What is NDS?

• National Design Specification for Wood Construction (Publication #T-01) - Nationally recognized design guide for wood structures. Includes general requirements, design provisions and formulas, and data on structural lumber, glued laminated timber, structural-use panels, shearwalls and diaphragms, poles and piles, I-joists, structural composite lumber, and structural connections (nails, bolts, screws, split ring and shear plate connectors, and timber rivets).