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Residential Construction Framing Retrofit Strong-Roof Wall-bracing Commercial Construction Cold-Formed Steel Offsite Construction Structural Steel Infrastructure Asphalt Bridges OEM Roads Waste-water Project Profiles Case Studies Concrete » Bridge & Marine Rehabilitation & Retrofit Waste Water Treatment Natural Hazards High Winds Hurricane Seismic Tornadoes Testing/R&D Building Code Education Engineering Students Engineering Fellowship Training Webinars Resources About Community Guidelines How to Comment How to Subscribe via Email Literature » Catalogs Fliers Technical Bulletins Published Articles Archive Software & Web Applications Code Report Finder Video Library Workshops & Training Upcoming Shows & Events Home Residential Construction Framing Retrofit Strong-Roof Wall-bracing Commercial Construction Cold-Formed Steel Offsite Construction Structural Steel Infrastructure Asphalt Bridges OEM Roads Waste-water Project Profiles Case Studies Concrete » Bridge & Marine Rehabilitation & Retrofit Waste Water Treatment Natural Hazards High Winds Hurricane Seismic Tornadoes Testing/R&D Building Code Education Engineering Students Engineering Fellowship Training Webinars Resources About Community Guidelines How to Comment How to Subscribe via Email Literature » Catalogs Fliers Technical Bulletins Published Articles Archive Software & Web Applications Code Report Finder Video Library Workshops & Training Upcoming Shows & Events Deck-Drive DSV: Not Just A Deck Screw Don’t let the name fool you; the Deck-Drive™ DSV Wood screw is more than just a deck screw. It’s not only great for preservative-treated decking, but can also be used for general framing and construction as well. The variety of sizes makes this a multipurpose screw that can accomplish many of your wood-to-wood fastening needs. Continue Reading Author Nick Testa Posted on May 8, 2024 May 8, 2024 Categories Residential Construction Tags black dsv , deck fasteners , deck screws , deck-drive , decking applications , DSV , DSV wood screw , ICC , loads , the Deck-Drive™ DSV Wood screw , threaded fasteners , wood deck boards Leave a comment on Deck-Drive DSV: Not Just A Deck Screw The Birth of a Professional Engineer: Forging a Career at Simpson Strong-Tie Simpson Strong-Tie branch engineer , Dante Khachadourian discusses his journey from student to engineer. From his childhood days of playing with wooden blocks to earning a degree in civil engineering and obtaining his P.E. license, Dante’s path led him to Simpson Strong-Tie, where he found fulfillment in a diverse range of responsibilities as a branch engineer. Today, Dante navigates his day-to-day duties with enthusiasm, supporting designers, builders, and collegues alike to accomplish our mission of helping people build safer, stronger structures. Continue Reading Author Dante Khachadourian Posted on May 1, 2024 April 26, 2024 Categories Education , Engineering Spotlight Tags career path , civil engineer , college student , company culuture , company values , engineer , engineering , engineering student Leave a comment on The Birth of a Professional Engineer: Forging a Career at Simpson Strong-Tie Allowable Load Tables at Your Service — A Look at the Technical Engineering Bulletin (TEB) for Anchors One interesting part of being a field engineer for Simpson Strong-Tie is having the opportunity to see how different structural engineers may take different approaches to similar designs. We at Simpson Strong- Tie have come to appreciate these different approaches and embrace this phenomenon by providing multiple resources to aid in the completion of a design . This is very apparent when it comes to the design of post-installed anchors . Continue Reading Author Chris Johnson Posted on April 17, 2024 April 17, 2024 Categories Commercial Construction , Concrete Tags allowable tension load , anchor designer , anchors , design conections , design examples , engineering technical bulletins , mechanical anchors , SET-3G , strong-bolt 2 , TEB , tech bulletins , technical bulletins , titen hd Leave a comment on Allowable Load Tables at Your Service — A Look at the Technical Engineering Bulletin (TEB) for Anchors Testing Teases Out Hidden Capacities of Reclusive Connector — New Data Available on the Simpson Strong-Tie® CBH Concealed Beam Hanger for Mass Timber In North America, CLT and mass timber construction have garnered considerable press over the last few years, both inside the building industry and beyond . The burgeoning development has inspired new research centers and at least one annual conference — now in its eighth year and attracting scores of presenters and exhibitors and hundreds of attendees from around the world. Numerous observers are even heralding mass timber, or tall timber , as the necessary future of the fast-growing built environment. Continue Reading Author Simpson Strong-Tie Posted on April 3, 2024 April 3, 2024 Categories Commercial Construction , Mass Timber Tags ASTM , beam , CBH , CLT , concealed connector , fire rated testing , fire testing , mass timber , R&D , steel connector , testing Leave a comment on Testing Teases Out Hidden Capacities of Reclusive Connector — New Data Available on the Simpson Strong-Tie® CBH Concealed Beam Hanger for Mass Timber NHERI TallWood Project: Q & A with Steve Pryor, P.E., S.E., Senior Manager, Testing and Research Operations, Engineering, Simpson Strong-Tie As a research partner in the National Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) TallWood project, Simpson Strong-Tie participated in a series of earthquake shake table tests conducted at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Continue Reading Author Dave of the Strong-Tie Blog Team Posted on March 25, 2024 April 10, 2024 Categories Academia , Mass Timber , Testing/R&D Tags CLT , mass timber , NHERI , NHERI Tallwood test , tallwood , Tallwoodtest , UCSD Leave a comment on NHERI TallWood Project: Q & A with Steve Pryor, P.E., S.E., Senior Manager, Testing and Research Operations, Engineering, Simpson Strong-Tie Using the Edge-Tie™ System to Create Curved Façades in Steel Construction Curved façades can help create architecturally appealing steel structures and may even reduce the effects of wind loading. However, careful coordination is needed between engineers, contractors and glaziers when locating façade attachments. Providing adequate tolerances and avoiding field fixes can prove to be more challenging for curved façades than for conventional rectangular ones. Continue Reading Author Fayad Rahman Posted on March 13, 2024 March 12, 2024 Categories Structural Steel Tags commercial construction , curved , edge tie , edge-tie system , rolled steel , Shaped Steel , steel , structural steel Leave a comment on Using the Edge-Tie™ System to Create Curved Façades in Steel Construction Innovating from the Ground Up: Welcome to the Future! Dan hit the nail right on the head . . . at Simpson Strong-Tie, Risk-Taking Innovation is central to our mission of helping people design and build safer, stronger structures. We’ve devoted a tremendous amount of effort and resources to thoughtfully cultivating a culture of innovation. And as Engineers, we’ve been armed with quite a toolbox of resources toward that end, including state-of-the-art testing laboratories, virtual modeling and simulation tools, 3D printing capabilities, old-fashioned engineering judgment, and last but certainly not least, the collective knowledge of hundreds of Simpson reps in the field. Continue Reading Author Caleb Knudson Posted on February 29, 2024 February 28, 2024 Categories Engineering Spotlight , Uncategorized Leave a comment on Innovating from the Ground Up: Welcome to the Future! How Innovation Arises at Simpson Strong-Tie — A Field Example Prior to joining Simpson Strong-Tie in March of 2023, I worked as a consulting structural engineer for 13 years. My background in consulting includes many different project types and sectors, and it’s been exciting to bring...