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Structural Integrity: June 2009
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Specialists in Post Frame Engineering. See our full website at www.halbergengineering.com. Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Post Frame Building Definition. By Aaron Halberg, P.E. What is a Post Frame Building? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Address for US Mail:. Hayward, WI 54843. Http:/ www.halbergengineering.com/. Post Frame Building Definition. The Home of Halberg Engineering. Dr Bohnhoff's Post Frame site. National Frame Building Association. Wisconsin Frame Builders Association. A 1996 Gra...
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Structural Integrity: The Wisconsin Commercial Building Code
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Specialists in Post Frame Engineering. See our full website at www.halbergengineering.com. Thursday, February 24, 2011. The Wisconsin Commercial Building Code. After 3 days of building code seminars in Madison at the Alliant Energy Expo Center, I am gradually starting to recover. The educational sessions were great, actually: very informative, professionally done with a wide variety of participants and presenters in attendance. Expect plan review to take longer, especially if the spring construction seas...
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Structural Integrity: May 2007
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Specialists in Post Frame Engineering. See our full website at www.halbergengineering.com. Thursday, May 31, 2007. Post, so let's put our hard helmets on and get into some specifics on truss lifting! No use of the Single Pick Point? For Trusses less than 30'. For Slightly Longer Trusses. For yourself by visiting the WTCA or TPI web page (or following this link: http:/ www.sbcindustry.com/pubs/BCSIED2-D. Links to this post. Wednesday, May 23, 2007. Minnesota Adoption of 2006 "I"-Codes. The adoption of the...
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Structural Integrity: July 2007
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Specialists in Post Frame Engineering. See our full website at www.halbergengineering.com. Wednesday, July 18, 2007. As I wrote about previously. The release of 2005 NDS Design Aid #4, ". Post Frame Rink Shank Nails. Allows designers to assign shear values for Ring Shank nails which have not been available since the 1997 NDS. Also referred to as Post and Framing Nails or Pole Barn nails, the shear values are currently a bit conservative, I believe, but current testing being sponsored by the NFBA. The bes...
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Structural Integrity: April 2007
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Specialists in Post Frame Engineering. See our full website at www.halbergengineering.com. Monday, April 30, 2007. Post Frame Ring Shank Nails in NDS! During a revision of ASTM standard F1667 a few years back, ring shank nails were removed from the standard and were subsequently dropped from recent editions of the National Design Specification. In a just released update to the NDS in the form of NDS Design Aid No. 4. The NFBA T&R committee has been prioritizing this issue pretty highly in recent years to...
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Structural Integrity: March 2008
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Specialists in Post Frame Engineering. See our full website at www.halbergengineering.com. Wednesday, March 12, 2008. Occupancy Category - What is it? In determining the code compliance and structural requirements of one of our building design projects, one of the key steps is to calculate the required loads. The load requirements are normally contained in the applicable building code for the project, if there is one. From Chapter 16 of the International Building Code, the Occupancy Category explanations...
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Structural Integrity: February 2011
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Specialists in Post Frame Engineering. See our full website at www.halbergengineering.com. Thursday, February 24, 2011. The Wisconsin Commercial Building Code. After 3 days of building code seminars in Madison at the Alliant Energy Expo Center, I am gradually starting to recover. The educational sessions were great, actually: very informative, professionally done with a wide variety of participants and presenters in attendance. Expect plan review to take longer, especially if the spring construction seas...
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Structural Integrity: The Witch of November
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Specialists in Post Frame Engineering. See our full website at www.halbergengineering.com. Monday, October 25, 2010. The Witch of November. With a load of iron ore - 26,000 tons more. Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty. That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed. When the gales of November came early. From "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", by Gordon Lightfoot. The short term weather forecast and additional warnings. And the lives of the 29 crew members on board. In buildings with large doo...
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Structural Integrity: February 2008
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Specialists in Post Frame Engineering. See our full website at www.halbergengineering.com. Thursday, February 28, 2008. Sprinkler Requirements in New Code. Sprinkler protection changes will not affect existing buildings or new one- and two-family homes. Existing buildings coverted to residential use may require sprinkler protection. Building construction plan submittals made before the code change effective date to the Department of Commerce or delegated plan review municipalities will be reviewed un...
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Structural Integrity: January 2009
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Specialists in Post Frame Engineering. See our full website at www.halbergengineering.com. Friday, January 30, 2009. Plan Review of Lighting for Commercial Buildings in Wisconsin. Safety and Buildings website. Wisconsin Safety and Buildings Announcement. January 29, 2009. Subject: Reemphasis on commercial buildings general lighting plans and about submittal of emergency lighting plans. Beginning March 2, 2009, submittal of general lighting plans and emergency lighting plans will be required by the Safety...