SBCA Links
Look for Truss Manufacturer Members' and Supplier Members' sites in their individual listings in the SBCA Members Section.
ASSOCIATIONS and RESOURCES for STRUCTURAL BUILDING COMPONENT MANUFACTURERS:
- Best Way to Frame – tools and resources for professionals and educators interested in information about the structural building components industry
- Building Component Manufacturers Conference (BCMC) – the largest gathering of component manufacturers in the world, provides timely and profitable “ideas to build on”
- Truss Plate Institute (TPI) – maintains the wood truss industry on a sound engineering basis
- TPI Manufacturer Members – truss plate manufacturers in the U.S.
BUILDING CODES, COMPLIANCE and EVALUATION SERVICES:
- ASHREA – develops standards, publications and educational events
- Gypsum Association – publishes the Fire Resistance Design Manual containing fire rated truss assemblies
- International Code Council (ICC) – developers of the I-Codes series including the IBC and IRC
- Municipal Code Corp. – publishes codes of ordinances for local governments
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) – developers of consensus codes and standards, research, and education
- SBCRI – product testing, quality assurance and third party inspection
- Truss Plate Institute (TPI) – third party QC inspection agency
- Underwriters Laboratories – see their Online Certifications Directory for fire rated truss assemblies
ENGINEERING and CONSTRUCTION PERIODICALS:
- Automated Builder – international housing technology transfer
- Building Green – home of Environmental Building News
- Engineering News Record – reports on the global construction market for owners, contractors and engineers
- Fine Homebuilding – information on residential construction techniques and products
- Forest Products Journal – information for those interested in today\'s forest products industry
- Housing Zone – publishers of Professional Builder and Luxury Home Builder
- Journal of Light Construction – information for builders and remodelers
- Metal Construction – publishers of Metal Construction News and Metal Home Digest
- Structural Building Components Magazine – for the structural building component manufacturing and distribution industry
- Structural Engineer Magazine
- Structure Magazine
- Wood Design & Building Magazine – focused on wood use in architecture and construction
- Wood Design Focus – technical articles related to contemporary engineered wood construction
FORESTRY, LUMBER and WOOD PRODUCTS:
- American Forest & Paper Association – forest products resources
- American Institute of Timber Construction – represents the glued laminated timber industry
- American Lumber Standard Committee – see this site for a list of accredited grading agencies for softwood lumber
- American Wood Council – developers of standards for design and construction using engineered and traditional wood products
- APA - The Engineered Wood Association
- Canadian Wood Council – information to design, build, inspect and specify wood structures
- Forest Products Laboratory – the nation\'s leading wood research institute. Check out the free download of the Wood Handbook.
- MSR Lumber Producers Council – represents producers of machine stress rated lumber
- National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association – serving lumber and building material dealers
- National Lumber Grades Authority (NLGA) – writes and maintains Canadian lumber grading rules and standards
- Random Lengths Newsletter – softwood lumber and structural panel prices and market activity for the U.S. and Canada
- RISI – offers news, price reporting, marketing data, forecasting and mill intelligence products
- Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association (SLMA) – represents lumber producers in 17 states
- Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA) - represents southern pine lumber producers
- TimberWeb – European-based global timber and lumber e-market
- Western Wood Products Association (WWPA) – represents western lumber producers
- Wood I-Joist Manufacturers Association (WIJMA) – represents producers of prefabricated wood I-joists
INDUSTRY RELATED ASSOCIATIONS:
- Housing Inspection Foundation – association of home inspectors
- National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) – resources for builders, local building associations and homeowners
- National Frame Builders Association – represents the post-frame construction industry
- National Framers Council – resources and best practices for framers
- Structural Engineers Association International (SEAINT) – contains an active list serve on structural engineering topics
LEGISLATIVE:
- Congress.gov – legislative information on the internet
- Department of Labor – administers Federal labor laws
- Federal Register – daily publication of rules and notices of Federal agencies
- FirstGov.gov – the U.S. Government’s official web portal
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) – worker safety and health
- Office of the Clerk – obtain copies of House documents
- Small Business Administration (SBA) – assists and protects the interests of small businesses
- Stateline – politics and policy news, state by state
- Thomas – legislative information on the internet
- U.S. Census Bureau – population and demographic information
- U.S. House of Representatives – contact your local Representative
- U.S. Senate – contacts for the Senate
STEEL:
- American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) – promotes the use of North American steel in construction applications
- Light Gauge Steel Engineers Association (LGSEA) – technical resources for designers and builders of cold-formed steel structures
- Steel Framing Alliance – tools to help build steel into projects, cost-effectively