Scope of Work

Responsibilities With Lumberyards

Question: 

When you’re selling trusses through a lumberyard and the contractor calls to say that the “trusses don't fit correctly,” who has the ultimate responsibility for the trusses? I argue that the lumberyard is responsible since we have provided them with all the information on how the job was designed, even though they may or may not have passed this information on to the contractor.

Responsibility Of Snow Drift Load Calculations

Question: 

Is the truss designer or the building designer responsible for calculating snow drift loads on a roof system?

Anti Trust Agreements

Question: 

I am looking for a set of guidelines or “rules” for members of the SBCA. Are truss plants really not allowed to speak of business matters? I think that is unfair. I'm not going to call up our competitor and tell them that they aren't charging enough and taking all the business. I just want all the truss plants in my area to get together and decide how we are going to do business. We need to standardize the industry.

Truss Attachment Information

Question: 

Would you please inform me of the specified requirements of the size and the amount of nail attachments from the truss to the top plate?

Post Fire Retardant Treatment

Question: 

Is a Class A fire rating (provided by our liquid spray-on fire retardant) acceptable in certain situations?

Position Statement on Sealed Truss Placement Diagrams for the 2012 or 2015 IRC - Educational Program

This presentation provides information on sealed truss placement diagrams in relation to the International Residential Code.

Position Statement on Sealed Truss Placement Diagrams for the State of California (including Los Angeles) - Educational Program

This presentation provides inspection and quality assurance requirements for metal plate connected wood trusses.

Position Statement on Sealed Truss Placement Diagrams for the 2012 or 2015 IBC - Educational Program

This presentation provides information on sealed Truss Placement Diagrams for the 2012 or 2015 International Building Code.

Sealed Truss Placement Diagrams - Texas

It can be often misunderstood whether a Truss Design Engineer has the responsibility to seal a Truss Placement Diagram (TPD). The purpose of this Research Report is to provide the relevant code sections from the latest editions of the International Building Code (IBC) for thorough analysis and interpretation, as they relate to the state of Texas. 

Sealed Truss Placement Diagrams - IRC

It can be often misunderstood whether a Truss Design Engineer has the responsibility to seal a Truss Placement Diagram (TPD). The purpose of this Research Report is to provide the relevant code sections from the latest editions of the International Residential Code (IRC) for thorough analysis and interpretation.