Component Connection

On this episode, Trevor Ebinger, general manager of Manion Lumber & Truss talks about one of his company’s greatest strengths, their design department, and how he leverages that strength to grow their business.

On this episode, Laura Yasick, SBCA’s digital resource specialist, explores all the ways in which the association has evolved its online platforms and tools to better serve its members, and the broader supply chain, as the market advances.

In this episode, SBCA’s director of sales and marketing, Ashley Nuess, takes a closer look at the value SBCA offers to component manufacturer suppliers and why they choose to invest their time and energy into the association.

On this episode, Gene Frogale, president of Annandale Millwork and Allied Systems in Winchester, Virginia, and the newly instated president of SBCA, shares how his company continues to evolve their approach to wall panels and offering their customers increasingly better solutions.

As Vince Lombardi once said, winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. Gene Frogale, president of Annandale Millwork and Allied Systems in Winchester, Virginia, and the newly instated president of SBCA, shares how Lombardi’s quote relates to the component manufacturing industry as it relates to technology and innovation.

On this podcast John Mattingly, president of Mattingly Lumber and Millwork in Granite City, Illinois, dives deeper into his company’s journey into adding field framing labor to their operations in St. Louis.

On this podcast John Mattingly, president of Mattingly Lumber and Millwork in Granite City, Illinois, shares how his family’s company evolved from an independent lumberyard to the only turnkey LBM in the St. Louis market.

BCMC education co-chairs, Dallas Austin of Big C Lumber and Zach Shepherd of Engineered Building Design, walk through all the educational offerings at BCMC 2021. From the big name speakers to the many industry veterans who will be sharing their perspectives and expertise, Dallas and Zach share what they see is the value proposition of the BCMC education tracks, the new Meet the Speaker events, and...

Greg Dahlstrom of Villiaume Industries, a US LBM company, and Mike Kozlowski of Apex, served as co-chairs of BCMC 2021. On this episode, they share the positive return on investment (ROI) available through attending the industry’s premier event of the year and share their “don’t miss” moments.

Jay Jones, executive director of the Truss Plate Institute (TPI), shares in this episode the ways in which the new partnership that has developed between TPI and SBCA will ultimately benefit not only component manufacturers but the entire construction supply chain.

Dolly Penland, owner of Business Results, LLC, and a workforce expert who has consulted the component manufacturing industry for years, talks about the most powerful tools employers have to find and keep their future employees.

Dolly Penland, owner of Business Results, LLC, and a workforce expert who has consulted the component manufacturing industry for years, shares her perspective on how employers can use some simple tools to enhance their hiring and management practices with better data.

If you are involved in the housing supply chain, the odds of you having a problem finding enough quality workers to do what you want to do is hovering right around 100 percent. It stands to reason that one of the most effective long-term solutions to this challenge is increasing employee retention. In this podcast, Jason Ward, a vice president at California TrusFrame and an expert on all things em...

Joel Fleischman and Jason Blenker of Drexel Building Supply in Campbellsport, Wisconsin, take a closer look at company culture and how Drexel has incorporated component manufacturing into its business model and why a recent $27M investment into robotics just makes good sense.

In this podcast, Joel Fleischman, president of Drexel Building Supply in Campbellsport, Wisconsin, and Jason Blenker, Drexel’s Off-Site Solutions Leader, share the journey that has led Drexel from a four-person LBM operation in 1985 to a 650-employee regional power that just announced a $27 million investment into a solar-powered, robotic component manufacturing facility.

Chris Tatge, president of the National Framers Council and a veteran framer who has recently expanded his company, Dynamic Construction, into the world of turnkey. In this episode, Chris talks about how other NFC members changed the way he thought about the framing business and discusses the value NFC offers to not only framers and component manufacturers, but to builder and GCs as well.

Most builders today are actively seeking ways to maximize the output of their onsite labor, and one of the solutions that has gained a lot of traction lately is turnkey framing. In this podcast, Chris Tatge, president of the National Framers Council and a veteran framer who has recently expanded his company, Dynamic Construction, gives his insight into the world of turnkey.

Ali Saladin, Director of Events for the Structural Building Components Association (SBCA), shares how she’s parlayed planning million-dollar weddings in NYC to pulling together the industry’s premier networking event of the year, BCMC, in Omaha, Nebraska, October 4-8. Ali also talks about what makes SBCA’s OQM so enjoyable to organize and attend.

Molly Butz, managing director of the Structural Building Components Association (SBCA), shares the journey of quickly identifying and implementing the latest technology solutions to allow the association to deliver goods and services to the industry in a way that is efficient and easy to use.

Roger Helgeson, president of The Truss Company, talks about his company’s approach to providing value-added products, and explores their motivations behind working with national builder customers.

Despite several headwinds, builders continue to be very optimistic about the future, which should drive CM growth opportunities. Roger Helgeson, president of The Truss Company, shares how his company has effectively used data to drive their expansion efforts.

Offsite construction holds a lot of promise for builders looking to do more with less. In this episode, Carpenter Contractors of America’s Howard Gauger continues this discussion by providing some examples on how his company, which controls the whole process, from building design, through manufacturing, to the onsite labor, overcomes some common criticisms and onsite challenges of offsite construc...

Offsite construction holds a lot of promise for the construction industry and who better to give perspective on this topic than Carpenter Contractors of America, a company that controls the whole process, from building design, through manufacturing, to the onsite labor. In this episode, CCA’s Howard Gauger provides some perspective on how his company approaches offsite and how it benefits their bu...

Before Jess Lohse became executive director of SBCA, he was a component manufacturer (CM) with the heart of a promoter. In this podcast, Jess succinctly shares his vision for how the association can come alongside CMs and help them promote their products, expand their markets, seize upon innovative solutions, and benefit from the quickly evolving construction supply chain.

Richard Langton at Bowermaster & Associates has worked with the component manufacturing industry for 21 years and knows intimately the challenges and opportunities facing the industry. In this podcast, Richard provides concrete examples of what component manufacturers can do that encourage insurance underwriters to provide coverage and/or give more favorable rates.