Design

A Straightforward Approach to a Round Design

Challenging or unusual projects typically stretch a component manufacturer’s (CM’s) operational capabilities in some fashion.

Truss Deflection Changes You Should Know About

Beginning with the 2015 IBC, truss deflection is reported differently.

2018 North Carolina Residential Code Prescriptive Tables for Selection of Support Elements for Beams, Girders, and Headers: Example Problems

The tables are intended as a practical tool to assist contractors in the selection of footing widths and the determination of the quantity of wood studs required for supporting the end reactions of beams, girders, and/or headers. 

Design Load Reductions & Risk

A spring Wisconsin snowstorm demonstrates how a building design practice may lead to higher risk.

This Isn’t Your Father’s Truss Bridge

An unusual design project gives this CM international exposure.

Put Out the Design Fire Before it Starts

Getting information up front on sprinkler systems can ease the design process.

Rock the Block

CM increases profit with pre-designed shear blocking panels.

Looking on the Bright Side

Finding opportunity in the growing solar panel market.

Not Your Typical Truss Job

An unusual project with an uncommon shape presented the kind of design challenge truss technicians don’t see every day.
 

Thinking Through a Curve

A complex roof with multiple arcing panels provided design challenges both before and during construction.