b'YOUR TOOLKIT FOR BUILDING EXCELLENCEM A R C H 2 0 2 3Vo l u m e 4N u m b e r 21o-35Frame Building Expo Visits the Derby CityThe 55th Annual NFBA Conference & Expo took over Louisville, KY for three action-packed days this past February, attracting post-frame builders, suppliers and manufacturers across the Unites States and Canada. Relive the Post-Frame Event of the Year or check out what you missed.6 Incoming NFBA Presidents Message 26-33 NFBA Photo Highlights10-15 Building of The Year Experts Division34 Maze Nail Pounding CompetionWinners 35 Atlas Screw Driving Competion16-22 Building of The Year Masters Division36-38 Inside the Frame: Frank Woeste, Ph.D.Winners and Judges Award23 Bernon G. Perkins Award and Foreman40-41 Economic Updateof the Year24 Gail Miller Safety Award Winner 42 Calendar of EventsEDITOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORRACHEL PINKUSMEGAN MILLER NFBA HeadquartersRPINKUS@NFBA.ORG MMILLER@NFBA.ORG 7250 Poe Ave. Ste 410 |Dayton, OH 45414Phone: 800.557.6957|Fax: 937.278.0317ADVERTISING SALES ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR www.nfba.orgCARROLL HAMANNROBERT POPECHAMANN@NFBA.ORG BPOPE@NFBA.ORG Disclaimer: The opinions and positions stated in articles published herein are those of the authors and not, by the PUBLICATION DESIGNER MEMBER & SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES fact of publication, necessarily those of NFBA. NFBA does JOE D. WILLIAMS MORGAN ARWOOD notendorsebuildingproductsorsystemsandshallnot JWILLIAMS@NFBA.ORG MARWOOD@NFBA.ORG bedeemedbyanythinghereintohaverecommended theuseornon-useofanyparticularbuildingsystem.PRODUCTION COORDINATOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRSRACHEL PINKUSVALERIE POPE FIND USRPINKUSA@NFBA.ORG VPOPE@NFBA.ORGACCOUNT MANAGERCHRYSTAL BURRISCBURRIS@NFBA.ORG FRAME BUILDER - MAR2023 / 5'