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13 New Pre-Fabricated Wall Reduces Plywood Use and Enhances Earthquake Protection
PERRIS, CA – January 13, 2012—California TrusFrame and Smart Components ® allow builders of commercial and residential structures to reduce their dependency on plywood structural shear panels and install stronger walls able to resist severe lateral movement from earthquakes and high winds. The innovative approach to wall construction has appeared in a retail/apartment building in MacArthur Park (Los Angeles), Hollywood and Garfield (Los Angeles), as well as a dozen homes in California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Smart Components® are manufactured using dimension lumber, metal connector plates and patented concentric hold-down connectors developed by Trussed, Inc. This new generation of pre-fabricated trussed frames and panels has the strength to resist lateral and vertical forces because the design features provide critical load resistance, which exceed the strength of conventional shear panels used in wall construction. In the past, wood trusses using metal connector plates have been mainly used for floors and roofs. Trussed Inc. has engineered the same approach for building walls.
“Our Smart Components® are an integration of over 60 years of traditional truss construction with new proprietary technology,” said John Hanna, the president of California TrusFrame in Perris, CA. “We have transformed the typical shear panel into a key load-transfer mechanism that significantly increases the level protection for homes and businesses.”
Smart Components® walls are customized to meet specific customer requirements. This provides architects and engineers with greater ease in transferring their designs into the actual construction. The pre-fabricated trussed frames and panels, manufactured in California and Maryland, are delivered to construction site ready for installation. The benefits include lower material cost and quicker framing time (framing cycle time). Smart Components® also avoid plywood sheathing, reduce the potential for mold and solve nail penetration problems. For more information, please visit
http://www.caltrusframe.com in addition to
http://www.smartcomponents.us
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