Trusses
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We are all customers to each other, and we all have customers who depend on us to get things done.
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Wilson Lumber Company is pleased to announce two operational promotions as the company continues to grow in Alabama’s fastest-growing housing market.
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While engineered floor trusses are nothing new, they have continued to increase in popularity over the past couple of decades due to their exceptional strength, construction advantages, durability and reliability.
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Over the past 20 years prefabricated roof trusses have become one of the most reliable and cost-effective wood framing options for builders and contractors.
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In one of his college engineering classes, Jackie Crutcher had to design a set of house trusses by hand. “I thought to myself, ‘If I ever get out of this class, I will never look at another truss as long as I live.’”
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Wilson Lumber improves training approach after hiring women
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We recently added a truss plant in Westmoreland, Tennessee, about an hour and a half north of Nashville and about three hours north of our original Wilson Lumber plant in Madison, Alabama.
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Wilson Lumber signed a lease for the 30,000-square-foot space in the Westmoreland Business Center and intends to launch a portion of the business in February 2019.