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Organizations Update Span Tables for June 1 Deadline

Posted on May 20, 2013 in Building Codes, Engineering & Testing, Housing & Construction, Legislative and Raw Materials.

Last week, two organizations released updated span table materials with the new Southern Pine (SP) design values effective June 1, 2013.

Lamco's EWP Secret: Black Spruce

Posted on May 6, 2013 in Building Codes, Engineering & Testing, Housing & Construction and Raw Materials.

Lamco Forest Products Inc. continues to develop a broad range of structural Engineered Wood Products (EWP's) from the unique raw material; Black Spruce harvested near Lac St Jean and Northern Canadian region of Quebec.

SBCA & OH CMs Take Steps to Secure Floor Truss Code Approval

Posted on May 6, 2013 in Building Codes, Housing & Construction, Industry Announcements and Legislative.

The following SBCA correspondence was sent via email today to all CMs who serve Ohio markets.

Homebuilders Host Webinar on Alternative Structural Sheathing

Posted on April 29, 2013 in Building Codes, Engineering & Testing, Green Building, Housing & Construction and Industry Announcements.

This webinar focuses on real-world solutions for building homes with walls that are strong, moisture resistant, and green.

SBCA's Steps for Floor Truss Equivalency Approval per Ohio Building Code

Posted on April 23, 2013 in Building Codes, Housing & Construction, Industry Announcements and Raw Materials.

The following step-by-step plan is for component manufacturers to use in gaining approval for the use of floor trusses as equivalent to 2x10 floor joists as they would normally be used.

SBCA Finalizes Steps to Counter Ohio Floor Truss Ban

Posted on April 22, 2013 in Building Codes, Housing & Construction and Industry Announcements.

The following step-by-step plan is for component manufacturers to use in gaining approval for the use of floor trusses as equivalent to 2x10 floor joists as they would normally be used.

Highlighting Conventionally Framed Fire Collapses

Posted on April 18, 2013 in Building Codes and Housing & Construction.

SBC Magazine has shared these news stories over the past year that discuss firefighter fatalities related to conventionally framed buildings that collapsed during a fire event.

SBCA Succeeds in Developing Roadmap for Gaining Floor Truss Approval in OH; Can Do So Elsewhere

Posted on April 18, 2013 in Building Codes, Engineering & Testing, Housing & Construction and Legislative.

SBCA created a list of steps that CMs serving the Ohio market can follow to use metal plate connected wood floor trusses in unprotected applications and comply with Section 502.14 of the Ohio building code.

CMs Fight Floor Truss Ban in Des Moines, IA

Posted on April 15, 2013 in Building Codes, Housing & Construction, Legislative and Raw Materials.

Last Thursday, April 11, 2013, the City of Des Moines (IA) held a public hearing on adoption of the 2012 IBC/IRC building code; one of the primary topics of conversation was Section R501.3.

ASCE Hosts Truss Repair Seminar

Posted on April 15, 2013 in Building Codes, Housing & Construction and Industry Announcements.

There really is no such thing as a standard repair, especially when one considers the almost limitless number of profiles and configurations that wood trusses can be designed for in today’s marketplace.