COMPONENT BENEFITS

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Framing costs go beyond just materials—excess time, labor, and waste in the field add up fast. Off-Site Components streamline the process, reducing build time, cutting labor costs, and minimizing waste for a more efficient, sustainable, and cost-effective project. Build smarter. Choose Off-Site Components.

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MARGINS MAXIMIZED

Building with off-site components reduces extra trips to the job site to deliver extra lumber or materials. Off-site components use 25% less wood product and generate 30x less job site waste. 

33% Fewer Hangers Required - Component Facts
$630 Saved in Carrying Costs Per Home - Component Facts

TIME SAVED

Save Significant time and money down the line with components — including faster cycle times and 30x less waste than I-Joists or dimensional lumber. I-Joists often require on-site cutting, while Open Web Floor Trusses are pre-cut off-site to speed up installation and provide more working space for MEP installers.

60% Faster Than Traditional Framing - Component Facts
20% Quicker MEP Installation - Component Facts

CREATE LESS WASTE

Off-site components are designed with best-in-class software, engineered to suit, and then manufactured in a controlled environment.. What does that mean for you? BY utilizing off-site components you’ll potentially use 25% less wood product and generate 30x less job site waste.

25% Less Wood Product Utilized - Component Facts
30x Less Waste Produced - Component Facts

Got Questions? Give us a call!

Black Hills Structural Components

3139 Creek Drive
Rapid City, South Dakota
605-721-1118

Component Manufacturing Co. (CMC)

4101 N 4th Ave
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
605-339-3647

Truss Craft – Kansas

710 General Custer Road
Hays, Kansas
785-626-3442

Truss Craft – Montana

6915 Entryway Drive
Billings, Montana
406-256-1540

Truss Craft – Nebraska
916 N Shady Bend Rd,
Ste A
Grand Island, Nebraska 308-384-4331
Truss Craft – Wyoming

650 Echostar Drive
Cheyenne, Wyoming
307-635-1635

Additional Component Resources

Learn more about components at www.bestwaytoframe.com

FRAMING THE AMERICAN DREAM

The Best Way to Frame a House

This project overview graphic provides a quick visual representation of the time, labor and waste benefits of using components as well as a more in-depth look into the specific savings in each area based on both the 1995 and 2015 Framing the American Dream studies. This full-page infographic is great to use as a leave-behind with customers or presentation attendees to illustrate the full benefits of framing with components.

Floor System Installation

The 2015 Framing the American Dream study was unique in its use of floor panel systems. This infographic looks specifically at the labor savings of installing floor panels versus the floor installation in the stick-built home.

1995 vs. 2015

Data in each Framing the American Dream study, two identical buildings were framed, providing an apples-to-apples comparison of stick and component framing methods. This infographic focuses on what we learned in each area by the numbers.

Labor Overview

The results of the Framing the American Dream study looked closely at the total number of hours, broken into discreet framing tasks, to determine how long it took a framing crew to complete each home. This infographic makes the person-hour savings of using components clear at a glance.

 

Build More Houses

The Framing the American Dream study shows that a crew can frame two and half homes with structural building components in the time it takes to stick-frame one house.

Create Less Waste

The Framing the American Dream study shows that a stick-framed house creates nearly 30 times more jobsite waste than a component-framed house.

Use Less Wood Product

The Framing the American Dream study shows that it takes 25% less wood product to frame a structure using components. Using Components uses 25% less wood product.

 

3 Main Messages

This project overview graphic provides a quick visual representation of the labor, waste and material savings of using components, based on findings from the 2015 Framing the American Dream study.

Floor Vibrations: Methods of Control