- Taking the Helm-Leading your Crew Through Troubled Waters
- Dave Rosenberg’s Keynote Presentation on leading through troubled times.
- New HR Regulations…Let’s Ride the Choppy Waters Together
- HR expert Dawn Stastny guides you through the ever changing HR regulations.
- Coming Through the Storm Stronger: A Panel on Current Conditions & What Will Stay With Us
- Lessons learned from trusted peers in the industry. Our panelists are:
- Van Isley - CEO of Professional Builders Supply, LLC- Morrisville, NC
- Roger Bates - CFO of Tindell’s- Knoxville, TN
- Dick Jennings - Owner of Jennings Builders Supply- Cashiers, NC
- Tim Huff - CFO of The Building Center- Boston, MA
- Facilitator: Ruth Kellick- Grubbs
- Navigating Forward in Rough Economic Waters
- Dr. Ed Seifried’s economic update in light of COVID-19.
New Products and 1:1 meetings with vendors!
Maybe you’ve been able find education and training through our on-line training program and webinars, but learning about new products and building relationships with vendors is best done in person…or is it? We are super excited about our Virtual Exhibition Hall where you’ll find pictures of new products, videos to delve deeper and live attendants to ask questions of and get to know. We may not be able to re-create the candy dishes at each booth but we plan to have cash prizes for the most “interactive” among us. The Exhibit Hall will be open 30 minutes before each education session, so log in early and see what’s new on the horizon of building materials!
Networking with peers
If you’re a regular attendee at BMSA trade shows, you know how beneficial and fun it is to meet people who walk in your shoes every day. The platform we’re using for our Virtual Summer Conference allows you to connect with your long standing business partners & friends as well as meeting new ones.
The day will come when we will again meet on the beach, sun-burned and covered in sand, but for now we hope you’ll join us as we “pivot” to Virtually Riding the Waves of Change!
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Know your risk during COVID-19
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The Texas Medical Association’s COVID-19 Task Force and Committee on Infectious Diseases put together a chart to help you assess the risk for contracting (or spreading) coronavirus by activity. The levels are based on input from the physician members of the task force and the committee, who worked from the assumption that participants in these activities are following currently recommended protocols when possible.
(Source: Medical City Healthcare, June 2020)
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Operation Safe Driver Is A
Go For July 12th To The 18th
Operation Safe Driver is an enforcement blitz sponsored annually by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). This year, enforcement officers will concentrate on speeding among drivers of commercial vehicles (CMVs) and other motorists near them. Speeding is one of the most commonly written driver violations involving CMVs. According to data from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, speeding violations are:
- The No. 1 driver violation written during roadside inspection, and
- 2 of the top 10 violations written during roadside inspections.
Speeding also accounts for just over 34 percent of the violations written during traffic enforcement involving commercial vehicles. After speeding, the second and third most common violations written during traffic enforcement are:
- Failure to obey a traffic control device (such as a stop sign or traffic light), accounting for 14 percent of all violations written; and
- Failure to use a seat belt, accounting for 13 percent of the violations written.
Avoiding issues during Operation Safe Driver
To avoid issues such as violations and citations during Operation Safe Driver (and avoid violations, citations, and crashes year-round), drivers must:
- Be skilled in the operation of their vehicles at all times and maintain control of their vehicle in all driving situations.
- Know and obey the traffic codes and laws, including speed limits, seat belt requirements, turn requirements, and lane assignments and restrictions.
- Drive safely, including:
- Reading every road sign;
- Being willing to yield the right of way to avoid a crash or near miss;
- Making all decisions about entering or crossing traffic based on the actual acceleration rate of the vehicle (not based on wishful thinking or relying on others to slow down);
- Maintaining a proper following distance and side space;
- Adjusting speed to match the traffic, weather, and road conditions;
- Exercising good judgment when passing other traffic;
- Resisting distractions like electronics and other in-cab and outside distractions;
- Staying out of the driver’s seat when not up to the task (such as due to being ill, fatigued, under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or emotionally distressed).
- Drive defensively, including:
- Using an aggressive visual search;
- Keeping track of all traffic and every potential hazard within 12 seconds of the vehicle, including traffic approaching from the rear and sides (such as on a crossroad/cross street or on ramp); and
- Deciding how to deal with hazards (road, weather, or traffic) well in advance.
Training and Culture Are the Keys to Safe Drivers
While this list is already rather lengthy, your drivers should be doing these things automatically — every minute of every day that they spend driving a commercial vehicle. This is what makes them professionals.
To make sure your drivers are always behaving as professionals, you need to train them accordingly and hold them responsible for their actions. Training on skilled, compliant, safe, and defensive driving needs to start in orientation. It should also be a constantly recurring topic in the ongoing training program.
Your drivers also need to understand (and believe) that if one of them is found to be driving in a manner that is not skillful, compliant, safe, or defensive, immediate action will be taken. Between training and holding drivers accountable, you will develop the culture in which drivers at your company drive like professionals during Operations Safe Driver week and throughout the year.
(Source: JJkeller, July 2020)
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NLBMDA Applauds Signing of Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act
The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA) issued the following statement after President Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act into law. This NLBMDA-backed legislation will ensure additional flexibility for small businesses that utilize the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
“NLBMDA is pleased that the White House and both parties in Congress came together to pass significant improvements to the Paycheck Protection Program,” said Jonathan Paine, NLBMDA President & CEO. “NLBMDA has been making the case that these changes are crucial for LBM dealers and this win will ensure greater flexibility for small businesses that utilize the PPP. NLBMDA will continue to press Congress to pass a Phase 4 relief package that fully reflects the priorities of the lumber and building material industry.”
Summary of the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act:
- Allows forgiveness for expenses beyond the 8-week covered period to 24 weeks.
- Employers can continue to apply for a PPP Loan through June 30, 2020. New PPP borrowers will have a 24-week covered period, but they can’t extend beyond December 31, 2020.
- Increases the current limitation on non-payroll expenses (such as rent, utility payments and mortgage interest) for loan forgiveness from 25 to 40 percent.
- Lengthens the loan maturity date from 2 to 5 years.
- Ensures full access to payroll tax deferment for businesses that take PPP loans.
- Extends the loan forgiveness rehire date to December 31, 2020 to ensure small businesses won’t be penalized by high unemployment benefits.
- Creates a safe harbor for businesses that make a good-faith effort to hire or re-hire qualified employees.
- Allows borrowers who received PPP loans prior to enactment to choose for the covered period of their loan to either last 8 weeks or 24 weeks from origination.
(Source: NLMBDA Member Alert Update, Jun 2020)
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Palmer-Donavin, Columbus, OH, now distributes Royal Building Products' Celect cellular composite siding and AZEK Shingle Siding with PaintPro Technology in the midwest.
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Pressure treated lumber manufacturer Culpeper Wood Preservers has upgraded its website. The new site features enhanced content and a redesigned format to help provide a better overall user experience, according to the company. The new website showcases all Culpeper product lines, including decking , accessories, fence products, columns, and trim boards, plus many of the upgrades available for products. The driving force behind the upgrade was a desire to educate and inspire dealers, contractors, and homeowners, according to Culpeper.
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BlueLinx is now distributing the full line of MoistureShield composite decking at its Charleston, SC distribution center.
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The Board of Directors of Palmer-Donavin announced Robyn Pollina as the company’s new CEO. Pollina, currently the company’s CFO, will succeed the retiring Ron Calhoun as CEO, effective August 1. The newly appointed CEO has worked with Palmer-Donavin for the past 25 years, serving as CFO for the past 23 years
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Building product distributor Parksite appointed Robert Higgins to the newly created role of senior vice president of sales. In the role, Higgins will lead sales in all business units, including Parksite Surfaces, Parksite LBM, Atlantic Plywood Corporation, and the Therma-Tru Door Manufacturing facilities.
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Toolbox Talks
BMSA's most requested safety service!!
BMSA's Toolbox Talk Safety Program is an annual subscription that includes everything you need to conduct a year's worth of safety meetings:
- 12 Industry specific, 1-page handouts
- Manager instruction/resource page for regulatory support
- Sign in sheets to satisfy documentation requirements
- 3-Ring binder to keep it all together
Special 2020 Introductory Offer: $199
Annual renewals $225
(2021 pricing: $250/yr)
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BMSA ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
BMSA encourages our Dealer members to look first to your Associate members when purchasing products and services. Support those who support your Association and the industry!
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Aeratis Porch Products
Alsco Metals
Amelia Lumber Company, Inc.
Appalachian Hardwood Lumber
Atlantic Forklift Services
Averitt Express
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Barricade Building Products
Basys Processing
Blue Cross Blue Shield of SC
BlueLinx Corporation
BlueTarp Financial, Inc.
Boise Cascade Corp.
Brackett Brothers Corp.
Building 9 Corp.
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Cameron Ashley Building Products
CardConnect
CareWorks Comp
Carolina Atlantic
Center-Line Trailers
Charles F. Shiels & Company
Crumpler Plastic Pipe
Culpeper Wood Preservers
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Dairyman's Supply Co., Inc.
Dealers Supply & Lumber Co.
Diamond Hill Plywood Company
DMSi Software
DSA Doors
Dyke Industries
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Eastern Engineered Wood Products
E-Cubed Consulting
ECi Spruce Computers
ECMD
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Facemyer Lumber Co,. Inc.
Federated Insurance
Fortress Wood Products
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-G-
Garden State Lumber
Georgia-Pacific
Go-For Delivers
Great Southern Wood Preserving
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Henry Company
Hood Distribution
House of Forgings
Huttig Building Products
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Intex Millwork Solutions
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-K-
Kerridge Commercial Systems
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LBM Advantage
Legacy Pre-Finishing Inc.
Linxup
LJS Solutions
Lumbermans Merchandising Corporation
LP Building Solutions
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Madison Wood Preservers
The Marwin Company
Member Insurance
Metal Sales Manufacturing
Metrie
Metwood Building Solutions
Mirage Promotions
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Packard Forest Products, Inc.
Palmer-Donavin Manufacturing
Palmetto Paper Tube
Paradigm (formerly ResiCAD)
Parksite
Patwin Plastics
Peak Auctioneering
Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance
Ponderosa Software
PrimeSource Building Products
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Rader Solutions
Reeb Millwork
Reserve Lumber Co.
Rick Johnson Insurance, Inc.
Robbins Wood Preserving
Rocco Building Supplies, LLC
Roseburg Forest Products
Royal Building Products
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Schaffer Association
Simpson Strong-Tie, Inc.
Smith Millwork, Inc.
Snavely Forest Products
Southeast Industrial Equipment
Southeast Insurance Group
Sun Windows, Inc.
Sunbelt Rack/CT Darnell Construction
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TAH Benefits
TAMKO Building Products, Inc.
Tampa International Forest Products
The Empire Company
Tri-State Forest Products
True Value Corp.
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Vann Attorneys, L.L.P
Viance
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Welco Enteprises, Inc.
Weyerhaeuser Distribution
Wholesale Millwork, Inc.
WM Coffman Resources
Woodford Plywood, Inc.
Woodgrain Distrubution
WorkSafeWorkSmart.com
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