.

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Lumber & Housing Forecast—Plenty of Both The future of housing and lumber supply will be well into its rebirth by the end of 2019. We just saw the future of SPF. The complementing species will be SYP. Combined U.S. lumber demand of 60–65 billion board feet will be dominated by 30 billion board feet of SYP production.

Eurowood can easily make up 5–10 bbft decline from Canada.

New home construction innovations, and living smaller, will require less lumber in the very near future. If anything, the current global lumber supply is excessive and not likely to be in short supply over the next decade.

What does that mean for lumber prices? Unfortunately... equal or more volatility. The reason is Eurowood transit time. Specifically, the ability to buy speculatively 1–2 months in advance. Inventory accumulations and liquidations will still occur. Eurowood will make our lumber market more complicated for home builders and contractor yards. Distributors and brokers will have to take more risks.

Trucking along the East and Gulf Coasts will be redefined.

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There is no reason to have any lumber bought beyond the end of July. Western Canadian SPF will fall just as quickly as it’s rising. I expect mid-July through August will give lumber prices a brutal beat down.

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ermanent modular buildings are considered real property, built to the same building codes and requirements as site-built structures, and can be financed, sold, and depreciated in a similar manner.

As such, the markets for permanent modular construction are similar to the markets for site-built contractors, with few exceptions. One of the fastest growing markets for modular construction is the multi-family sector.

Modular construction offers the ability to provide condominiums, apartments, and student dorms in about half the time as traditional, site-built construction methods.

Federal, state, and local governments around the world are struggling with policies to help address the growing housing crisis. So how big is this problem?

According to a recent report called “The State of the Nation’s Housing 2018” issued by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (JCHS): Homeownership rates among young adults are even lower than in 1988, Modular multi-family project in Seattle, Washington from and the share of cost-burdened Jackson|Main Architecture, DCI Engineers, and Guerdon Modular Buildings. renters is significantly higher, with almost half of all renters paying more than 30% of their income for housing. Soaring housing costs are largely to blame. The national median rent rose 20% faster than overall inflation between 1990 and 2016 and the median home price rose 41% faster. While better housing quality accounts for some of the increased costs, higher costs for building materials and labor, limited productivity gains, increased land costs, new regulatory barriers, and growing income inequality all played major roles as well.

In California alone, about 180,000 housing units are needed annually to keep pace with population needs, yet only about 80,000 housing units come online. Each year, California falls another 100,000 housing units behind. In a recent New York Times article, it was reported that the federal government now classifies a family of four earning up to $117,400 as low-income around San Francisco’s Bay Area.

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The Housing Crisis Solution Coalition (HCSC) believes the nation has reached a crisis point. HCSC focuses on policies and legislation aimed at bringing a new perspective to the housing policy debate. “For the two decades between 1960 and 1980, ten million apartments were built in the United States. Volume supply met demand at rental rates affordable to most American renters. By contrast, between 2000 and 2020 less than five million multi-family units will be built; with only 20% (or one million units) considered affordable. At the same time, renter household formation exceeded seven million new renters creating a shortfall of six million affordable housing units.”

Perhaps it should come as no surprise that the multi-family sector was the fastest growing for the modular industry in 2018. Total production of multi-family modules more than doubled from 1,136 units in 2017 to 2,314 units in 2018. California, Massachusetts, Florida, New York, Washington, New Jersey, and Colorado were the top seven states (in order) with the most modular multi-family units, based on state labeling data. These states also represented 87% of all multi-family modular units manufactured in 2018.

Based on state label information, the multi-family market accounted for about 8.9% of all industry production in 2018, up from 5.0% in 2017. This production still represents less than 1% of all new multifamily developments in 2018, indicating a huge market opportunity for an industry that can deliver on speed to occupancy.

The Modular Building Institute (MBI) analyzed project data from 17 modular multi-family projects constructed over the past four years. On average, the projects were 33,182 total square feet, with the modular portion constituting 27,261 square feet or 82% of the total project. On average, the projects consisted of approximately 50 modules each.

Accelerated project timelines are driving greater interest in multi-family.

These projects were completed in just 241 days from approval to occupancy.

MBI obtained cost data on four projects in this market. The average value of these projects was $22,816,754 with the modular portion making up 33% of total value.

While the cost and value of the projects was comparable to traditional construction methods, the earlier occupancy had a significant impact on cash flow. For Union Flats in San Francisco, CA from David Baker Architects, example, consider the following project at Guerdon Modular Buildings, and DCI Engineers. an initial construction cost of $10,000,000 and assuming the modular project is completed and ready to rent in eight months while the traditional project is ready in fourteen months. A complex with 35 units rented at $2,000/month with an occupancy rate of 90% would generate $63,000 in monthly rental income. All other expenses – including taxes, insurance, and maintenance – remaining equal, the modular project would generate an additional $378,000 in revenue for the owner due to earlier occupancy.

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This cash flow difference alone is enough to encourage many developers to consider modular construction. The added benefits of cost certainty, quality, and worker safety make this an obvious growth market for the modular industry.

With so many jurisdictions struggling with affordable housing concerns, we feel that the modular construction industry can help play a vital role in helping to alleviate the housing gap.

Tom Hardiman has served as the Executive Director for the Modular Building Institute (MBI) since 2004. The Modular Building Institute is the international nonprofit trade association serving the commercial modular construction industry for over 35 years. As the Voice of Commercial Modular Construction™, MBI promotes the advantages of modular construction while advocating for the removal of barriers that limit growth opportunities. Through its long-standing relationships with member companies, policy makers, developers, architects, and contractors, MBI has become the trusted source of information for the commercial modular construction industry.

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-------------------------------------------------ID: C10853 Remote Design Manager | Remote Offshore Design Project Manager Relocation: Texas Top level Engineering/Design Management candidate, 14+- years experience Truss, 4+- Panel experience. Has experience building and integrating offshore design resources with internal design departments and training design managers to better utilize offshore capabilities. Large volume manufacturer experience. MiTek Sapphire design/layout proficient. Too confidential to go into more detail.

Compensation: $120k+ -------------------------------------------------ID: C12195 Remote Truss Designer Relocation: USA - ALL States Design trusses and layouts for commercial work using Alpine software.

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Compensation: $70's+ (45+- hours) -------------------------------------------------ID: C18402 Plant/Location/General Manager Relocation: Virginia In addition to 9 years as General Manager at a $10M roof and floor truss facility, was Inside sales of custom home packages including floor, wall panels, roof truss, and all framing materials. Sales and design for Custom building components in the Virginia Maryland, and DC markets for single family

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-------------------------------------------------ID: C18401 Truss Estimator - MiTek Sapphire Structure | Mega-Multifamily Relocation: Alabama, Georgia, USA - South Estimated Roof and Floor Trusses for both Commercial and Residential Projects.

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Primary projects: Custom Homes, Tract, Commercial, Multifamily up to 4 story 200 units and multi-building apartment complexes.

-------------------------------------------------ID: C18365 Intermediate Canadian Remote Truss Designer - Sapphire Relocation: Ontario Remote Truss Designer available.. Currently provides technical support and designs to lumber distributors for roof systems for residential and commercial applications.

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As Production Manager (12 years), manage to make it tell your story better. See why strategic planning, market and sales -------------------------------------------------- all the areas of the manufacturing across the we say “It’s like having a first interview”. development; ability to drive multi-million ID: C11760 plant. Safety, quality control, efficiencies, dollar growth, institute “Best Practices” for Management/Operations/Sales - Building HR, etc... Software: MiTek, Word, Excel, small to medium emerging and expanding Components, LBM Manufacturing OptiFrame. Products: R & F Truss, Panel, companies, managing budgets to $ 30M Relocation: USA - ALL States, Arizona, Framing package. Markets: Single Family, with full P&L accountability and oversight. California, Colorado, Alabama, Florida, Multifamily, Custom Homes. Bilingual TheJobLine searches year around for Hawaii, Massachusetts, Nevada, New English/Spanish spoken and written. Degree candidates that meet our employer ’s 20+ Years of truss/panel/EWP manufacturing Mexico, North Carolina, New Hampshire, in Industrial Engineering. requirements. With our state of the art and business management experience. In South Carolina website, multiple job board subscriptions, 2006 at the height of residential construction I am an Accomplished Manufacturing Compensation: $60's-70's+ truss designer testing, and the JobLine distributed $ 24.0 in Lumber, Architectural and Operations Leader with a history of -------------------------------------------------- candidate profile, we have the tools to do Millwork and Windows and $ 8.5 M in increasing responsibility. My proven ID: C15995 the job right, Guaranteed! manufactured wood components. In this experience covers contractor building Truss Designer - MiTek position optimized design and production materials and manufacturing to the Relocation: Florida I have been doing this for over 23 years. process, which increased output and reduced construction and turnkey fields. I have over Because of my reputation for Strict labor and material costs. Hired trained and 16 years of management and leadership Truss Designer. Primary duties: design, Confidentiality, I am the go-to Recruiter mentored middle management; negotiated experience, and am seeking a management layout, optimization, and cutting/production for our industry. union labor contracts. Implemented position with a progressive company that documents. Secondary duties: checking “Lean and JIT” fabrication procedures; offers advancement commensurate to job others work. Software used: MiTek and Put me on your team and I will show you consolidated raw material inventory, performance.

AutoCAD. Component experience includes how having theJobLine as your “Recruiter implemented batch fabrication process -------------------------------------------------- floor trusses and roof trusses. Market Down the Hall” can solve your hiring needs. and continuous production flow. Enhanced ID: C17213 experience includes single family, multischeduling system to accurately track Remote Truss Designer family, light commercial, and agriculture. Don’t miss the production and achieve on-time delivery, Relocation: California My volume was varied depending on perfect employee! established QC metrics, quality assurance projects. 2 years experience, MiTek and OSHA-approved safety programs. My professional objective is to obtain software.

After 2006, helped company downsize and a position with a Building Components -------------------------------------------------- Talk to me today! then worked as a consultant for turn around Manufacturer that will allow me to work ID: C13437 800-289-5627 x1 opportunities. Computer literate, Alpine and forty-plus hours per week from anywhere Remote Truss Designer | In Office Truss twm@thejobline.com MiTek experience, Microsoft Office. in the United States. I am a production Designer | Design Manager -------------------------------------------------- specialist and work best given the freedom Relocation: Ohio See What I can do for You! ID: C11465 to work on my own with multiple projects Sales/Operations/Management - Truss/ setting in my queue. With me, pressure If it is big, bad, ugly, or worse, I can handle Panel/Building Materials produces results. it. I've done layout and profile work in Relocation: USA - ALL States, USA - South autocad w/ some home brewed scripting, I enjoy working on Custom, high-end and ArchiCAD. Custom residential, a few 10 years industry experience. Successfully residential projects where the design is track builders that had 3 base models and

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-------------------------------------------------ID: C11856 Designer/Design Manager - Truss/Panel/IJoist/Stairs/EWP Relocation: Ohio 18 years Design experience with 3 as a Senior Designer. Primary duties: design, layout, and optimization. Secondary duties: checking others work and repairs.

Software used: MiTek Sapphire, Robbins, Keymark, and AutoCAD. Component experience includes floor trusses, roof trusses, wall panels, I-Joists, and hardware.

Market experience includes tract, single family, single family custom, multi-family, and agriculture. My volume was varied depending on projects.

-------------------------------------------------ID: C18310 Truss Designer | Estimator Relocation: Virginia Responsible for project management/ design of commercial design -build projects up to $5 million. Directly manage subcontracted architectural, structural, and mechanical designers/engineers, develop project estimates and designs utilizing Revit software. Work closely with project superintendents providing technical support while delivering projects within budget and on time. Initiate contact with new clients, answer sales calls, and develop project criteria. Prior Truss Designer a few years back with 2 years MiTek experience.

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ID: C10789 Production Manager/Supervisor - Truss/ Panel Relocation: Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, USA - Northwest, Wisconsin 20 years experience. Responsible for all aspects of truss and panel production, inventory, performance reviews. 65 workers, $9M year. WTCA quality control certified.

----------------------------------------------------\ ID: C11636 General Manager - Truss Relocation: USA - ALL States 20+ Years truss industry experience from Design Manager to Owner/GM of a $7M truss manufacturing company. Turned a plant hemorrhaging money into an extremely profitable facility, earning an 51% ownership stake in the company. I managed all aspects of the company from production and admin to Human Resources, design, and sales. P&L responsible for the financial management of lines of credit, accounting, and analysis. Worked directly with major accounts, trained and supported sales manager and staff. Developed market focus and worked closely with sales manager to support technical and design areas of expertise.

Organized manufacturing systems and procedures to control costs and quality, oversaw buying to keep costs at a minimum and inventory lean but available. Developed LEAN procedures that minimized labor steps, eliminated duplication between stations, and made sure that safety procedures and reporting requirement were maintained. Overall, I had a hands on role in all areas of the company to make sure it operated efficiently and very profitably.

Market conditions and competition from larger competitors ultimately required us to close the company.

-------------------------------------------------ID: C18277 Professional Engineer | Engineering Manager - Engineered Wood Products, Components Structural Hardware | Codes & Compliance Relocation: Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, USA - Eastern, Virginia, Washington DC Experienced and successful professional engineering manager with over 25 years experience in improving productivity and resolving structural problems for engineered wood product and truss manufacturers and developing innovative design software programs. Also skilled in building outstanding teams and relationships among sales, manufacturing, and engineering stakeholders. Highly educated with exceptional employment history & experience.

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Hiring Zone - Available Candidates ID: C10897 Design Manager/Senior Designer/PE/ Optimizer - Truss/Panel/EWP Relocation: USA - South 30 year industry veteran, started as a Truss Designer, earned his way to Design Manager over 20+ designers. MiTek - Advanced, AutoCAD proficient. BSCE - PE. Compensation: Open??

Thom's Notes: PE with Mid Atlantic seals -------------------------------------------------ID: C18266 Senior Sales Management | General Manager | Regional Manager Relocation: Arizona, California, Texas, USA - Southwest Proven Engineered Wood Components industry leader with 20 years of experience.

Expert level knowledge of wood trusses, wall panels, I-joist and related products.

Seeking a long-term leadership position with a progressive company. Built and developed new start up locations from 0 to upwards of 45 million dollars in annual revenue.

-------------------------------------------------ID: C18250 Remote Senior Light Gage Steel Truss/ Panel Designer.

Relocation: Texas Top level Light Gage Steel Senior Remote Designer with Truss and Panel and well as metal frame commercial project experience.

Alpine, Truswal and Keymark experience.

-------------------------------------------------ID: C12414 Truss Designer | Wall Panel Designer | All Hats Relocation: Arizona Engineered panel and truss design, developed material take off for turnkey build up, worked in coordination with multiple plants and design teams, worked closely with material suppliers on take offs and estimating.

I've worked for decades in the construction industry. Not only in new construction, but additions and remodels as well using innovative designs for added value and to drive down cost. In addition to experience with MiTek, Wallbuilder and other design software packages, I have extensive manual trig/math skills. I use these to back check questionable loads as well to design from scratch in the field when needed. I have also written tutorials for the training of others and checked other designer's work as a Design Manager at a Panel Plant. All things being equal, I love working in components whether designing, cutting, building or setting components at the site.

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July 2019 #11240 Page #94 ID: C17230 Remote Wall Panel Designer - Sapphire Relocation: Newfoundland My objective is to be part of a team/company and prove I am reliable, show my ability and my willingness to learn! In addition to being a newer wall panel designer, I have learned software such as Mitek Sapphire, Revit 2017, Bluebeam Revu 2016. I have recently done jobs such as designing garages and adding on additions to homes. Jobs I have worked in wall paneling include a massive wall panel job for the US (500,000+ SFT) and designed units for a senior complex.

In addition to wall panels...I also add in blocking, windows, doors, etc. I also do bundling and paperwork as well.

-------------------------------------------------ID: C12220 Design/Design Manager - Truss/EWP/ Remote or at Plant Relocation: Pennsylvania Remote / Satellite Truss Designer Roof / Floor truss design utilizing Mitek Sapphire design software. Project estimating, including roof system, floor system, and wall panels. Responsible for 100% of quoting and preparations for production for our #2 and #4 clients. Maintained a database for a major tract builder, producing 5-8 house a week.

Truss & Engineered Wood Products Design Manager / Sales. Oversaw all aspects of Truss & Engineered Wood Products operations and sales. Maintained personal sales accounts, as well as developed new clients. Customer service from the quote stage to production, including verifying sight conditions and field measuring.

Produced production drawings and reviewed / corrected design staff, MiTek / Truss Joist software. Responsible for maintaining lumber / plate inventory.

-------------------------------------------------ID: C17191 Remote Truss Designer/Part Time Relocation: USA - Northwest My objective is to be a part of a Design Team where I can contribute to the success of the company, and establish a career as a remote truss designer. I love the challenge of tough projects, and consider it my job to complete my assigned work ahead of time, and to the best of my ability. I won't quit before the job is done fully and accurately.

In addition to 4 years experience with MiTek truss design software, I have worked in the shop as both a sawyer, and a truss builder, so I have first hand knowledge of how a truss should be designed to save time on the shop end. I also worked in framing and using wall panels. So I have first hand knowledge of how a house actually goes together in the real world, and how trusses layout on framing.

My long term goal is establish myself as a reliable truss designer, and to that end, grow

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Outside Sales - Truss | Wall Panel | EWP | Production Manager - Truss -------------------------------------------------- Installed Sales Relocation: Florida ID: C11827 Relocation: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Remote Estimator - Truss/EWP/Lumber/ North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, 20 years experience. Oversaw all the Truss Construction Virginia production and also the warehouse. In the Relocation: Alabama, Florida, Georgia 16 years' experience in outside sales of Truss department, I made sure the line had trusses, wall panels, engineered wood what materials they needed to build, usually Read and interpret blueprints and drawings, components, stairs and other building for the next days orders. I tried to keep generate quantity take-offs on building materials. Projects range from tract to them at least one day ahead, unless there materials, design I-joist floor systems, high volume multifamily apartments. Has were special orders. I made sure production design 2x floor systems, design stick built developed new territory, improved sales quotas were meet. I helped to set budgets for roof/ceiling joist systems, create layouts for in lagging markets, and met or exceeded the Truss and warehouse, then maintained the above roof/floor systems, as a Remote sales goals in most years. Has turn key that budget. In the warehouse, I made sure Estimator. Bachelor's Degree in Building installed sales experience, and has limited workers were pulling the orders correctly Construction. Tested 73 on the JLTDSE. design skills from the past. Please inquire then also loading them correctly on the for additional information. Easy relocate. truck. I instilled a clean work area ethic in ----------------------------------------------------\ -------------------------------------------------- my employees. I hired, fired and trained We’re here when you need help!

ID: C13445 ID: C15891 all the truss department and warehouse visit: www.thejobline.com Truss Designer | Wall Panel Designer | Truss Truss Production Manager | Supeprvisor employees. When needed I would get on email: mail@thejobline.com Cutting Technician Relocation: Colorado the production line to help out, give breaks Relocation: Texas, Arizona or to just have a little fun at doing my old or call Thomas McAnally Oversaw day-to-day operations of plant, job. Between the two departments I was for Personalized Service 2 years' experience. Perfect entry level trained new employees on all plant responsible for approximately 40 people.

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL! candidate. Design light gauge steel walls machinery, ensured plant met production Built roof and floor trusses, loose lumber and trusses for residential homes and deadlines, shipping and receiving of packages.

Available Candidates small commercial buildings. AutoCAD materials, loading of finished product -------------------------------------------------I have worked in the wood component certificate with Architectural focus. From onto trucks for delivery, documentation of ID: C15763 business since 1980. Over the years I have the candidate: I have a strong architectural managerial related records, forklift certified. Remote Truss Designer - MiTek, Multifamily worked for plate & Software Vendors, background and come from a construction 7 years' experience, began as a sawyer.

Relocation: Kentucky Truss Manufacturers, started my own family. I've seen or worked in most facets of truss business and have run other peoples the construction field. From masonry work My objective is to utilize my experience in Truss Designer with 3 years experience, businesses. I have pretty much done every to framing to roofing since I was a teenager. production work and building trusses, and Sapphire, AutoCAD, MBA, and some ITW job you can find in a truss plant at least to I'm very passionate about what I do , self working with a strong team in an established software experience. "Looking to work fill in when needed. My objective is to find motivated and always strive to be the best. company. Continue to learn new procedures, for a well established truss company as a a company where I can use my experience Very picky with my work and I don't like systems, skills, and earn more about the truss remote designer in both wall panels and to help promote a profitable and safe work to do anything wrong and failure is not an building industry. I enjoy working with my truss design. I want to continue to grow my environment. option for me. I always try to do whatever is hands, building things, and having a sense of design skills so that I can be the best designer -------------------------------------------------needed to achieve company goals. pride in the high quality of the end product. than I can be. I enjoy the design aspect of ID: C12315 -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- the job and look forward to working through COO/CFO/GM/SM - Truss/Panel/EWP/ ID: C11781 ID: C15857 projects one day at a time." Experience with LBM Truss Design Manager Senior Truss Designer | Remote Truss residential, commercial, and multifamily Relocation: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Relocation: New York Designer | Design Manager design, with emphasis on multifamily.

Michigan, Ohio Relocation: California -------------------------------------------------Worked on the most complicated custom ID: C10810 Drove growth in Sales that necessitated projects, commercial buildings, and Truss Designer. Primary duties: design, Designer/Inside Sales - Truss recruitment of mid-level managers (Sales apartment complexes. Quickly became a layout, optimization, cutting/production Relocation: Virginia & Production) to help grow the Company. team leader and was considered company documents, and takeoff. Secondary duties: Grew commercial and multi-family wide as an expert in truss framing and checking others work, scheduling, repairs, 6 years design experience, 1 inside sales. sales with over 100% growth in total computer applications. Provided training customer service, inside sales, and field Primary duties: design, layout, optimization, revenue. Developed and implemented for a group of 30 experienced component measurements. Software used: MiTek and cutting/production documents, and takeoff. improved plant management and safety designers in topics including load tracking, AutoCAD. Component experience includes Secondary duties: scheduling, repairs, systems. Manage all operations including truss and layout optimization, and hardware floor trusses, roof trusses, I-Joists, EWP, and customer service, inside sales, and field production management and scheduling, specification. Optimization training helped hardware. Market experience includes tract, measurements. Software used: MiTek, fleet procurement and management, all to reduced material costs by 5%. Developed single family, single family custom, multi- AutoCAD, and CAD - Other. Component HR functions and all accounting/banking departmental procedures to increase family, and light commercial. My volume experience includes floor trusses and roof functions. consistency and accuracy of all designs was varied depending on projects. Has used trusses. Market experience includes tract, -------------------------------------------------and estimates. Reduced errors on repetitive MiTek, Alpine, AutoCAD, and Microsoft single family, single family custom, multiID: C10234 projects by 25% by creating the master Office programs. family, light commercial, and agriculture.

Outside Truss Sales/Technical | Estimator project file database, which organized and My volume was varied depending on Relocation: Colorado, Wyoming provided fast and easy access to project The candidate has been out of the industry, projects. Past carpenter and framer. Has information. Streamlined estimating process working in parallel jobs, and wants to return an engineering related associates degree/ 35 years construction experience, 25 in for commercial construction projects. to a design position. Scored Senior Designer drafting truss sales. Sells Trusses wholesale. Sells Analyzed the final cost of completed using an HP calculator, 8 years after his Trusses to Builders and Owner Builders projects and applied results to new estimates. last truss design job. Speed was faster than Compensation: $45k+ and service the account through Design, Reduced estimating time by 75% Managed average too. It may take a little time for -------------------------------------------------Pricing, Production, Delivery, Installation, up to 10 designers/sales reps. Software: him to get up to speed on the latest software. ID: C11348 and problem solving. Also service National MiTek, AutoCAD. Ranked 5 out of 5 in our system.

Sales/Management - Truss/Panel/EWP/ accounts which involves solving all the -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Software in-field problems. Dealing directly with Relocation: USA - Eastern, Florida, USA the project Supervisor on missing trusses, - South damaged, missing plates, trusses don't plane,

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-------------------------------------------------ID: C15679 LGS Truss & Panel PE Relocation: USA - Eastern, USA - South As Engineering Manager I was responsible for oversight of all technical and engineering engagements. Design of light gauge metal trusses, wall panels, shear walls, for hotels, retirement homes and other commercial and residential structures. Making jobs viable by replacing red-iron with light gauge metal was key to solidifying more projects. I was actively engaged in computer software development of truss design and coordinating overseas programming efforts into truss layout.

As Senior Technical Services Engineer, I held the nation-wide responsibility for all light gauge cold-formed steel truss engineering including field applied repair design. I provided technical advice and counsel to our staff and functioned as a subject matter expert (SME) for all three product divisions. As a result, I augmented my professional registrations to include 38 States, 1 District, and 1 Canadian Province.

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ID: C15673 Outside Sales - Truss/EWP/I-Joist Relocation: North Carolina I was responsible for calling on builders and retail lumberyards selling floor and roof trusses, LVL, EWP and hardware. I would talk to the builder or lumberyard salesperson to see what there exact needs were and would then do a hand takeoff to generate pricing. I was also available do make job site visits if there were any situations that needed resolved. I went to my new employer as an Account Manager we used Mitek along with management software. I was able to take 95% of my existing customers that knew how good a job I always did for them.

I was able to grow the market from $0.00 to $2,500,000. I worked with track builders, custom home builders and light commercial.

With my education and passion for the building industry it was easy for me to do my job. I enjoy dealing with people, reading blue prints and being able to provide my customers with valued engineering, a quality product and outstanding customer service.

-------------------------------------------------ID: C15658 Senior Truss Designer Relocation: Saskatchewan As Design Manager: Primary duties: in house design staff supervision with a remote team (of designers) based in India, shop quality control, monitoring of work flow from sales to production and designer's training. Secondary duties: design, layout, optimization, and cutting/production documents checking others work, customer service, field measurements. Software used: MiTek and AutoCAD. Component experience includes floor trusses, roof trusses, I Joists, EWP, hardware, and lumber.

Market experience includes single family, single family custom, multi-family, light commercial, and agriculture. My volume was varied depending on projects.

As Senior Truss Designer: Primary duties: design, layout, optimization, and cutting/ production documents. Secondary duties: checking others work, scheduling, field measurements, and training. Software used: MiTek. Component experience includes roof trusses, hardware, and lumber.

Market experience includes single family, single family custom, multi-family, light commercial, and agriculture. My volume was varied depending on projects.

Canadian citizen, eligible for NAFTA visa.

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Hiring Zone - Available Candidates ID: C10042 Designer/Estimator/Inside Sales - Truss Relocation: Utah I have 8 years industry experience and 7.5 years experience in this position. Markets include tract, single family, custom, high end, multi-family, light commercial, and agriculture. Products include floor trusses, roof trusses, I-Joists, lumber, and complete framing packages. My primary duties include design, layout, optimization, cutting/ production documents, and takeoff. I was also responsible for checking others work, repairs, customer service, inside sales, field measurements, training, and filling in for the Design Manager as needed. Software experience includes MiTek, TJ Expert.

Compensation:$50k+ -------------------------------------------------ID: C10410 Outside Sales/Sales Manager/Product Manager - Modular/Building Components.

Relocation: Illinois, Wisconsin, California, Colorado, USA - Southwest, USA - ALL States, British Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Quebec, South Carolina, Alberta, Canada - Western/Central Specializing in Sales Management, and Builder/Developer sales of Modular Homes and Engineered Building Components.

Market penetration, product management and project management specialist with over 15 years of experience. Works with Architects, Engineers, Building Inspectors, Manufacturers, and end users to develop, sell and produce projects including Tract Homes, Modular Homes (Single and Multi Story), and Component Packages. This is not a blue sky guy. He has hands on experience in Lumber Sales, Modular Home Sales, Builder/Developer Sales, and managing new products from concept, design, engineering, approvals, manufacturing, marketing, to successful sales programs. MBA: Marketing & Finance.

Compensation: Open based on job and location.

-------------------------------------------------ID: C14490 General Manager | Operations Manager | Turn Around Relocation: Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas Full P&L turnaround of a family owned light gage steel panel manufacturing company.

Turned it form a mom and pop, into a large, functioning manufacturing company that had systems, KPI programs, personnel development, and a growing customer base. Ready to help take your company to the next level.

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July 2019 #11240 Page #96 ID: C11976 Design/Estimating/Sales - Truss/LGS Relocation: New York Experienced wood & cold formed steel truss designer with 12 years experience using MiTek Industries and Aegis Metal Framing products and software. Seasoned sales professional with 8 years experience selling; wood roof & floor trusses and accessories, metal roof trusses and accessories, and the sale of component design and engineering services. A highly motivated designer and sales person with a proven track record for achieving excellence, building long term business relationships, and providing impeccable service to contractors, engineers, architects, and developers throughout New York and New England. Specialize in design build and defense contracting from early pre-bid/qualification stages through installation.

-------------------------------------------------ID: C11501 Production/Plant/Location Manager - Truss/ Panel/I-Joist/Framing Package Relocation: North Carolina 20 years experience. Managed 6 different locations over 12 years. Started 2 panel plant from scratch.Increased production at all plants I managed. Was promoted to Manufacturing Manager in 2009 over multiple plants. Worked closely with the designers, became proficient with the MBA and MVP programs. Trained 3 different people to become plant managers.

Can operate all saws, computer systems, forklifts, trucks. Started up a Panel Plant in 2004. Plant Manager of the year two out of the three years the program was in place.

Only Manager to go two years in a row, at different locations with no accidents.

Compensation: $50-70k+ incentive with future opportunity for more.

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- Truss/Panel/Installed Relocation: Georgia As Location Manager, managed one estimator, four designers, a secretary/ data entry person, and a shop of 40 truss production employees. As Senior Designer, primary duties: design, layout, optimization, and takeoff. Secondary duties: checking others work, scheduling, repairs, customer service, and training. Software used: Alpine and AutoCAD. Component experience includes floor trusses, roof trusses, wall panels, framed openings, I-Joists, EWP, hardware, lumber, and complete framing package. Market experience includes tract, single family, single family custom, multifamily, and light commercial.

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Las cerchas de madera ayudan a crear grandes espacios abiertos en los que vivir y trabajar. Las cerchas son resistentes debido a que sus componentes triangulares se sujetan entre sí. No obstante, las construcciones con cerchas mal ejecutadas pueden derrumbarse como un castillo de naipes y lastimar a los trabajadores.

Wood trusses help create large, open living and work spaces. Trusses Las personas encargadas de la instalación de las cerchas y el operador are strong because of their triangular components fastened together. de la grúa deben coordinar sus funciones mediante la creación de un However, improper truss construction can come tumbling down like a plan de trabajo. El plan debe incluir información referente a dónde house of cards and injure workers. se construirán y almacenarán las cerchas, así como en qué orden se The truss installation crew and crane operator should coordinate instalarán y cómo se sujetarán y afianzarán. their efforts by creating a job plan. The plan should include information Antes de comenzar la construcción, examine la armadura y las on where the trusses will be built, stored, in what order they will be cerchas con el fin de asegurarse de que sean sólidas y estables. Para installed, and how they will be fastened and secured. proteger la estabilidad de las cerchas, se deben almacenar apropiadamente, Before beginning construction, examine the framing system and trusses to ensure that they are solid and stable. To protect the stability of the trusses, store them properly by supporting them off of the ground on platforms, etc. Don’t cut, drill or alter trusses unless you have explicit instructions to do so from the truss manufacturer.

Make sure stored trusses are kept bundled together so they don’t slide and shift. Loose trusses should be stored horizontally stacked. Move trusses in the upright position using the top chords as anchor points. Don’t lift or move truss bundles using their storage banding, it could give way suddenly and drop the load. Don’t let trusses bend laterally, they could break suddenly and cause injuries.

colocándolas sin que toquen el piso, en plataformas, etc. No corte, perfore ni altere las cerchas a menos de que el fabricante de éstas dé instrucciones explícitas para ello.

Asegúrese de que las cerchas almacenadas se agrupen juntas, de modo que no se deslicen ni se corran. Las cerchas sueltas deben almacenarse y apilarse horizontalmente.

Mueva las cerchas en posición vertical usando los tirantes superiores como puntos de apoyo.

No levante ni mueva las cerchas agrupadas usando sus cintas de almacenamiento, ya que podrían ceder repentinamente y dejar caer la carga. No permita que las cerchas se doblen lateralmente dado que podrían quebrarse súbitamente y causar lesiones.

Instale y afiance las cerchas de acuerdo con el plan de diseño de la construcción.

Asegúrese de que las cerchas estén bien sujetas con dispositivos de fijación en todos los puntos requeridos, de modo que no se vengan abajo. Instale revestimiento Install and secure trusses according to the building design plan. estructural en las cerchas a medida que las va instalando para cubrirlas, Ensure that trusses are properly secured with restraints at all required protegerlas y estabilizarlas. No almacene equipos ni materiales en las points so they don’t topple over. Install structural sheathing on the trusses cerchas a menos de que éstas satisfagan la capacidad de carga. as you go to cover, protect, and stabilize them. Don’t store equipment Antes de construir con cerchas es necesario entender las reglas de and materials on truss systems unless they meet the load capacity. seguridad de la obra. Use los equipos de protección personal requeridos

Before truss construction, understand construction site safety rules.

Use the personal protective equipment required to do the job safely. Use fall protection where needed with proper harnesses and anchor points.

Use a crane safely by getting required certification and following good hoisting procedures.

para realizar el trabajo de un modo seguro. Use dispositivos de protección contra caídas donde sea necesario, con arneses y puntos de apoyo adecuados. Las grúas deben utilizarse con seguridad, obteniendo para ello la certificación correspondiente y siguiendo los procedimientos apropiados para elevar objetos pesados.

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5th Pacific Timber Engineering Conference (PTEC 2019) Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers Assoc. (MLMA) Convention & Trade Show Mountain States Lumber and Building Material Dealers Assoc. (MSLBMA) Golf Tournament Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assoc. (SLMA) Annual Conference Alabama Component Manufacturers Assoc. (ACMA) Chapter Meeting West Coast Lumber & Building Material Assoc. (WCLBMA) 2nd Growth Summer Conference

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University of Texas Building Professional Institute (BPI) – West Texas Multifamily Executive Conference (MEC) NAHB Building Systems Housing Summit ProDealer Industry Summit Mountain States Lumber & Building Material Dealers Assoc. (MSLBMDA) Fall Conference WoodWorks Northeast Wood Design Symposium Builder Connections 2019 METALCON 2019 North American Wholesale Lumber Assoc. (NAWLA) Traders Market Do it Best Fall Market ICC Annual Conference with Building Safety & Design Expo Building Component Manufacturers Conference (BCMC) Architect Connections 2019

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Attaching a Deck Ledger to a Home Through Brick or Masonry Veneer — the BVLZ Solution

By Rachel Holland, P.E.

Brick or masonry veneer has traditionally posed a problem to homeowners and contractors seeking to attach a deck to a home without removing large portions of the veneer or siding. No longer is that the case, thanks to the innovative BVLZ brick veneer ledger connector from Simpson Strong-Tie. In this article, Rachel Holland, P.E., an R&D structural engineer at Simpson Strong-Tie, explains the research and insights that went into testing and developing this revolutionary connector.

When a homeowner with a brick veneer home wants a deck, how do you safely add outdoor living space? Did you know that the building codes do not allow for the brick veneer to carry any load except for the weight of the brick above it?

Because of these code provisions set forth in the IRC and DCA6, it’s difficult to attach a deck to a structure without either removing large portions of brick, as is required by some products available on the market, or building a freestanding deck. But even a freestanding deck comes with its own set of challenges. Many times the deck posts obstruct downstairs windows and doors. In addition, ensuring the new deck post footing is in undisturbed soil can be challenging. Often, that soil is located much deeper than one would guess, especially if there is a basement, because the soil adjacent to a house is disturbed.

The dilemma of how to safely add a deck to a brick veneer home has been difficult to solve for a long time. After hearing the challenges our customers face, we set out to develop a new solution that would bypass the brick completely and attach the deck safely to the structural framing behind the brick veneer. We spent more than a year researching and designing multiple iterations of various prototypes in order to develop a part that would meet our criteria.

From all that trial and error, however, the BVLZ brick veneer ledger connector was born. There are many field variables that made the design of this new product very challenging, but it was that much more rewarding when we were finally able to hit upon the solutions. For example, across the country, existing airspaces between the veneer and the framing vary, brick sizes also vary, and the list of variables goes on. In order to have one part accommodate the majority of these variables, we designed a threaded compression strut that allowed for adjustability in the field and developed Continued next page

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a new screw with a longer thread length than we typically offer. There are additional challenges involved with the fact that this connector will attach to, and depend on existing framing. By orienting the screws at an upward angle, we were able to impose a tension force at the top of the rim, and then the compression strut stops the ledger from bearing in on the brick. These two components act in a truss-like manner. Because cross-grain bending is unpredictable, we needed to ensure that the existing framing conditions could support this type of load.

We determined allowable loads for the BVLZ using the lowest of the following values: 1. Lowest ultimate load of three tests (or average of six) with a safety factor of three 2. Average load at ⅛” deflection 3. Calculations per American Wood Council National Design Specification for Wood Construction (NDS)® We tested the BVLZ in accordance with AC13 both as a single connection and as a component of a deck system.

Here you can see one of the assembly tests with the deck on the right. On the left is an existing interior floor Assembly testing of the BVLZ system modeling when floor joists are parallel to the rim board. We discuss testing of wood connectors in more detail in this blog post. For the BVLZ, we evaluated the shear and withdrawal capacity of screws into the rim board with single fastener testing in accordance with AC233.We calculated the capacity of the Strong-Drive® SD Connector screws for transferring the load from the ledger into the BVLZ connector, and the shear and withdrawal capacity of the Strong-Drive SDWH TimberHex screws that transfer the load from the BVLZ ledger plate into the rim board. We also calculated the bearing of the compression strut on a solid rim and wood structural panel (WSP) wall sheathing in front of the rim. The BVLZ is code listed in IAPMO UES ER-280.

From all of the testing and calculations that were performed, we found that the governing load for an engineered design is the bearing capacity of the compression strut on the rim or WSP wall sheathing. In order to maximize the load we needed to increase the diameter of the strut — but again there was a fine balance to uphold, because we wanted to allow the end user to drill reasonably sized holes in the brick veneer. The BVLZ allows the deck to attach to the structure without bearing on the veneer. Through calculations and multiple assembly tests, we confirmed that the strength of the interior framing and fastening was critical to performance. Regardless of how strong we made our part, the framing of the existing building determines the maximum deck load that can be supported by the BVLZ. Therefore, the make-up of the existing structural framing is critical. This connector requires contractors to do some investigative work up front. They need to look into what exists behind the brick. Is there WSP sheathing on the wall? How thick is it?

Looking further, where is the rim board of the house? What size is it? What BVLZ free-body diagram material is it? How is the rim attached to the rest of the framing? Is there interior floor sheathing? How thick is it? How is it attached to the framing? Is there access to the rim from the interior of the home? Answering these questions for each project is essential to understanding whether and how the BVLZ should be used.

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Once all the initial work is done, we provide you with the BVLZ allowable downloads so that an engineered design can be completed. If you are following the IRC requirements for deck building, we provide four different prescriptive spacing tables to help you space the BVLZs on your deck ledger.

1. Prescriptive spacing table without wood structural panel (WSP) on the wall 2. Prescriptive spacing table with wood structural panel (WSP) on the wall 3. Prescriptive spacing table with a reinforced rim board and without wood structural panel (WSP) on the wall 4. Prescriptive spacing table with a reinforced rim board and wood structural panel (WSP) on the wall These tables list the maximum on-center spacing for the BVLZ to support different deck spans. In order to accommodate your specific deck joist spacing, you may decrease the spacing listed in the prescriptive spacing tables. The tables require that the existing framing meets the IRC framing requirements.

Assuming the required pre-work is completed and the installation learning curve has been met (see our installation guide to help you get started), this new deck ledger connector is a code-listed solution that allows homeowners the opportunity to build their dream deck and enjoy outdoor living space without infringing on the view or patio space downstairs.

Learn More About the BVLZ in Our Upcoming Free Webinar

Join us live on July 10 at 11:00 a.m. PT for an interactive webinar on proper methods for deck ledger connections, which will include a discussion on using the BVLZ to safely add a deck to an existing structure with masonry veneer. Attendees will also have an opportunity to ask questions during the event. Continuing education units will be offered for attending this webinar. Register today.

The article, Attaching a Deck Ledger to a Home Through Brick or Masonry Veneer — the BVLZ Solution, appeared first on Simpson Strong-Tie Structural Engineering Blog. To sign-up to receive the Engineering Blog in your inbox, go to seblog.strongtie.com/subscribe.

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Simpson Strong-Tie Renews Lead Sponsorship for Habitat Strong Pleasanton, Calif. — June 18, 2019 — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, announced it has renewed its support of Habitat for Humanity’s Habitat Strong program. Simpson Strong-Tie remains the leading sponsor of the program.

Habitat Strong is designed to promote the building of homes that are more durable, resilient and physically stronger. Habitat homes in areas susceptible to flooding, earthquakes, hurricanes, high winds and wildfires can benefit from Habitat Strong building standards, which include a suite of fortified codes and best practices developed specifically to make homes more resilient in the face of natural disasters or severe weather. Available to all local Habitat organizations across the country, the Habitat Strong program was created to offer Habitat for Humanity homeowners long-lasting safety benefits at affordable costs.

Simpson Strong-Tie increased its monetary contribution to the program from $85,000 in 2015 to $150,000 in 2017 and now to $200,000 in 2019. The company has donated a total of $600,000 to the program.

“The value of the Habitat Strong program in helping Habitat for Humanity affiliates build to code-plus is tremendous,” said Simpson Strong-Tie COO Ricardo Arevalo. “This program can save lives and structures, and we are thankful for the opportunity to continue to support such an important initiative.”

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News & Announcements NAHB Sees Success in Current Code Development Cycle Posted June 21, 2019 on NAHB Now | The News Blog of the National Association of Home Builders.

Reprinted with permission.

Thanks in large part to NAHB members and their tireless efforts to educate codes officials, none of the 26 high-priority code change proposals opposed

by NAHB passed the first stage of International Code Council (ICC) I-Code development.

The ICC recently held its 2019 Group B Committee Action Hearings in Albuquerque, N.M. on proposed changes to the Group B codes for the 2021 edition of the I-codes. Most importantly, Group B includes the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and International Residential Code (IRC).

For example, among the 26 proposed changes that NAHB opposed and deemed a top priority, one included a proposal to require an electric vehicle-ready parking space, with charging infrastructure, on all new single-family homes.

The ICC committees considered nearly 1,400 code change proposals. Overall, the committees supported NAHB’s position on 84% of the proposals where a position was taken.

Other major wins included:  Updating the residential footing table where many of the current provisions require oversizing the footers.  Defeating a proposal that would consider a habitable attic to be a story, subsequently pushing many townhomes out of the residential code.

ICC is accepting public comments on the committee hearing results through July 24. NAHB plans to file at least 36 comments on proposals with unfavorable results. All submitted public comments will be heard at the public comment hearings in October. After the hearings, there will be an online vote open to all ICC governmental voters in November.

NAHB will be asking members to participate in the One & Done campaign to encourage favorable codes voting results. The campaign urges each member to share NAHB’s positions on code changes with at least one code official during a code development cycle.

For more information on building codes or the One & Done campaign, please contact Craig Drumheller.

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Forbes Names 84 Lumber One of America’s Best Large Employers of 2019 Company ranks among 500 renowned organizations from across the country

EIGHTY FOUR, Pa. (June 13, 2019) – 84 Lumber has been named to Forbes’ list of America’s Best Large Employers of 2019. The privately held building materials supplier ranks among 500 organizations that include well-known brands such as Trader Joe’s, Southwest Airlines, Google and Apple. 84 Lumber was listed on Forbes’ Best Midsize Employers list in 2016 and 2017.

“We’re honored to once again be recognized by Forbes as a top employer in the United States,” said Maggie Hardy Knox, president of 84 Lumber. “This achievement further proves 84’s commitment to hard work, long-standing values, and employee satisfaction. I always say that I’m blessed with the best team, and I stand by that.”

Each year, Forbes partners with Statista, a leading provider of market and consumer data, to conduct “an independent survey from a vast sample of more than 50,000 U.S. employees working for companies employing at least 1,000 people in their U.S. operations. The surveys were administered in a series of online panels and provide a representative sample of the U.S. workforce.” Employees were asked to rate how willing they are to recommend their employer to family and friends, and to evaluate other employers in their industry. Participants were also asked to provide feedback on various workrelated topics, including salary, working conditions, potential for development, and other matters.

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Metabo HPT (formerly Hitachi Power Tools) Extends the Pneumatic A5 Series with the Launch of Pro Finish Nailers

BRASELTON, GA. (June 14, 2019 ) – Metabo HPT (formerly Hitachi Power Tools) today announced the new A5 series of pneumatic Pro Finish nailers including the NT50A5 2” 18-Gauge Pro Brad Nailer and NT65A5 2 1/2” 16-Gauge Pro Finish Nailer.

The new A5 series gives the pros exactly what they’ve been asking for: professional finish nailers for when only the best will do.

The A5 Pro Finish nailers are outfitted with Selective Actuation switches so the users can quickly transition from sequential to contact modes. The quick release noses provide easy access to the nail chamber should a nail jam. They come with factory installed ¼” industrial fittings, and the ideal operating air pressure is 70–120 psi. Hooks are now included with the A5 series and can be mounted on the left or right side for user convenience on the jobsite. Ergonomic long-lasting non-slip rubber grips on the handles help maintain a secure hold. These nailers offer an incredible power to weight ratio and are designed to balance in the user’s hands for minimum fatigue during extended use or overhead applications.

The NT50A5 2” 18-Gauge Pro Brad nailer accepts nails ranging from 5/8”–2” in length. The newly redesigned high-grade aluminum magazine not only provides exceptional durability, but also prevents jams caused by fastener overlap. The integrated air duster is convenient allowing the user to quickly clear any dust or debris from the work surface. The automatic dry-fire lock-out protects the workpiece by not allowing the tool to operate if there are no nails in the magazine.

The NT65A5 Pro Finish nailer drives 16-gauge straight finish nails ranging from 1½”–2½” in length. It has been redeveloped from the classic NT65A3 specifically for the professional carpenter.

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that can go wrong. This added durability helps get more done with less downtime. The cylinder valve system is also selfcleaning and highly resistant to grease and grime buildup which adds to the simplified low maintenance professionals appreciate.

Constructed with a high-grade aluminum and steel magazine, it delivers exceptional durability and protection against jams. The magazine also accepts three strips of nails at a time and features a locking feeder system to make replenishments quick and easy.

There is nothing better than the classics and the A5 Series Pro Finish nailers are the proof. Each nailer comes with Metabo HPT’s industry leading 5-year warranty, a hook, no-mar tip, tool bag and safety glasses. They are the ideal pneumatic finish nailers for those in the building industry who demand convenience, performance and reliability. For more information including the full line of Metabo HPT products and support, please contact 1-800-829-4752 or visit www.metabo-hpt.com.

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News & Announcements Skender Launches Modular Building Production at its Chicago Advanced Manufacturing Facility

May 28, 2019 — Skender, a vertically integrated design, construction and manufacturing firm, today launched production at its advanced manufacturing facility on Chicago’s Southwest Side at 3348 S. Pulaski. The facility will use Skender’s unique, fully-integrated process that takes modular building projects from concept to technical design to advanced fabrication to onsite completion – all with Skender, a 64-year-old legacy builder, skillfully engineering and managing the turnkey sequence. The highly efficient modular building process, completed almost entirely in a climate-controlled environment, increases quality and safety, reduces price, eliminates weather risk and significantly reduces delivery schedule.

“Our production launch is an important milestone in our radical new approach to building. By bringing design, manufacturing and construction under one brand and one integrated team, we can dramatically improve productivity and build more efficiently while increasing the quality of materials and finishes, as well as the energy performance,” said Mark Skender, CEO, Skender. “We are proud to open our facility with a premier workforce and a project that demonstrates a new housing delivery model capable of changing how we fight the affordable housing crisis. This is a true gamechanger.”

Also today, Skender held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the facility with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot; Mark Skender; Gary Perinar, Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters’ executive secretary-treasurer; and multiple City of Chicago officials.

“The new Skender advanced manufacturing facility is a win-win for Chicago: generating job growth on the Southwest side while advancing a creative solution to address the affordable housing shortage,” said Mayor Lightfoot. “We will work with residents, community leaders and developers across the city to ensure every Chicagoan has a safe and affordable place to live. The addition of new modular units will improve access to sustainable housing, prevent homelessness, and ensure that as Chicago grows all of our neighbors can afford to grow too.”

The first modular building project will be an order of 10 affordable-rate, three-flat apartment buildings from Chicago developer Sterling Bay that will help address the city’s critical affordable housing shortage.

The steel-frame three-flats for Sterling Bay will be completed and ready for occupancy in a nine-week production schedule – 80% faster than conventional construction methods – and at a 5% to 20% lower project cost, depending on the comparable delivery method.

“We believe all Chicagoans should have the opportunity to live in well-designed homes that are affordable and enhance the surrounding neighborhood,” said Andy Gloor, CEO of Sterling Bay. “Skender has thoughtfully addressed how to deliver affordable housing in a way that is effective and scalable and can make a real difference across the city of Chicago.”

Other projects in the design stages include modular building for affordable and market-rate multifamily, healthcare and hospitality.

In conjunction with the new factory, Skender has reached a new, unique union agreement with the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters that allows Skender’s manufacturing employees to organize and become bargaining members.

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“The Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters was integral in the development of this revolutionary partnership with Skender,” said Executive Secretary-Treasurer Gary Perinar. “This puts the City of Chicago at the forefront of a new, innovative and efficient method of constructing multifamily, healthcare and hospitality projects through modular manufacturing. Our highly trained and skilled carpenters will ensure high-quality products and projects that will improve and enhance communities across the city.”

At full capacity in about 18 months, Skender’s facility will employ 150 people. To help source, train and prepare the workforce for specialized careers in manufacturing, Skender has partnered with Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters, Cara Chicago, Heartland Alliance, Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT), Central States SER and the Jane Addams Resource Corporation (JARC).

The First Project: Chicago’s Iconic Three-Flats, Reimagined Sterling Bay’s first order of 10 three-flat multifamily buildings will be assembled on lots that are currently vacant in the city’s 27th Ward. Each three-flat consists of 12 modules, totaling approximately 3,750 square feet per building, featuring three two-bedroom, one-bathroom units with modern finishes.

“The city needs more affordable housing and I am thrilled to have these initial units from Sterling Bay and Skender in the 27th Ward,” said 27th Ward Alderman Walter Burnett. “The units produced at this factory will not only create jobs for Chicagoans, but also help address our affordable housing shortage by bringing more housing stock into the market. This is a win for all Chicagoans.”

Sterling Bay’s commitment to build affordable housing extends well beyond the first order of three-flats; the firm is fully committed to Skender’s advanced manufacturing facility as a minority equity investor. As the facility grows to full capacity, Sterling Bay is planning to build affordable housing on more than 100 lots throughout the city, partnering with affordable housing nonprofit organizations to lease and manage the units. In addition, the firm is planning a 7-story, 83-unit, 92,000-SF modular apartment building at 1100 W. Grand Ave. to start during the first quarter of 2020.

Skender’s One-of-A-Kind Approach to Modular Skender’s modular construction approach combines Lean manufacturing practices with the latest integrated building information modeling and manufacturing technology to reduce cost and time to market – two of the biggest challenges in conventional construction.

At its factory, skilled union employees will assemble 95% of the modular components, including fixtures, finishes and most appliances.

“By having our architecture, manufacturing and construction leaders all working together from a single source of truth, we’ve developed a hyper-efficient process that eliminates waste and dramatically cuts the time it takes to bring a building to market,” said Pete Murray, president, Skender Manufacturing. “The learnings from each project inform the next to create even greater time and cost savings.”

After building modules are completed at the factory, they are shipped to destination sites and assembled and finished by Skender construction teams. Skender’s end products are steel modular buildings that are more attractive, more durable and of higher quality and higher energy performance than previous iterations of modular construction.

For more information, visit www.skender.com/modular. ###

About Skender Skender is revolutionizing how the industry builds by unifying construction, design and advanced manufacturing to create a more efficient, streamlined process—and a single source of truth. We bring together every stage of the journey for designing and constructing commercial, healthcare and multifamily properties. Our Lean, integrated and tech-infused business model focuses on optimizing and innovating, ensuring our clients and project partners walk away feeling energized about the design and construction process.

Headquartered in Chicago, we offer expertise to local and global brands. For more information on Skender, visit www.skender.com.

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News & Announcements MiTek Releases Its New ProSeries™ “WSTS Truss/Stud Screw” Available in Two Lengths, and Designed for Truss, Rafter, and Stud Connections, the WSTS Screw Provides Uplift Resistance and Lateral Load Resistance

CHESTERFIELD, Mo.-- May 30, 2019--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MiTek USA today announced that it has released a new ProSeries™ fastener. The new ProSeries™ “WSTS Truss/Stud Screw” provides uplift resistance and lateral load resistance for the following connections: Truss-to-top-plate; rafter-to-top-plate; top-plate-to-stud; stud-to-bottom-plate.

The WSTS Truss/Stud Screw is tested in accordance with ICC-ES AC233 and AC13, and meets 2015 and 2018 IRC and IBC code requirements.

The WSTS Truss/Stud Screw offers a “reverse thread angle” on opposite ends of the screw for greater resistance to withdrawal.

The WSTS Truss/Stud Screw is fully threaded along its length for installation flexibility. The head of the screw is designed to countersink when driven, so the screw is taken out of the way of finishing materials like drywall and trim.

A Type-17 screw point engages the wood quickly for easier starting and driving of the screw.

The WSTS Truss/Stud Screw package includes an installation angle tool that makes proper installations easier. The installation angle tool is also removable so the bit can be used with or without the device.

The screw comes in two lengths: 4½ inch length for stud-to-bottom plate connections, and 6 inch length for connections through the double top plate.

About MiTek MiTek is a diversified global supplier of software, engineered products, services, and equipment to the residential, commercial, and industrial, construction sectors. MiTek Industries’ passion for its associates’ well-being and its customers’ success is the company’s hallmark. A Berkshire Hathaway company (NYSE: BRK-A, NYSE: BRK-B) since 2001, MiTek has operations in more than 40 countries on six continents. Learn more: www.MiTek-us.com and www.MII.com.

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re we seeing the onset of a wave of CM automation or is this déjà vu all over again? Are other CMs following the startups chronicled earlier on these pages: Blueprint Robotics (May 2017) or Katerra (Feb 2018)? Big money is driving it, the big wigs are behind it, and high tech machines are available.

Joe Kannapell - P.E. Senior VP, MiTek USA www.mitek-us.com

Twenty years ago, the last wave of automation was on display at BCMC in Cincinnati.

On the plant tour, Western Home Center displayed a Makron Wall Panel machine imported from Finland. Most talked about was its “extruder” design, in which a single framer laid studs into position and engaged fixed nailers, similar to today’s Spida system. Soon after BCMC, other CMs ordered European Wall Panel lines, and Tommy Wood began driving the Makron lines with his Comsoft Wall Panel software. But today, few of the twenty systems that were installed back then are still running.

Yet the rest of the housing industry around the world embraces those machines, as evidenced by the Ligna Woodworking Show last month in Germany (https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=IoSvn8MjDz8). Americans attending were amazed at the degree of automation demonstrated by Randek, Weinmann, and Hundegger, the same players who participated in the last wave. Complete production plants were running on the mammoth Show floor, a BCMC on steroids.

Most of the CM-oriented machinery concerned panelization.

Today there are several factors that encourage importation of these machines: • Plentiful capital – over a hundred U.S. component plants are owned by billion-dollar corporations.

• Perception that we’re in dark ages; Katerra CEO says current construction practices are “stupid.”

• Foreign investment flowing into the U.S. from Germany (Blueprint Robotics) and Japan.

To conquer the American market, European machinery must be capable of building economically: • Short walls, really tall (balloon) walls, and rake walls.

• Sheathing extensions and hold-backs.

• Shear panels, portal walls, beam pockets, and blocking.

• Panel bundles sorted in order of erection (framer friendly).

To gain a reasonable return on investment using European technology requires manufacture of closed wall systems, with all services and insulation installed in-plant. While these work well in Germany, where home prices are more than triple ours, will they enable an affordable home here, with a reasonable degree of customization?

So far this has been a formidable obstacle that won’t likely be scaled until a further wave of innovation sweeps over the jobsite itself.

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