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High Wind Framing Connection Guide Helps Industry Meet New Building Codes in Gulf Coast
- ebuild (10/20/2006)
- New companion guide, along with training, saves code officials and contractors time. Simpson Strong-Tie today introduced a companion guide to the AF and PA Wood Frame Construction Manual (WFCM) to help builders and building officials with the rebuilding effort in the Gulf Coast region. The new High Wind Framing Connection Guide is designed to save code officials and contractors time by offering detailed prescriptive solutions for meeting uplift and lateral load requirements in areas with wind speeds of 100 to 140 mph.
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- REMODELING Magazine (9/1/2006)
- Engineered Lumber for all building needs.
- Construction Products Review: Engineered Wood
- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (9/1/2005)
- During the past 15 years that BUILDING PRODUCTS has been in existence, engineered wood garnered widespread approval as new types were introduced to meet design challenges, and as engineering improved and prices fell somewhat. Today, engineered wood still costs at least 10 percent more than traditional lumber in most markets, and only very expensive new homes can boast 100 percent engineered frames. Most builders mix engineered wood with solid-sawn timber.
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