Tuesday, October 17, 2006

iLevel™ Trus Joist® Open-Web™ Trusses Offer Strength, Design Flexibility and Value

Outstanding Strength-to-Weight Performance is Ideal for Commercial Applications

For more information, contact:
Greg Wells
(208) 364-1428
greg.wells@weyerhaeuser.com

Commercial buildings are often built under very tight budgets, with exact load specifications and the need for open floor plans. To meet the unique demands of commercial buildings, architects, designers and builders often select iLevel™ Trus Joist® Open-Web™ trusses for strong, reliable and economical roof structural framing. (www.iLevel.com)

iLevel Open-Web trusses are lightweight, stable and easy to install – making them a natural choice for stores, offices, warehouses and other commercial applications.

For buildings with exceptionally long spans – more than 100 feet – Open-Web trusses are the ideal solution. Their high strength-to-weight performance allows builders to span large distances with fewer supporting structures – providing the critical clear floor space required in many commercial buildings. Open-Web trusses work equally well in other building applications where design flexibility and economy are needed.

Open-Web trusses are available in numerous configurations, allowing architectural freedom and a range of aesthetic choices. Architects and designers can choose configurations such as parallel chord, tapered, pitched, scissor, barrel, and parabolic, among others. iLevel custom manufactures each truss to the specifications of the individual job and provides designers and builders with a range of technical support services.

Combining steel webs with Trus Joist TimberStrand® laminated strand lumber (LSL) top chords, the T-Series Open-Web trusses are pound-for-pound among the strongest structural members available. In addition, the strength and consistency of the TimberStrand LSL top chords makes them ideal for nailing – resisting splitting even under close on-center nailing, or with multiple rows of nails.

Open-Web trusses are just one part of a complete and integrated package of commercial framing materials – from foundation to rooftop – which include other trusted products and brands such as Trus Joist TimberStrand® laminated strand lumber (LSL), Trus Joist Parallam® parallel strand lumber (PSL) and Trus Joist TJI® joists. To learn more about the complete iLevel line of products, design software tools, technical support, and extensive distribution network throughout North America, visit www.iLevel.com or call 1‑888-iLevel8 to locate a dealer near you.

About iLevel™ by Weyerhaeuser
iLevel is Weyerhaeuser’s integrated wood products business, resulting in a seamless, unified solution for residential and commercial builders – offering a coordinated network of support for all structural framing materials. By combining Weyerhaeuser’s high-quality products and services from well-known brands like Trus Joist and Structurwood, with its distribution and technology capabilities, iLevel efficiently supplies customers with all the necessary components for building wood structural framing, and solving builder and customer needs around that frame.

About Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the world's largest integrated forest products companies, was incorporated in 1900. In 2005, sales were $22.6 billion. It has offices or operations in 18 countries, with customers worldwide. Weyerhaeuser is principally engaged in the growing and harvesting of timber; the manufacture, distribution and sale of forest products; and real estate construction, development and related activities. Additional information about Weyerhaeuser's businesses, products and practices is available at http://www.weyerhaeuser.com.

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