UMass Amherst: Building and Construction Technology

General Materials Info | Glass | Masonry | Metals – Steel | Metals – Non Ferrous | Plastics and Composite Materials | Portland Cement Concrete | Wood/Wood Products

General Materials Info

• A to Z of Materials – Materials information site, supplier and expert directory
• Alpine Engineered Products, Incorporated : This site includes products such as: steel trusses, wood trusses, connecting plates, Design Technical Info. and Codes, Publications and Videos, and New Lumber Sizes 2X3 and 2×5
• American Elements – Manufacturer of advanced materials (nice periodic table on home page)
• BuildDirect University : Provides free articles on proper use of flooring, decking and siding products.
• BuilderOnline : Pick a product and get a list of company names and phone numbers that produce that product.
• Buildex : This site contains information on a particular brand of fastening systems
• BuildingWeb : Reference source of products, services, and technical information.
• Door and Window Website : Complete Consumer and Contractor product information and Directories of Manufacturers and Suppliers.
• Door and Hardware Institute
• Goodfellow – Supplier for advanced materials
• Hughes Manufacturing, Incorporated : This site includes information on their products and the company, distributors and dealers, and marketing information
• OSB Guide : A guide to OSB from the Structural Board Association
• Marvin Windows and Doors
• MatWeb – Searchable materials database, with properties
• Material ConneXion – Online membership is too pricey, but the New York office has exhibits
• McMaster-Carr – Another materials and tool supplier
• Mulqueen, Incorporated : This site contains information on heavy timber trusses
• PALCO: The Pacific Lumber Company
• Process, Energy, and Manufacturing Industries Directory
• Sweets Catalog OnLine
• ThomasNet.com
• Wood and Wood Products – Red Book : an excellent listing of
  machinery, equipment, materials and supplies relating to the woodworking
  industry.
• Weather-Bos : This site contains information on environmentally save paints and finishes

Glass

• CMOG – Corning Museum of Glass

• Pilkington
• PPG Industries
• Stanlok Glazing Gaskets

Masonry

• Brick Industry Association
• International Masonry Institute
• Indiana Limestone Institute of America
• Marble Institute of America
• National Concrete Masonry Association
• Coursing helper – From Hanson Brick
• Masonry Labs – Testing masonry – University of Wyoming

• Glen Gery Brick
• General Shale Brick
• Hanson Brick
• Bybee Stone Company – Natural stone products
• Lehigh Cement – Masonry mortars
• Brick Award – European award for interesting brick buildings

Metals – Steel

• Saugus Iron Works – An early steel mill in Saugus, MA.
• American Iron & Steel Institute
• American Institute of Steel Construction
• Steel Deck Institute
• Steel Tube Institute
• Designing with Galvanized Steel – From the American Galvanizers Association
• WTC Collapse – Results from the investigation by NIST

• Nucor Corp. – Largest US steel producer
• A/D FPS – Manufacturer of fire protection products for steel
• Spray Applied Fireproofing – Listing of manufacturers

Metals – Nonferrous

• Aluminum Association
• Aluminum Extruders Council
• American Architectural Manufacturers Assoc.
• Copper Development Assoc.
• Lead Info

• Alcoa – Primary aluminum producer
• Kawneer – Producer of curtain wall systems and windows

Plastics and Composite Materials

• American Composites Manufacturers Assoc.
• NetComposites

• Du Pont – Maker of Kevlar, Tyvek,…
• Foiltec – Pneumatic ET roof system
• Polygal – Polycarbonate panels

Portland Cement Concrete

• American Concrete Institute
• Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
• Portland Cement Association
• Post-Tensioning Institute
• Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
• Liquid Stone – Concrete exhibition at the National Building Museum, Washington

• Heidelberg Cement – Cement products manufacturer
• Lehigh White Cement – Colorable cement
• Lafarge – Concrete technology/manufatcurer
• Ductal – High-performance concrete from Lafarge
• Symons – Formwork systems and accessories
• PERI – Formwork systems
• Dayton Superior – Formwork accessories
• DYWIDAG – Posttensioning systems
• Spancrete – Precast concrete
• LiTraCon – Light-transmitting concrete
• BASF – Admixtures for concrete
• Thermomass – Insulation cores for exposed concrete

Wood/Wood Products

• APA – The Engineered Wood Association
• AWC – American Wood Council
• CWC – Canadian Wood Council (lots of casestudies and design tools for CAN/US online)
• FPS – Forest Products Society
• National Hardwood Council
• Am. Institute of Timber Construction
• Wood Truss Council
• Timber Framers Guild – Heavy-timber framing in North America
• Natl. Assoc. of Home Builders
• Forest Stewardship Council – Environmentally conscious wood products certification
• Wood Handbook – Free on-line technical reference for wood and wood products
• Fine Home Building Magazine
• Journal of Light Construction
• Wood Design & Building Magazine – Lots of casestudies for modern uses of wood
• Timber Engineering Reference – Properties, structures, etc.
• Wood Solutions Fairs – One-day events centered around advanced uses of wood.
• Build Boston Residential – Trade show for residential building products (April 2-3, 2008) in Boston.

• Weyerhaeuser/TrusJoist – Lumber and engineered wood products (Parallam, TJI joists,…)
• Boise Cascade – Lumber and engineered wood products
• Simpson Strong-Tie – Connectors for wood structures