Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I obtain information on designing post frame structures (sometimes referred to as pole buildings or pole barns)?
1. Design values for poles (smaller at the top and buried) and piles (smaller at the bottom and driven) are in the 2005 NDS Chapter 6.
2. New Post-Frame Design Manual to be published by the Technical & Research Committee of the National Frame Builders Association (NFBA).
NFBA
4840 Bob Billings Parkway
Lawrence, KS 66049-3862
Phone: (800) 557-6957
Local: (785) 843-2444
Fax: (785) 843-7555
E-mail: nfba@nfba.org
Website: http://www.nfba.org
Order at: http://www.nfba.org/html/files/documents
3. ASAE Post Frame Building Manual
ISBN: 0-929355-29-6
Phone: 800-695-2723
Fax: 269-429-3852
Website: http://www.asae.org
4. The Midwest Plan Service publishes a Structures and Environment Handbook which address gussets in section 406.5 under Wood Truss Design. The most recent edition is a 1987 Revised 11th Edition. For ordering information, visit https://www.mwpshq.org/catalog.html
Midwest Plan Service
122 Davidson Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-3080
Toll Free: (800) 562-3618
E-mail: mwps@iastate.edu
Design for Code Acceptance (DCA) #5 provides guidance to post-frame building designers for meeting the requirements of the 2000 International Building Code and to confirm that a properly designed post-frame building is in fact code compliant.
Download DCA 5
See also: Timber piles
See also: Timber frame
Section: Wood Building / Structure Types
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