Category Archives: Design and Specification

What is the most technologically advanced building material used today?

Wood…that’s right, wood! In addition to being a strong, light-weight building material, wood is the only traditional building material that is renewable.  It also sequesters carbon, helping keep greenhouse gases in check. Architect Michael Green, who is pioneering and promoting … Continue reading

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Glue Laminated Lumber Blocking/Rim Board – Something To Think About

by Heinz Mueller, Design Center Leader (for RedBuilt’s Hillsboro office) and P.E. at RedBuilt™ When RedLam LVL is not viable, glue laminated lumber (glulam) is a wonderful option for use as large section main carrying members in structures. It is … Continue reading

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Check Out Our New Open-Web Truss Video

Check out this video to gain an in depth grasp of what an open web truss really is.  With one of RedBuilt’s™ main products, dive into the material composition and see how these materials fit and work together.  In less … Continue reading

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We’ve updated our Literature!

by Paul Drace, Director of Marketing at RedBuilt™ Go to http://www.redbuilt.com/resources/literature.aspx to find our most up-to-date literature in easy to access PDF format.  We strongly urge you to become dependent on the electronic versions of literature primarily because if you … Continue reading

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Deeper is Cheaper

The marketing group at RedBuilt™ has been doing some Blog soul searching because when we talk about our blogs, they always seem to have these words associated with them: “epically long” and “epically technical.” Although we do like the idea … Continue reading

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Why RedBuilt™? (Part 2)

By Tom Byron, Technical Sales Representative at RedBuilt™ This week’s “Why RedBuilt™? (Part 2)” focuses on how using RedBuilt™ products benefits contractors and building owners. Contractors and owners may understand why the AOR and EOR specify RedBuilt products: unparalleled technical … Continue reading

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Why RedBuilt™?

By Tom Byron, Technical Sales Representative at RedBuilt™ Why use RedBuilt™ products and services? This question is asked everyday by a variety of design professionals, contractors, property owners, and building department officials. This two part series will help explain the benefits … Continue reading

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Let RedBuilt™ help you with that – A word of caution when modifying or fixing Open-Web trusses.

by Wilson Antoniuk, RedBuilt™ Technical Sales Representative for Southern Idaho Did you know that every RedBuilt™ Open-Web truss is custom designed and manufactured for its specific application and loading? Or that we maintain archives of our truss designs and as-built … Continue reading

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The Destruction: Engineer in Training Open Web Level Two Blog: Part IV

by Jason Fitch, Engineer in Training at RedBuilt™ To test the Open Web Truss, we set up load cells at the ends of the truss and applied load uniformly across it. As load was applied, we could see the truss … Continue reading

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Assembling the Truss: Engineer in Training Open Web Level Two Blog: Part III

by Jason Fitch, Engineer in Training at RedBuilt™ Since all of the chords and webs were made, and all that was left was to assemble the truss, it would be easy from here.  If you thought that, you, like me, … Continue reading

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