Sbe Builders

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Strong Built Establishments Builders SBE Builders is a commercial and residential framing contractor located in Discovery Bay California. Our Systematic Construction Logic produces Strong Built Establishments. E-Defense stands for Earthquake-Defense. Is your building ready for the next Earthquake?

SBE Builders Commercial & Residential Framing

Systematic Construction Logic
With 35 plus years in the construction business SBE Builders can formulate coherent building procedures that optimize the entire structure, not just the rough frame of the building. The rough frame structural requirements for commercial and residential buildings in the San Francisco Bay Area, in seismic zones 3 and 4, require a good understanding of the construction sequences that effect the entire structure. With the current structural requirements of the IBC, UBC & CBC & San Francisco Bay Area Structural Engineers we are always researching new types of engineered wood products like LSL, LVL, OSL, SPSL, TJI, RFPI, SSI, CDX, OSB, AOSB, FRBOSB, PSL, GLB, 24F-V4, 24F-V8, IJC, MSR, VGL, LPI to see if the engineered wood products live up to their manufactures claims and warranties. OSB is great for roof sheathing, but what about the panel thickness swelling and the nail pop in OSB structural shear walls. It seems to us that the nail pop in OSB structural shear walls should reduce the allowable shear force in pounds per foot. But once it is covered we'll have to wait for the next earthquake to see if the nail pop in OSB makes any real difference.
We stay on top of structural requirements in our plans so we don't end up using the wrong type of framing material. As an example, we use Pac-Bor borate .42 pressure treated mudsill plates that are Built It Green approved, but are also compatible with the types of anchor bolts and holdowns installed by the concrete subcontractors. By using Pac-Bor borate .42 pressure treated mudsill we still need to use hot dipped galvanized nails (G185) for all attachments to the mudsill, but the anchor bolts and holdowns don't need to be hot dipped galvanized. However, it wouldn't hurt if they were hot dipped galvanized.
General Contractors who work with us on one project return to SBE Builders for all their future commercial and residential framing needs. A lot of framing contractors will say they take pride in their work, but our rough frames speaks volumes. City Building inspectors have called our rough frames awesome. Special inspectors have said our rough frame and structural hardware was installed by very competent carpenters. Structural engineers have used our RFI detail drawings in their structural plans. While other building inspectors have said that we should give framing seminars.
Enough hype. Take a look around our web site and decide for yourself. If you decide we're right for your project give us a call and we'll give you a bid for your stick frame project (1000 sq. ft. to 150,000 sq. ft.) .

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glue laminated beams (GLB)
I-Joist compatible glulam beam alternative to LVL (IJC)

Roof framing geometry is empirical-type knowledge.
Information gained by means of observation, experience, or experiment.
From ground Line 0: Z1, Z2, Z3 etc...
To Roof Axis 0: A1, A2, A3 etc...
To the bring back line 0 for scribing: B1, B2, B3 etc...

Carpenters Of Steel
Canadian & American Geometric Roof Framing Development
using a Steel Framing Square

Geometric Roof Framing Development for Irregular Hip Roof Calculations

Hip Rafter Backing Bevel Angles from 1830 to 2009