Category Archives: Commercial Products

Featured Project: Las Vegas Cyclery – Getting the Look, Going Green

In 2008, bicycle enthusiast Jared Fisher dreamed of owning a bike shop that could power itself and generate almost no waste. At the end of 2012, his dream became a reality. Last December, Fisher opened Las Vegas Cyclery, a two-story, … 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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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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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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Putting Together the Pieces: Engineer in Training Open Web Level Two Blog: Part II

by Jason Fitch, Engineer in Training at RedBuilt When I arrived at the Hillsboro Plant, I was introduced to Ed Medley, who would teach me and help me with the construction of my truss.  I don’t know if Ed had … Continue reading

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The Beginning – A “Good” Design: Engineer in Training Open Web Level Two Blog: Part I

by Jason Fitch, Engineer in Training at RedBuilt (Editor’s Note: There are three levels of open web certification.  Level I is the introductory understanding of how to use software, and read and understand the output.  Level II provides the understanding … Continue reading

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LEED 2012/ LEED v4 Status Update

By Jeff Jack, Manufacturing Technical Director at RedBuilt The USGBC just announced the decision to postpone the planned ballot for upcoming version of LEED for New Construction called LEED 2012.  Included with this decision are the following: -    The proposed … Continue reading

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Red-I90™ and RedForm-I90™: What is the difference?

By Jeff Jack, Manufacturing Technical Director at RedBuilt RedBuilt™ offers 3 lines of I-Joists specifically manufactured, designed and intended for use in concrete forming applications.  They are called the RedForm-I65™, RedForm-I90 and RedForm-I90H™.  Note that despite the similarity in both … Continue reading

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“Hey, what should I be specifying now?”

by Paul Drace, P.E. – Director of Marketing at RedBuilt Glad you asked… Given significant changes recently among manufacturers of EWP, it’s no surprise that lately I’ve been fielding many questions related to engineered wood structural systems for commercial projects. … Continue reading

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