Glulam Frame

What's going on this week in the engineering world at Vermont Timber Works?  We have a glulam frame with steel connectors and a timber boat house.  (More on the boat house next week because I'll still be working on it.)  The steel for the glulam project is being produced by another company and then shipped to us.  We are responsible for fabrication of the glulams and we will need to check to make sure that the wood members fit together with the steel.  If we aren't going to be traveling to the job site, which is the case with this job, we check the fit of the pieces to try and alleviate issues that might come up during the erection of the frame.

This is the architect's drawings of what the truss will look like when assembled.