SBCA - Wall Panels

Framing the American Dream
Two identical 2,600 sq. ft. homes were built at the 1996 NAHB Builder's Show – one conventionally framed, the other built with engineered components. Framing the American Dream (FAD) materials detail what we learned about craftsmanship in component manufacturing. The FAD brochure and CD outline the benefits of building with roof trusses, floor trusses and wall panels; the condensed CD focuses strictly on wall panels and is ideal for educating the marketplace. Learn more or order the FAD brochure, CD, and condensed CD.

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Full CD

Panel CD

Find a Wall Panel Manufacturer Page
Find a wall panel manufacturer in your market.

BCMC Presentations on Wall Panels
BCMC 2004 featured a wall panel track focusing on Building Your Wall Panel Business from a Framer's Perspective, the Nuts and Bolts of Daily Wall Panel Management, and Turnkey Framing: How to Effectively Manage Installed Sales. These presentations are available for free through BCMC's complimentary offer. To view these courses, contact SBCA staff.

TECHNICAL

NEW – CTB – Wall Panel & Hoisting Strap Inspection & Use Requirements
This two-page document provides important safety information to builders who use mechanical means (such as cranes or lifts) to handle and hoist wood wall panels to which synthetic hoisting straps have been attached by the wall panel manufacturer.

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Guide for Handling, Installing & Temporary Bracing of Wall Panels
Similar to the BCSI-B1 Summary Sheet for trusses, this brand new document takes an industry-based �best practices� approach and covers the general issues involved with delivery, storage, handling and installation.

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NEW – Wall Panel JOBSITE PACKAGE
This package allows component manufacturers to provide their customers with important installation and safety information with every jobsite delivery. The Wall Panel JOBSITE PACKAGE consists of a zippered plastic bag (10x14 in.) and three key SBCA products: a cover sheet, TTB – Building with Wall Panels, and the Guide for Handling, Installing & Temporary Bracing of Wall Panels.

Wall Panel TTB
This document contains essential technical and marketing information for contractors building with wall panels. Including statistics from the Framing the American Dream project and a checklist of required dimensions, this TTB helps customers succeed with a recommended installation procedure.

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The Load Guide for Wall Panel Design
The Wall TLG is under development and is intended to help building designers, building code officials, component manufactures, and wall designers understand, define and specify the loads applied to light-frame walls. It will serve as a guide and a calculator to provide the code- and standards-based requirements for determining design loads specifically for walls. Wall TLG will serve as a form through which these parties can communicate during the design process and provide a basis for on-going discussion regarding the application of code and/or standard requirements for loading walls. For more information, contact SBCA staff.

BRACED WALL PANEL RESOURCES

The Story Behind IRC Wall Bracing Provisions

The Pennsylvania Housing Research/Resource Center – Part 1: Basic Components for Code Compliant Bracing

Performance of Long Wood-Frame Shear Walls with Varying Opening and Base Restraint Configurations Including Anchor Bolts, Hold-downs, and Corner Framing
U.S. Department of Housing and Development, Washington, DC., HUD, 1997

The Performance of Perforated Shear Walls with Narrow Wall Segments, Reduced Base Restraint, and Alternative Framing Methods
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC.HUD, 1998

Perforated Shear Walls with Conventional and Innovative Base Restraint Connections
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC.,HUD, 1999

Wood Shear Walls with Corners
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC., HUD, 2001

Light-Frame Wood Shear Walls with Various Overturning Restraints
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC., HUD, 2003

ADDITIONAL INDUSTRY RESOURCES

Acceptance Criteria for Racking Shear Evaluation of Proprietary Sheathing Materials Used as Braced Wall Panels (AC 269)
ICC Evaluation Service, Inc

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Foam Sheathing Coalition

APA – The Engineered Wood Association

American Forest & Paper Association

Dow Building Solutions STYROFOAM SIS^� Wall Bracing Calculator