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The company was founded by Barclay Simpson in Oakland in 1956, as a successor to his father's window screen company. [1] Simpson manufactured joist hangers and the company's subsidiary Simpson Strong-Tie Co. Inc. became a dominant producer of structural connectors in North America and Europe. [ 1 ]
Exterior insulation and finish system (EIFS) is a general class of non-load bearing building cladding systems that provides exterior walls with an insulated, water-resistant, finished surface in an integrated composite material system. EIFS has been in use since the 1960s in North America and was first used on masonry buildings.
Strong tie may refer to: Simpson Strong Tie, a subsidiary and brand of structural hardware produced by the Simpson Manufacturing Company; Interpersonal ties, in sociology
A hold down resisting uplift from a timber shear wall. Holdown (holdown, hold-down, or hold down) or tie-down in structural engineering refers to the steel device or hardware that is installed at the end of a plywood shear wall. The hold downs provide uplift resistance against the overturning moment imposed on the wall due to "in-plane" lateral ...
The space between the supports can be up to 11 m (walls), depending on the type of panel used. Normal applications have spaces between the supports that are approx. 3 m – 5 m. The thickness of panels is from 40 mm up to more than 200 mm.
Sterling K. Brown is done crying every week. Two days before Thanksgiving, Brown is sitting at a long table in a photo studio in Culver City, digging into a take-out lunch as he begins to break ...
In addition to creating stunning textiles, neurodivergent fiber artist Fiona Simpson uses weaving as a way to calm her mind. 'I felt scattered and restless in my thoughts,' she said. 'Weaving has ...
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.(SGH) is a privately held ENR 500 engineering firm that designs, investigates, and rehabilitates structures and building enclosures.Their work encompasses commercial, institutional and residential buildings, transportation, water/wastewater, nuclear, science, and defense structure projects throughout the U.S. and over twenty foreign countries.