This is the second part of a three-part series covering common questions we receive in our engineering department. Part 1 consisted of frequently asked questions related to our anchor products …
Common Engineering Technical Inquiries – Part II: Wood Construction Connectors Read More
Mass timber buildings use cross-laminated timber (CLT) or mass plywood panels to create horizontal diaphragms to transfer wind and seismic forces into the vertical elements of the lateral-force-resisting system. Spline …
Developing High-Capacity Tension Straps for Mass Timber Engineering Read More
n general, post–installed adhesive anchor design per ACI 318 Chapter 17 is relatively straightforward. In practice, however, post–installed anchorage can often become challenging because of fast–track project schedules, supply issues, ever-changing weather conditions, design conflicts/changes, or unexpected field conditions. Simpson Strong-Tie’s third–generation (3G) family of adhesive solutions (see Figure 1), consisting of SET-3G™, ET-3G™, and AT-3G™, rise to these challenges. This blog …
Introducing AT-3G™: Your high-strength cold-weather, fast-cure anchoring adhesive Read More
As civil and structural engineers, we know all too well that what is on the plans doesn’t always translate exactly as intended in the field. Part of what keeps our …
Solving the Puzzles Presented by “As Built” Conditions Read More
Within the world of multifamily construction, manufacturers design and detail the multistory continuous threaded rod holdowns used as shearwall overturning restraints. The Strong-Rod® anchor tiedown system (ATS) is Simpson Strong-Tie’s solution for …
Rod Elongation: Use of Gross Area vs. Effective/Net Tensile Area Read More
In response to the increasing demand for mass timber construction, Simpson Strong-Tie has created mass timber solutions for these builds. These product addition, include our Heavy Seated Knife Plate (HSKP), ACBH concealed …
Up to the Test: Introducing the Heavy Seated Knife Plate Beam Hanger for Mass Timber Read More
Simpson Strong-Tie’s Greg Bundy, Senior Branch Engineer in Columbus, Ohio, recently led a training webinar on mass timber advancements. The workshop covered topics like the NHERI TallWood Project and a new guide …
What’s New with Mass Timber? Read More
We have our new Simpson Strong-Tie Wood Construction Connectors catalog coming out in January. In anticipation of this, I wanted to do a series of short, daily posts discussing the …
The Twelve Days of Christmas — A Sleigh Ride Through the Years with Simpson Strong-Tie Read More
I recently wrote about the H1A hurricane tie in this post, which discussed the original H1 hurricane tie first appearing in 1972, and the subsequent changes over the years that led …
Second Day of Trivia – Hurricane Ties Read More
On day three, I talked about our first holdowns, the HD2 thru HD15, which were welded holdowns that use bolts. A major innovation in bolted-holdown manufacturing was the introduction of our …
Fifth Day of Trivia — Automated Holdowns Read More