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Publication Review

Title: Alternative Framing Materials in Residential Construction
Author: HUD, 1994
File: Free Book, PDF 2.44 MB, 117 pages
Audience: Written for builders and architects interested in alternatives to standard residential frame construction.

Review
3 fairly extensive case studies of alternatives to residential frame construction.

Issues covered include:

• introduction
• background
• case study results
• foam core panels
• light gauge steel framing
• welded-wire sandwich panels
• conclusions and recommendations
• engineering costs
• time and motion study data
• cost data
• supporting calculations
• conventionally constructed baseline house
• contacts and information

Images and tables include:

• 1990 construction framing materials in new homes
• cost of lumber for a 2,000 square foot home
• foam-core panel strength properties
• wall framing productivity
• roof framing productivity
• wall framing unit costs
• roof framing unit costs
• properties for selected gauges of sheet steel
• framing lumber composite price
• average weekly change lumber composite price
• foam core panel demonstration house plan
• c shape
• hat shape
• light gauge steel demonstration house plan
• welded wire sandwich panel demonstration house plan
• foam core panel photo
• foam core panel demonstration house photo
• foam core panel fastened to sill plate photo
• top of foam core panel with a top plate photo
• foam core panel gable end wall photo
• foam core roof panels being set photo
• light gauge steel demonstration house photo
• light gauge steel layout of top and bottom track photo
• light gauge steel walls braced photo
• light gauge steel shear walls photo
• in-line framing technique photo
• electrical wiring and plumbing protected with grommets photo
• welded wire sandwich panel photo
• WWSP demonstration house photo
• pneumatic hog ring gun photo
• WWSPs tied to rebar photo
• WWSP wall bracing photo
• WWSP window framing photo
• electrical conduit installed in WWSP photo
• WWSP roof panel installation photo
• shotcrete application: finish coat photo
• California wood frame baseline home photo
• Georgia wood frame baseline home