Basic Lumber Engineering for Builders
Table of Contents

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Contents

1. Wood Basics, 5
     Lumber Characteristics, 6
     Lumber Grading, 9
     Lumber Shapes, 10
     Lumber Dimensions and Surfaces, 13
     Lumber Seasoning, 13
     Preserving and Storing Lumber, 15
     Defective Materials, 17
     Manufactured Wood Products, 19
     Glu-lam Products, 26
     Wood Trusses, 33

2. Wood Design Basics, 39
     Stresses in Wood Members, 58
     Engineering Properties of Wood Members, 63
     Designing Girders, Beams and Joists, 66
     Designing Posts and Columns, 72
     Formats for Structural Calculations, 74

3. Wood-Frame Building Components, 79
     Building Types, 79
     Framing Systems, 86
     Conventional light-Frame Buildings, 93

4. Framing Connections, 121
     Nails, 121
     Bolts, 133
     Miscellaneous Connectors, 143
     Framing Hardware, 145
     Retrofitting, 150
     Defects and Failures in Connections, 153

5. Concrete Formwork, 155
     Form Design, 155
     Wall Forms, 158
     Form Hardware, 169
     Recommended Tolerances for Forms, 173
     Column Forms, 174
     Elevated Slab Forms, 177
     Maintaining Forms, 180

6. Building Layout, 181
     Survey Equipment, 184
     Maintaining Horizontal and Vertical Control, 192
     Laying Out a Building, 194
     Construction Tolerances, 197
     Units of Measurement, 198
     Checklist for Construction Survey, 203

7. Workmanship, Plans, and Coordination
    Between the Trades, 207
     Dimensioning, 207
     Construction Documents, 208
     Framing Specifications, 213
     Recommended Framing Procedure, 215
     Inspections, 215
     Coordination Between. Trades, 216

8. Using the Wood Beam Sizing™ Program, 219
     Installing Wood Beam Sizing, 219
     Learning to Use Wood Beam Sizing, 221
     Basic Wood Design, 228
     The Windows, 229

Appendix A Codes and Standards, 233
     Building Codes, 234
     Standards, 238

Appendix B Glossary, 245

Index, 264

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