Best Way to Frame Component News

For over 30 years Bruce Jones has looked for continuous improvement in producing wall panels, often being the preferred component manufacturer (CM) framers want to do business with. His success is due largely to his willingness to educate his customers to use the product he supplies to their best benefit.

“People don’t remember what you say, they remember how you make them feel,” asserts Margaret Welliver, human resources manager at Shelter Systems in Westminster, Maryland.

Shear blocking is an effective way to provide lateral support at raised heel truss ends and transfer shear forces to the foundation of a building. In fact, in many cases it is required by both the 2018 IBC and IRC codes. Component manufacturers (CMs) are in a perfect position to save framers, GCs, and (ultimately) project owners time, money, and labor through more efficient solutions.

Timber harvested from federal lands is one source of the billions of board feet of softwood lumber the U.S. produces annually. Recently, this source has been gradually increasing year by year due to shifts in policy and U.S. Forest Service management practices. Harvest totals are projected to continue their upward trend, and if that trend sustains, increased supply can potentially decrease lumber volatility. In 2017, 2.9 billion board feet of timber were harvested with a 2018 goal of 3.4 billion growing to 4 billion in 2020.