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Jim Vogt, P.E. discusses fire resistance rated truss assemblies.
Testing is underway to determine the effects of weather exposure and time on trusses.
A 22-year industry veteran explains best practices for developing truss designers
Trusses provide a cost-effective, responsive solution to concrete formwork.
Capacity and fair compensation are keys to 30 years of success for Champion Truss.
An industry outsider strives to open a truss plant near Cancun
General Manager • Engineered Truss Systems Inc. • Garden City, Kansas
A teacher finds value in adding truss math to her curriculum
Technical backgrounds aren't mandatory for students entering the industry with Grizzly Truss.
What The Truss Company did to recover once Washington re-opened for business
Meet SBCA Emerging Leader Jared Dix of Apex Truss in Warsaw, Virginia.
A truss designer who recognizes conditions that require a reduction in lumber or plate design properties can help ensure trusses perform as the building designer intends.
Building Communities | Making Connections
Name: Corey Magelby
Company: Homewood Truss (Sacramento, CA)
Position: Truss Design & Sales
Years in the industry: 23
- Hoisting trusses is a more dangerous practice than most people think; both individual trusses and bundles of trusses should not be lifted at the peak.
- The recommended industry best practices for hoisting truss bundles are a bit different than those for single trusses, but the same basic concepts apply.
- BCSI and CFSBCSI outline industry best practices for hoisting trusses.
Long span trusses can pose significant risk to installers. The dimensions and weight of a long span truss can create instability, buckling and collapse of one or many trusses, if not handled, installed, restrained and braced properly. As such, they require more detailed safety and handling measures than shorter span trusses. This research report provides guidelines for proper handling and installation of long span trusses for both wood and cold-formed steel.
- The truss industry follows the requirements of the building code and ANSI/TPI 1 for general project scope of work concepts.
- The Truss Designer identifies the location of required individual truss member lateral restraint and diagonal bracing on each Truss Design Drawing.
- The JOBSITE PACKAGE can prove invaluable in documenting that the CM provided industry best practices on truss bracing, particularly when a project goes in a bad direction.
A truss may need to be modified or repaired due to accidental damage, holes or notches made by trades, errors in design or manufacturing, or a change requested by the customer. Trusses are typically designed for a specific application. Therefore, truss repairs or modifications must be analyzed on a case by case basis.
The truss industry is currently employing ASCE as its source for the loading of live loads to the bottom chord of trusses for uninhabitable attics, in accordance with the International Residential Code and the International Building Code. However, there currently is a discrepancy between ASCE 7, the IBC and the IRC. This report examines the discrepancy and the correct loading for proper truss design.
The SBCA In-Plant Wood Truss QC program helps manufacturers monitor the quality of trusses they manufacture and provides the plant with a data management system. The program consists of inspecting trusses and entering the data into the software program, allowing you to store data and create reports to assess plant quality.
Educate your market about possible truss configurations and correct terminology. Introduce those new to the industry to 23 widely-used truss profiles. A must-have for your sales department.
Roughly 60 years after their inception, roof trusses are well-established in the market, a cornerstone of residential framing. Their natural counterpart, floor trusses, are quite possibly the most misunderstood product offered by our industry.
If you’ve been in the truss industry for any length of time, there’s one phone call you absolutely dread receiving: “We have a problem; your trusses collapsed!”
On November 13, 2017, roof trusses donated by the Truss Manufacturers Association of Texas (TMAT) were installed on a house in San Antonio, Texas. In February, the keys will go to U.S. Army SPC Thomas Brinch and his family.
When Mandere Construction couldn’t get the trusses it needed to frame its projects, owner John Mandere went looking for the best truss folks he could find—and hired them
- The contractor should examine the trusses when they are delivered and determine if there is any damage that would impair the structural integrity of the trusses.
- BCSI recommends that trusses stored outside for more than a week be stacked on blocking and have a cover that provides adequate ventilation.
- The contractor is responsible for the construction means, methods, techniques, sequences, procedures, programs, and safety in connection with the receipt, storage, handling, installation, restraining, and bracing of the trusses.
This presentation provides inspection and quality assurance requirements for metal plate connected wood trusses.
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This presentation provides information on and requirements for sprinkler loads on metal plate connected wood trusses.
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