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RedSpec™ Next
RedSpec™ is a free, user-friendly design program for creating floor and roof specifications using Red-I™ joists, RedBuilt™ open-web trusses, RedLam™ LVL, glulam beams, and dimensional lumber.
FloorChoice™
FloorChoice™ is RedBuilt's Floor Performance Rating System, scoring floor vibration and performance on a 0–10 scale during the design phase so the floor system matches what the space actually needs.
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Structural Steel Fabrication for Commercial Construction
Technical resource with structural details, specifications, and installation guidance for commercial steel systems.
Types
- BIM Objects, Guides
9mb PDF + 240kb DWG
Products
- Prefabricated Wall Panels
Updated Mar 2026
Structural Steel Fabrication for Commercial Construction
Technical resource with structural details, specifications, and installation guidance for commercial steel systems.
Types
- BIM Objects, Guides
Products
- Prefabricated Wall Panels
9mb PDF + 240kb DWG
Updated Mar 2026
RedBuilt Open-Web Truss Design Guide
RedBuilt Open Web Truss Guide for architects, engineers, and designers. Explore truss types and profiles for long span and commercial loaded applications. The guide includes allowable live loads and dead loads for commercial spans. Typical installation details for cantilevers, parapets, outriggers, sloped bearing, double trusses. Seismic, snow drifting, and wind uplift tables with allowable load capacities for wood and steel pin connected trusses. Find information on long span installation, hole sizes through the truss, bridging, and installation. Design dead loads for construction material.
Types
- Guides, Specifying Tools
9mb PDF
Products
- Hybrid Mass Timber, Open-web trusses
Mar 2026
RedBuilt Open-Web Truss Design Guide
RedBuilt Open Web Truss Guide for architects, engineers, and designers. Explore truss types and profiles for long span and commercial loaded applications. The guide includes allowable live loads and dead loads for commercial spans. Typical installation details for cantilevers, parapets, outriggers, sloped bearing, double trusses. Seismic, snow drifting, and wind uplift tables with allowable load capacities for wood and steel pin connected trusses. Find information on long span installation, hole sizes through the truss, bridging, and installation. Design dead loads for construction material.
Types
- Guides, Specifying Tools
Products
- Hybrid Mass Timber, Open-web trusses
9mb PDF
Mar 2026
Red-I™ Joists
For design professionals specifying RedBuilt™ Red-I™ joists
Types
- Guides, Specifying Tools
3mb PDF
Products
- Hybrid Mass Timber, Red-I™ Joist
Mar 2026
Red-I™ Joists
For design professionals specifying RedBuilt™ Red-I™ joists
Types
- Guides, Specifying Tools
Products
- Hybrid Mass Timber, Red-I™ Joist