Five-Story Multi-Family Building Benefits from Modular Wood Panels

Construction continues on the five-story, wood-framed apartment building we recently designed. Modular wood wall panels, 4×2 wood floor trusses, and 4×2 wood roof trusses facilitated a speedy framing process. The contractor chose LP Flameblock sheathing for the exterior assembly to meet structural shear wall strength and fire barrier requirements. 2×4 metal plate connected wood trusses made framing the pyramid roofs simple.

Stay tuned for more updates. The continuous anchor tie-down system will be installed soon. 

Modular wood walls provided an accelerated framing schedule.

The sloped roof is accomplished not with tapered insulation (which would have been very expensive), but rather 4×2 trusses with sloped top chords.