Cold Formed Steel
Testing Documents
Prescriptive Method
- Commentary on the Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing - Prescriptive Method for One and Two Family Dwellings [download]
General Topics
- Using Chapter F of the North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members [download]
- ASTM Standards for Cold-Formed Steel (G800-07) [download]
- Acoustic Insulation and Sound Transmission in Cold-Formed Steel Construction [download]
- Fire-Rated Assemblies for Cold-Formed Steel Construction [download]
- Inspection Checklist for Structural Cold-Formed Steel Framing: Field Guide shirt-pocket size, 2002 edition [download]
- Inspection Checklist for Structural Cold-Formed Steel Framing 2002 edition [download]
- Field Installation Guide for Cold-Formed Steel Roof Trusses [download]
Corrosion & Durability
- Corrosion Protection for Cold-Formed Steel Framing in Coastal Areas (D200-07) [download]
- Durability of Cold-Formed Steel Framing Members [download]
Details
- Hybrid Wood and Steel Details-Builder's Guide [download]
Fasteners/Connections
- Welding of Cold-Formed Steel [download]
- Fastener Corrosion [download]
- Pneumatically Driven Pins for Wood-Based Panel Attachment [download]
- Design Guide: Pneumatically Driven Pins for Wood-Based Panel attachment [download]
- Powder Actuated Fasteners in Cold-Formed Steel Construction [download]
- Design of By-Pass Slip Connectors in Cold-Formed Steel Construction [download]
- Screws For Attachment of Steel-To-Wood and Wood-Steel [download]
- Screw Fastener Selection for Light Gauge Steel Framing [download]
- Fasteners for Cold-Formed Steel Framed Construction [download]
- How To Build INTERIOR WALLS with Steel [download]
Floor & Roof Truss Design Guides
- Design Guide: Construction Bracing of Cold-Formed Steel Trusses [download]
- Design Guide: Permanent Bracing of Cold-Formed Steel Trusses [download]
- Specifying Pre-Engineered Cold-Formed Steel Floor and Roof Trusses [download]
Fire, Sound, and Thermal Guides
- A guide to Fire & Acoustic Data for Steel Floors & Wall Assemblies [download]
- Thermal Design Guide for External Walls [download]
- Fire Resistance Ratings of Load Bearing Steel Stud Walls [download]
- Residential Steel Framing Builder's Guide To Fire and Acoustic Details [download]
Shear Walls and Diaphragms
- Shear Wall Design Guide [download]
- Monotonic Tests of Cold-Formed Steel Shear Walls with Openings [download]
- Design Values for Vertical and Horizontal Lateral Load Systems [download]
- Shear Transfer at Top Plate: Drag Strut Design [download]
- Vertical Lateral Force Resisting System: Boundary Elements [download]
- Lateral Load Resisting Elements: Diaphragm Design Values [download]
- Design Considerations for Flexural and Lateral-Torsional Bracing [download]
Structural Elements and Systems
- Introduction to Curtain Wall Design Using Cold-Formed Steel [download]
- Cold-Formed Steel Joists [download]
- Design Guide for Cold-Formed Steel Beams with Web Penetrations [download]
- Residential Steel Beam and Column Load/Span Tables [download]
- Cold-Formed Steel "L" Header Field Guide [download]
- Testing and Establishing Design Values for Slip Clips [download]
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