Multi-Ply Beam Load Transfer Paul McEntee Larger beams are often built up out of smaller 2x or 1¾” members. This can be done for several different reasons: for the convenience of handling smaller members on the jobsite, or because solid 4x, 6x or glulam material is not readily available, or for reasons of cost. Engineered... Read More April 2018 Issue #10225 Page 98
What You Should Know About the New DGH Fire Wall Hanger Options Paul McEntee Does everyone do year-end performance reviews to discuss how you did on your project objectives and professional development goals? I love meeting with my team to recap all their amazing accomplishments for the past year, discussing long-term career plans and figuring out the steps we will take... Read More February 2018 Issue #10223 Page 96
What Building Professionals Need to Know About Construction Loading Shawn Overholtzer Understanding construction loading is important as it relates to the acceptable practices in terms of staging and storing construction materials prior to installation. What does “construction loading” mean? This term describes materials and people that are present during the course... Read More January 2018 Issue #10222 Page 16
From Structural Plans to Truss Designs – Collaborative Effort or Review Nightmare? Kelly Sias In an ideal world, a building is envisioned and a structural engineer begins the structural design. When the decision to use roof trusses is made, a component manufacturer is promptly involved in the design process. Using the loads and design parameters from the structural engineer, the trusses... Read More January 2018 Issue #10222 Page 94
Truss-to-Truss and Truss-to-Everything Else Connections Kelly Sias One of the questions I am asked most frequently is “Who is responsible for the truss-to-(fill in the blank) connection? One such example is the truss-to-wall connection. To answer this question, it helps to recognize there are two types of connections: a truss-to-truss connection and a... Read More December 2017 Issue #10221 Page 90
Can Staple Use Be Too Much of a Good Thing? Glenn Traylor With today’s complex profiles and configurations, many truss fabricators have been relying on staples to set assembly member contact and relationships. Stapling serves as a temporary means to insure tight joints and accurate locations. Often times, however, because of the ease of multiple... Read More October 2017 Issue #10219 Page 34
All Things Wood: The Pioneer of MSR Lumber Frank Woeste The knowledge we take for granted today on MSR lumber is due in large part to the pioneering work of Professor Robert Hoyle, P.E. In the early 1960s at Potlatch Forest, Inc., he conducted basic research on the relationship between stiffness and strength of lumber, paving the way for the MSR... Read More October 2017 Issue #10219 Page 74
What You Need to Know About Differences in Wind-Speed Reporting for Hurricanes Darren Conrad With Hurricane Irma wrapping up, the cleanup after Hurricane Harvey’s devastation underway in Houston and more big storms already churning in the Atlantic, it seems like a good time to discuss hurricanes and high wind. There is a great deal of good information out there to help us better... Read More October 2017 Issue #10219 Page 92
Accommodating Truss Movement (Besides Vertical Deflection) Kelly Sias Vertical deflection resulting from live and dead loads – of both roof and floor framing components – is an important serviceability consideration in the overall design of the building. And while this could be a topic in and of itself, this article is instead going to focus on two... Read More August 2017 Issue #10217 Page 82
All Things Wood: Anatomy of an Inherently Dangerous Deck Frank Woeste Over the period of nine days starting on June 9, 2017, five deck collapses in five states (MT, VA, OH. MI, and WI) were reported in the news media. Using the injury data from the media, the five collapses resulted in a total of 57 injuries. In one case, WAVY.com reported that, after an... Read More July 2017 Issue #10216 Page 76