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Cutting-Edge Design Provides an Edge in Selling Post Frame
04/09/2013
Several years ago, the sales talent of Jason Blair of Morton Buildings, Jasper, IN, was put to the test when a car salesman he had just met at a farm show, Jeffrey Amick, asked him to present a 2-minute sales pitch on why he should consider post-frame construction for... Read More >
04/09/2013
Having grown up on a farm, Paula Barnes loves barns and the romance of rural life—and love and romance, too. She has combined these passions with her good design sense and green-mindedness to build her dream project: Read More >
New Design Values for Southern Pine Lumber to Take Effect June 1
03/12/2013
The Southern Pine Inspection Bureau (SPIB), a rule-writing agency for Southern pine lumber, has published new design values for all sizes and grades of visually graded Southern pine lumber. Published as Supplement No. 13, the rules will take effect June 1, 2013. During her presentation at the February 2013 NFBA Frame Building Expo in Memphis, TN, Cathy Kaake, PE, CFM, vice president of technical marketing, Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA), addressed commonly asked questions about the new design values. Why have new design values? Design values have changed many times over the years because of new technology or new test data, Kaake said. Standards and rules for full-size commercially produced lumber were last published in 1991. “One of the requirements of a visual grade is that it is a global number, which is developed by actually sampling all of the producing regions in a particular area,” said Kaake, noting that testing samples came from 13 Southern-pine-producing regions. A few things have changed over the years, she said. One is the resource mix. “Southern pine is actually a commercial species grouping of longleaf and loblolly/shortleaf pine. Some of these species (such as longleaf) are stronger than others. The design values that were established back in the 1980s... Read More >
PFMI Uncovers Successes, Challenges with 2012 Design Community Survey
03/12/2013
The National Frame Building Association’s Post Frame Market Initiative (PFMI) strives to increase the market for post-frame construction by expanding its use in the light-commercial market. To achieve this goal, those leading the PFMI program needed to understand its primary audience: architects and designers. PFMI’s Design Community... Read More >
Taking Post Frame to New (Engineering) Heights
03/12/2013
This observation tower, which received the National Frame Building Association’s 2012 Building of the Year award in the Best Engineering category, complements a nearby weekend retreat cabin and allows the owner and his family to view the property in all directions and... Read More >
Flexible Design Allows for All-in-One Business Structure
01/25/2013
The owners of BSS Waste, in Lancaster, OH, wanted a structure that would allow their company to incorporate all aspects of its business under one roof. Today the multiuse post-frame building incorporates space for maintenance and repair of garbage trucks, storage and repair of portable toilets, corporate offices, and a... Read More >
Post-Frame Advantage Builds Success at Wood Solutions Fairs
01/25/2013
One of the key ways Post-Frame Advantage communicates its message is by presenting and exhibiting at trade shows. Wood Solutions Fairs—hosted by Woodworks—are free, multifaceted, daylong educational events on the use of wood in nonresidential and multifamily buildings. In the last several months, Post-Frame Advantage exhibited at Wood Solutions Fairs in Schaumburg, IL, San Antonio, TX, and, most recently, Alexandria, VA. Traffic to our booths was very strong, and the presentations on post-frame construction and design by Harvey Manbeck, PhD PE, a technical consultant for NFBA, were... Read More >
Research Project Targets Shear Values, Strength
01/25/2013
Post-frame construction has the potential to make significant gains in commercial and institutional markets because of the inherent advantages in its unique steel-clad, wood-framed structural envelope system, which resists lateral loads, including wind and earthquakes. Lateral design methods for post-frame buildings are available. Lacking, however, are actual... Read More >
Using Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses in Post-Frame Buildings
01/25/2013
Bruce A. Feldmann, PE Perhaps you have designed a post-frame structure that used metal plate connected wood trusses and wondered why the trusses were much larger than the wood trusses used on other commercial and residential projects. Or perhaps you’ve installed wood trusses... Read More >
Learn About Simplified Lateral Design of Post-Frame Buildings
12/27/2012
As many architects and designers know, post-frame construction is growing in the light-commercial market because of its many benefits, including cost, reliability, and ease of construction. According to Donald A. Bender, Ph.D., PE, and Drew P. Mill, EIT, in their November 2012 Frame... Read More >
