To determine the effects of weather on a truss, SBCRI is working with CMs from around the country to provide data, leading to an improved understanding of trusses exposed to weather.
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A Straightforward Approach to Round Design
Plum Building Systems converted a steel dome into wood with an innovative truss arch approach.
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In the South, timber prices haven’t stopped sliding. Adjusted for inflation, the price of Southern pine is down about 45% since 2007, according to Daowei Zhang, an Auburn University professor of forest economics.
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While there is value in following a good set of best practices like those contained in BCSI, SBCRI is looking to improve the knowledge behind BCSI’s guidelines in a way that only data gathered through testing can do.
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Component Manufacturers and Suppliers alike can say they successfully crafted connections and brewed success in Milwaukee, Wi. for the 38th Building Components Manufacturers Conference October 23-26.
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Seeing the Forest
for the Lumber
The recent direction in federal lands timber
harvest policy is encouraging for the industry
