Wall-Bracing Alternatives to Help Designers and Builders Navigate the Lumber Shortage Simpson Strong-Tie Staff As lumberyards continue to recover from pandemic-related supply issues, there’s been an ever-increasing shortage of building materials, creating many challenges for building contractors. These shortages have impacted availability of wood structural panel sheathing and, as a result, our... Read More July 2021 Issue #13264 Page 126
Understanding Ply-To-Ply Girder Nailing Failures Christopher Gould You probably wouldn’t ignore a “warning sign” on the highway, as you can easily imagine the consequences of doing so. We can face similar situations when designing trusses, and the end result is that whatever we do in the software can end up in the real world somewhere on a... Read More April 2021 Issue #13261 Page 116
Raising the Bar for Design Efficiency Tracy Roe At Eagle Metal, our TrueBuild® software gives you an efficiency advantage. Our leading parametric 3D capabilities and app-free model sharing makes visualization painless and gives our customers more time to build. In the next two installments, we will explore some cutting edge, efficiency... Read More February 2021 Issue #13259 Page 56
Can Automation Eliminate Paper in the Truss Plant? Glenn Traylor With the invention of integrated production methods, one of the greatest evolutions has been the electronic transfer of information from the truss designs to the computerized equipment, eliminating human error and translation issues. Automatic puck systems, lasers, ink jet marking, or shop... Read More January 2021 Issue #13258
Specifying Simpson Strong-Tie® Products in Your Designs Just Got Easier Russ Anderson Specifying products into building designs is a daily process for engineers, architects and drafters. Simpson Strong-Tie understands that the specification process can be daunting and complex. And when it comes to the multiple steps involved in importing CAD content into your designs, we want to... Read More January 2021 Issue #13258 Page 124
Communicating Information Without Constraint Tracy Roe In our first installment last month, Sharing Information Without Constraint, we explored the constraints around information sharing in today’s rapid-paced construction cycle. Material prices are high, interest rates are low, and business is booming. But, this rapid pace doesn’t... Read More December 2020 Issue #12257 Page 60
Comments on “The Enduring Problem of Truss Partition Separation” Lecil Alexander When I saw the article on ceiling separation, The Enduring Problem of Truss Partition Separation, written by my friend Frank Woeste in the November issue of The Advertiser, I was excited to read it. As Frank writes, this problem has been around since there has been a metal plate connected wood... Read More December 2020 Issue #12257 Page 100
All Things Wood: The Enduring Problem of Truss Partition Separation Frank Woeste For more than 40 years, truss partition separation, often loosely referred to as “truss uplift,” has been a practical (and annoying) issue for homeowners and homebuilders. While it was first investigated at the field level and researched in the laboratory in the 1970s, an October... Read More November 2020 Issue #12256 Page 78
Do Lasers Tell the Whole Story? Glenn Traylor Lasers can be exact, but their data can be misinterpreted. Having the equipment is only part of the equation—it also must be used and understood properly. For example, the connection in the photograph [See PDF or View in Full Issue] was misallocated. The plate should have been dropped... Read More October 2019 Issue #11243 Page 38
Why a Structural Boundary Member Between a Truss/Rafter is Not Optional Paul McEntee Blocking or boundary member? In my experience traveling across the country observing wood-framed construction, it was apparent that east of the Rocky Mountains, structural wood members in-line with supporting walls between roof framing cease to be installed. Some may call these wood members... Read More October 2019 Issue #11243 Page 106