Think you can’t teach old dogs new tricks? Well, sometimes you can. Think you can’t finish an interior frame job 25 percent faster than usual? Sometimes you can do that, too. And, on a really good project, sometimes you can do both. At least if you are Cheyne Jackson you can.
It’s true. Jackson, an estimator and project manager for Jackson Quality Drywall of Minden, Nev., did just that on the recent Northern Nevada HOPES community health center construction project in downtown Reno, Nev. Initially the three-story job was bid using industry standard metal stud framing that included a bottom track, slotted deflection track, and a full-length metal stud that would screw in at the top and bottom. It would have done just fine; however, Jackson had recently worked with an alternative framing system he thought might work even better for Northern Nevada HOPES. He was spot on.