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This presentation provides information on truss uplift design.
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This presentation provides information on fire resistance rated truss assemblies.
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All building codes provide provisions for the attachment of structural sheathing to wall and roof framing members. In almost every case, the published capacity of the sheathing and fasteners assume the head of the fastener is flush with the surface of the sheathing. This Research Report discusses guidance when fasteners are overdriven.
Both the International Residential Code (IRC) and the International Building Code (IBC) require that the top plates of exterior braced wall panels be attached to the rafters or roof trusses above. This report will discuss the code requirements and provide alternate engineered designs and capacities, including heel/bird blocking, partial height blocking and blocking panels.
This Research Report reviews pertinent sections of the 2006, 2009 and 2012 International Residential Code (IRC), the 2012 IRC Commentary, and additional sources in an effort to compile the related data and identify discrepancies or omissions. The focus is catered toward meeting and better understanding the requirements for conventionally framed roofs and roof truss construction per IRC Section R802.
This presentation provides inspection and quality assurance requirements for metal plate connected wood trusses.
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This report will explore some special floor loading issues that are not specifically mentioned in the building codes and require special attention to ensure that the floor system is properly designed with no serviceability issues. The following are the major issues that will be discussed: stone/ceramic tiles, large concentrated loads and floor vibrations.
This presentation provides code-compliance information on conventionally framed roofs and roof trusses.
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This presentation provides information on sealed Truss Placement Diagrams for the state of Texas.
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This presentation provides information on heel blocking requirements and related analysis.
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This presentation provides information on overdriven nails in structural sheathing.
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This presentation provides information on cantilevered sill plates and use with metal plate connected wood trusses.
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This presentation provides information on sealed truss placement diagrams in relation to the International Residential Code.
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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.
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.
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…….
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”?
This presentation provides information on floor loading for metal plate connected wood trusses.
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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
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
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
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
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
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).
As noted in the following three articles:
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 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.
This presentation provides information on and requirements for sprinkler systems and metal plate connected wood trusses.
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This presentation provides information on Lay on Gable Connections.
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This Research Report aims to enhance fire performance and fire safety characteristics through the application of a gypsum wallboard membrane.