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1999 - 2022 - Permanent Lateral Bracing for wood trusses

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1999 - 2022 - Permanent Lateral Bracing for wood trusses

by  lexpatrie  Posted    (Edited  )
1999 - Commentary for Permanent Bracing of Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses, Meeks (Yumpu.com, not a web site I'm vouching for, by the by, use at your own peril.)

2000 - Permanent Bracing Design for MPC Wood Roof Truss Webs and Chords, Underwood (M. Sc. Thesis at V Tech, under Frank Woeste)

SBCA Bracing Resources (web page)

2001 - Permanent Bracing Design for MPC Wood Roof Truss Webs and Chords, Underwood, Woeste, Dolan, Holzer, Forest Products Journal, July 2001.

2022 - Guidance on Permanent Bracing for Long Span Trusses, SBCA Magazine (nice graphics), originally in Frame Building News.

2023 -
Editor's Message: Bracing Origins, SBCA Magazine, July/August 2023.

That's what I have for now, this is a pretty deep subject and there's a lot of ground left to cover.
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