Video
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Video explaining the role of the evaluator in FORTIFIED roof installations, ensuring that the installation is up to code per IBHS requirements.
Video
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Video explaining additional steps not covered by roofers that homeowners should take to fortify their roofs according to IBHS guidelines.
Video
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Video describing the principles of creating IRC-compliant walls with full sheathing according to APA - The Engineered Wood Association practices.
Reference
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Standard using performance-based principles to determine dead, live, soil, flood, snow, rain, atmospheric ice, earthquake, and wind loads, and their combinations for general structural design. This version of the standard was published in the year 2010 and is available in both digital and print...
Reference
Description
Standard using performance-based principles to determine dead, live, soil, flood, tsunami, snow, rain, atmospheric ice, earthquake, wind, and fire loads, and their combinations for general structural design. This version of the standard was published in the year 2016 and is available in both digital...
Reference
Description
Standard using performance-based principles to determine dead, live, soil, flood, tsunami, snow, rain, atmospheric ice, seismic, and wind loads, and their combinations for general structural design. The current version of this standard was published in the year 2022 and is available in both digital...
Case Study
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Case study describing the design and testing of 10 high-performance homes in Farmington, Connecticut.
Guide
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Guide providing guidance on insulating attic eaves in new and existing single-family homes and multifamily buildings.