ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS GUIDE a definitive listing of wood product manufacturers and their product lines Simpson Strong-Tie ®
Associations American Wood Council
Phone: 202-463-2766 Email: info@awc.org Web: www.awc.org Product: Design Proceedures for Engineered Wood Products Description: Design proceedures for I-joists, glued laminated timber and structural composite lumber.
Connectors
StructurePoint
Hardy Frames
Phone: 800-754-3030 Email: dlopp@mii.com Web: www.hardyframe.com Product: Hardy Frame Panels, Brace Frames and Special Moment Frames Description: Hardy Frames manufacture and provide the leading prefabricated Shear Wall Systems for resisting lateral loads in narrow wall sections. Our Special Moment Frame is structural steel with SidePlate® moment connections now included in the Standard AISC 358 and the first pre-assembled Moment Frame in the industry.
Laminated Concepts Inc.
Phone: 607-562-8110 Email: frank@lamcon.com Web: www.lamcon.com Product: Vehicular Bridges Description: Glued laminated timber vehicular bridge structures. Short or long span.
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Phone: 925-560-9000 Email: web@strongtie.com Web: www.strongtie.com Product: Simpson Strong-Tie® ITS I-Joist Hanger Description: The ITS I-joist hanger sets a new standard for engineered wood top flange hangers. It installs faster and uses fewer nails than any other EWP top flange hanger. The new Strong-Grip™ seat and Funnel Flange™ features allow standard joist installation without requiring joist nails resulting in the lowest installed cost.
Wood Advisory Services, Inc.
“The Wood Experts” Consultants in the Engineering Use of Wood & Wood-Base Composite Materials in Buildings & Structures • Product Evaluation & Failure Analysis • In-situ Evaluation of Wood Structures • Wood Deterioration Assessment • Mechanical & Physical Testing • Non-Destructive Evaluation • Expert Witness Services
www.woodadvisory.com 845-677-3091
Phone: 847-966-4357 Email: info@structurepoint.org Web: www.StructurePoint.org Product: Concrete Design Software Programs Description: spMats – Analysis & design of reinforced concrete foundations, combined footings or slabs on grade. spColumn – Design & investigation of rectangular, round & irregularly shaped concrete column sections.
Timberlinx
Phone: 877-900-3111 Email: timberlinx@rogers.com Web: www.timberlinx.com Product: Timberlinx Description: A simple, concealed and adjustable fastening system for joining wood to wood, wood to concrete, and wood to steel.
Engineered Lumber Anthony Forest Products Company
Phone: 870-862-3414 Email: info@anthonyforest.com Web: www.anthonyforest.com Product: Power Preserved Glulam® (PPG) Description: 2400Fb – 1.8E – 300Fv SYP glulam industrial grade; Pressure treated with Hoover CopGuard® or Cop-8®; Balanced lay-up & zero camber; No top or bottom; As environmentally safe as untreated wood; Above ground use for beams and ground contact for the columns. Product: PRG® (Power Rated Glulam) Description: I-Joist compatible depths; Full 3½- and 5½-inch widths; Balanced lay-up with no camber makes PRG® a natural choice for simple, multi and cantilever span applications; Easy one piece installation; Individually wrapped and surfaced sealed; Available in lengths up to 60 feet.
Bentley Systems
Phone: 800-BENTLEY Email: structural@bentley.com Web: www.bentley.com Product: RAM Elements V8i Description: RAM Elements V8i provides quick, reliable tools for specific structural tasks. RAM Elements V8i is the only structural engineering software system that offers finite element analysis plus stand-alone or integrated design tools all in one low-cost, easy-to-use package.
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Weyerhaeuser
Phone: 888-453-8358 Email: wood@weyerhaeuser.com Web: www.woodbywy.com Product: Parallam® PSL Description: Trus Joist® Parallam PSL is engineered to support heavy loads and span long distances, making it an ideal option for creating spacious open floor plans and potentially eliminating columns or supports. The beams and columns are consistently straight and strong, and resist bowing, twisting, and shrinking.
Wheeler
Phone: 800-328-3986 Email: info@wheeler-con.com Web: www.wheeler-con.com Product: Panel-Lam Description: Engineered wood bridge kits for vehicular and recreation applications.
Wood Structural Panels RISA Technologies
Phone: 949-951-5815 Email: info@risa.com Web: www.risa.com Product: RISAFloor Description: RISAFloor and RISA-3D form the premiere software package for wood design. Create 3D models of your entire structure and get full design of wood walls (with and without openings), flexible wood diaphragms, dimension lumber, glulams, parallams, LVL’s, joists and more. Custom databases for species, hold-downs-and panel nailing offer total flexibility.
Simpson Strong-Tie
Phone: 925-560-9000 Email: web@strongtie.com Web: www.strongtie.com Product: Simpson Strong-Tie Strong-Wall® SB Description: A prefabricated wood shearwall that provides enhanced design flexibility and greater lateralforce-resistance performance. In areas susceptible to seismic activity or high winds, it provides structural support comparable to steel shearwalls in narrow panel widths. It installs easily to support two-story structures, garage portals and large openings.
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