Specification Writing Guidelines
American Institute of Timber Construction
Guide for Specifying Structural Glued Lamninated Timber, Technical Note No. 24.
Sample specification is included.
American Wood-Preservers’ Association
Book of Standards
Standards in the wood preservation industry. Covers preservatives, treatments, and analysis of preservatives and of treated wood, plus inspection, care of treated wood, and its use in the field. Includes crossties, glulam, lumber and timbers, marine lumber, poles and piling, and treatment for permanent wood foundations. Introduces the new Use Category System for specifying treated wood products. 466 pages. CD-ROM available.
American Wood Preservers Institute
Designing & Building with Preserved Wood
Guide to properly specifying preserved wood Reprint from The Construction Specifier. 6 pages.
APA - The Engineered Wood Association
Short Form Specification for Panels
Sample specifications for Sheathing, Sturd-I-Floor, Siding, and Sanded Panels. Form Y310.
Short Form Specification for I-Joists and Rim Board
Sample specifications for APA performance rated I-joists and rim boards. Form Y315.
Architectural Woodwork Institute
AWI Quality Standards Illustrated, Eighth Edition, Version 1.0
Guide Specifications, Standards, and Tests for woodwork and wood doors, including trims, cabinets, paneling, closet shelving, ornamental woodwork, stairs, frames and jambs, windows, screens, blinds, shutters, flush doors, stile and rail doors, and factory finishing. CD-ROM available.
Veneer Solutions
How to specify veneers. Guide to all types of veneer matching. Includes veneer plate book with line art drawings and color photos showing veneer figures and cuts. 56 pages. (1998)
Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau
Product Specifications
Recommended uses and product descriptions of cedar shakes, shingles, and specialty products.
Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association
Hardwood Plywood Handbook
A reference guide and sales handbook to hardwood plywood. 68 pages. (2004)
Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association
Northeastern Dimension Lumber
Design considerations, specification references, design values, span tables, photo sheets of northeastern softwood lumber typically used in structural applications. 20 pages.
Southern Pine Council
Southern Pine Use Guide
Grade descriptions, design values, and sample specifications. 24 pages. #200.
Western Red Cedar Lumber Association
Lumber Specifications
Information for specifying siding, decking, trim boards, timbers and landscape lumber, and fences and gates.
Western Wood Preservers Institute
Guide to the Characteristics, Use and Specifications of Pressure Treated Wood
Guide for writing pressure-treated wood specifications for foundation and marine piling, building poles, lumber and plywood, permanent wood foundations, and glued-laminated timbers.
Western Wood Products Association
Specifying Lumber (A-2)
Guide for specifying Western Lumber.
Western Lumber Product Use Manual (A)
Proper selection, specification, and use of Western species.
Wood Truss Council of America
Metal Plate Connected Wood Truss Handbook, Third Edition
The reference book on metal plate connected wood trusses was updated in 2002 with the most current industry standards and building codes, history, design, fabrication, testing, quality assurance, connection details, fire resistance assemblies and much more - over 50 pages have been added since the last edition. Also included are appendices containing span tables, design aids, specifications, a glossary, industry associations, and a list of WTCA members. This is the most comprehensive industry reference of its kind. 480 pages.
WTCA Standard Structural Details in DXF
Close to 100 standard structural details for roof and floor truss applications are available in DXF format on CD. These are the same details that appear in section 16 of the Metal Plate Connected Wood Truss Handbook.
Commentary for Permanent Bracing of Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses
Guidelines for designing and specifying permanent bracing for metal-plate-connected wood truss systems. Illustrations clarify key points. 26 pages.
Truss Technology in Building – ANSI/TPI/WTCA 4
Defines the design responsibilities for those involved in the preparation, submittal, review and approval of each drawing used in the creation of trusses.
