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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.
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9mb PDF + 240kb DWG

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Updated Mar 2026

Structural Steel Fabrication for Commercial Construction

Technical resource with structural details, specifications, and installation guidance for commercial steel systems.
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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.
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9mb PDF

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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.
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9mb PDF

Mar 2026

Red-I™ Joists

For design professionals specifying RedBuilt™ Red-I™ joists
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3mb PDF

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Mar 2026

Red-I™ Joists

For design professionals specifying RedBuilt™ Red-I™ joists
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3mb PDF

Mar 2026

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