Wood Truss Council of America (WTCA)

 American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA)

 American Consumers for Affordable Homes (ACAH)

National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Site

National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Consumers Site

Treasure Coast Builders Association

Engineering Sites to Visit On Vacation

Books of Interest
Why Buildings Fall Down

Dinosaur Brains

Metal Plate Connected Wood Truss Handbook

Construction Nightmares
Jobs From Hell and How to Avoid Them


Truss Poetry
Pounding plates on all day long.
I’m inspecting trusses to see what’s wrong.
A gap or plate missing on the truss,
Now I’m mad and start to fuss.
I take my hammer and start to tap.
Just trying to close this dog gone gap.
When there’s too many gaps, I start to gripe,
Now keep those trusses nice and tight.
I put them in a neat little stack.
When break comes, I grab me a snack.
Some of this work is nasty and dirty,
But I’m only here till 3:30.
Oops, I forgot to put those seat plates on,
This poem was wrote from the heart, by John.