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Heel Blocking Requirements and Capacity Analysis - Educational Program

This presentation provides information on heel blocking requirements and related analysis.

Overdriven Nails in Structural Sheathings - Educational Program

This presentation provides information on overdriven nails in structural sheathing.

Use of Cantilevered Sill Plates with MPCWT to Align with Varying Thicknesses of Exterior Sheathing - Educational Program

This presentation provides information on cantilevered sill plates and use with metal plate connected wood trusses.

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.

Fire Endurance Calculation for Wood Truss Structural Framing Systems: 2-Hour Assembly

Fire endurance ratings may be mandated by code for many assemblies in both floor and roof framing systems. This Research Report discusses methodologies to calculate 2-hour fire endurances of a given assembly.

Faster. Stronger. Safer.

After the two homes were fully framed and dried-in, the thousands of images collected were analyzed to determine the man-hours it took to complete each discreet framing task and how much waste was generated in the process. The results of the Framing the American Dream study are conclusive: The component-framed house required 152.1 man-hours to complete, whereas the stick-framed house required 373.5 hours. It took two and half-times longer to construct the stick-framed version of the floorplan.

Answering the Question: What Is Equivalent Protection to a 1/2-inch Gypsum Wallboard Membrane?

Background:

R501.3 (IRC-12) or R302.13 (IRC-15) states the following – “Floor assemblies….shall be provided with a 1/2-inch (12.7 mm) gypsum wallboard membrane…… or equivalent…….

R501.3 and R302.13 Resource Page

SBCA has compiled the articles below to provide a comprehensive guide to the information it has published on R501.3 (from the 2012 IRC) and R302.12 (the same language incorporated in the 2015 IRC). The goal in organizing the information in this way is to enable the reader to fully understand this issue and SBCA’s position.

Question: Why was the IRC changed to provide a 2x10 exclusion from the requirement in R501.3/R302.13 that states, “Floor assemblies….shall be provided with a 1/2-inch (12.7 mm) gypsum wallboard membrane”?

Special Floor Loading Considerations in Typical Residential Construction - Educational Program

This presentation provides information on floor loading for metal plate connected wood trusses.

SBCA's Sample Customer Contract Language Defining CM Scope of Work

The following provides SBCA's proposed best practice contract language for CMs to use as a standardize approach with respect to defining their scope of work. The grey highlighted text ties most directly to the commentary provided after the proposed sample language.

Proposed Sample Contract Language

SBCA's Sample Submittal Package Language to Define CM Scope of Work

The following provides SBCA's proposed best practice truss submittal package language for CMs to use as a standardize approach with respect to defining their scope of work. The grey highlighted text ties most directly to the commentary provided after the proposed sample language.

Proposed Sample TDD and TPD Submittal Transmittal Language

SBCA's Sample TDD Cover Sheet Language to Define CM Scope of Work

The following article provides SBCA's proposed best practice Truss Design Drawing (TDD) Cover Sheet language for CMs to use as a standardize approach with respect to defining their scope of work. The grey highlighted text ties most directly to the commentary provided after the proposed sample language.

Proposed Sample TDD Cover Sheet Language

SBCA's Sample TDD Warning Note Language to Define CM Scope of Work

The following article provides SBCA's proposed best practice Truss Design Drawing (TDD) warning note language for CMs to use as a standardize approach with respect to defining their scope of work. 

Proposed Sample TDD Warning Note Language

SBCA's Sample TPD Note Language to Define CM Scope of Work

The following article provides SBCA's proposed best practice Truss Placement Diagram note language for CMsto use as a standardize approach with respect to defining their scope of work.

Proposed Sample TPD Note Language

Template Truss Design Drawing Notes Recommended to Protect CMs

At the recent July SBCA Open Quarterly Meeting (OQM) in Madison, WI, the membership discussed the importance of raw material design values and their impact on component manufacturers (CM).

Sample Truss Design Drawing Notes Available for CM Review

As noted in the following three articles:

SBCA Creates Sample Best Practice Language for CMs to Further Define Their Scope of Work

The SBCA Truss Plate Council, Executive Committee and Board of Directors have been working on individual sample best practice language for component manufacturers. They are as follows:

SBCA's Design Software Policy Makes It Clear that Intellectual Property Stays with CMs

SBCA's Design Software policy makes it clear the software and intellectual property should reside in the hands of the CM. Originally passed in 2002, the plate suppliers in attendance (Eagle, Alpine, MiTek and Simpson) all reiterated their unequivocal support for this policy and pledged to continue monitoring the use of its software and resolving instances where the software may be used contrary to this policy.