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Jobsite Inspection Checklist

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Presented by the Wood Truss Council of America

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Inspection Checklist

1 - Truss design drawings and truss placement diagram, if

required

2 - Truss placements and orientations 3 - Bearing locations 4 - Multi-ply girders 5 - Structural connectors 6 - Permanent web bracing 7 - Truss damages and repairs

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1- Review the Drawings

Included in truss delivery package

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1- Truss Design Drawings

Different Styles of Drawings

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1- Review Floor and Roof Different Design Parameters

Loading: 60 PSF totalO.C. Spacing: 19.2″

Loading: 45 PSF totalO.C. Spacing: 24″

For example:

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1- Check Design Drawings for: Multiple Ply Girders

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1- Check Design Drawings for: Web Bracing Locations

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1- Check Drawings Point Load Locations

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1- Any “Extra” Trusses Indicates a spacing or installation error

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1- Any “Extra” Trusses Indicates a spacing or installation error

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1- Check Placement Diagram

For girders, which support extra loads

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1- Check Placement Diagram

For girders, which support extra loads

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1- Check Placement Diagram

Non-Structural Framing

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1- Check Placement Diagram

Non-Structural Framing

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2 – Check Truss Placements

Match ID mark on placement diagram

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2 – Truss Placements

To ID mark on installed truss

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2 – Check Truss Orientations

Check upside-down and left-to-rightIf designed to be installed this

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This installation is wrong!

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2 – Truss Orientations

Important for parallel chord trusses

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2 – Truss Orientations Important for cantilevered trusses

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2 – Truss Orientations Important for unevenly loaded girders

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3- Check Bearing Locations

Are all required supports present?

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3- Bearing Locations Are supports in the correct locations?

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3- Bearing Locations

Bearing may show a double top plate

But can be any designed support Beam Hanger Block wall, etc.

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4 – Check Multi-Ply Girders Verify all plies are fastened together

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4 – BCSI-B9 Summary Sheet Info on Multi-Ply Girders

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5 – Check Structural Connectors

Hangers, tie-downs and clips installed at correct locations?

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5 – Structural Connectors Holes filled with correct fastener?

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5 – BCSI-B8 Summary Sheet

Info on Toe-nailing for Uplift Reactions

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6 – Permanent Web Bracing Installed per truss design drawings?

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6 - Permanent Web Bracing Prevents compression buckling

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6 - BCSI-B3 Summary Sheet Web Member Permanent Bracing Web Reinforcement

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7 - Check Damages Trusses cut for pipes, stairs, chimneys?

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7 - Check Damages Trusses cut for HVAC equipment?

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7 - Check Damages

Plates or lumber damaged or missing?

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7 - Check Repairs

Where is the “Repair Detail”

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7 - Check Repair Details Similar to original but instructs for

repair

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7 - BCSI-B5 Summary Sheet Truss Damage, Jobsite Modifications

and Installation Errors

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Checklist Complete!

This is not a comprehensive checklist There may be other factors to consider

on particular projects Contact the truss manufacturer listed

on the drawings with questions on specific truss projects

Contact WTCA for training information

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BCSI Series

For more info on: Truss repairs Girders Fall protection Jobsite storage Truss handling Toe-nailing for uplift Temporary bracing Construction

loading

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WTCA is the Information Source

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Structural Building Components Magazine

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www.woodtruss.com

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WTCA Homepage

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Wood Truss Councilof America

wtca@woodtruss.com