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February 2024 #16295 Page #100
A New Wood Construction Connectors Catalog for the New Year
By Bryan Wert
We just released our updated Wood Construction Connectors catalog (CC-2024) which features our product line that has a legacy that started in 1956. This year’s 372-page version begins with a colorful, attention-grabbing cover design and is packed inside with all the technical details that help people build safer, stronger structures.
irst, I’d like to start with a little trivia. To celebrate our new Wood Construction Connectors catalog, we took a stroll down memory lane, dusting off more than half a century of connector catalog covers. Our company was founded in 1956 by Barclay Simpson and the very first catalog appeared in 1957. Customers have been eagerly anticipating each new version ever since.
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I know that anticipation firsthand. Before I joined Simpson 17 years ago, I was one of the structural engineers excited to go through each new catalog to discover what innovative new products were coming out. I could always rely upon them to solve issues in the design and construction of structures I was working on. One quick example was when the RBC – or roof boundary clip – was brand new. We had been having inspection issues brought up by the county when using A35 clips to attach blocking between trusses to wall top plates when there was a gap between the blocking and the top plate. Simpson found out about this issue and designed the RBC to allow for that gap and still transfer shear – solving the problem for many engineers and builders. It’s a full circle moment as I get to be the one to now share our new catalog with everyone. The first blog in this series introduced our newest product offerings in C-C-2024. In this article, I’m sharing products we’ve discontinued and replaced with new solutions, and then will highlight a few improvements we’ve made to this year’s edition.
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