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RedSpec Next™

RedSpec™ is a free, user-friendly design program for creating floor and roof specifications using Red-I™ joists, RedBuilt™ open-web trusses, RedLam™ LVL, glulam beams, and dimensional lumber.

FloorChoice™

FloorChoice™ is RedBuilt's Floor Performance Rating System, scoring floor vibration and performance on a 0–10 scale during the design phase so the floor system matches what the space actually needs.

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RedLam™ Laminated Veneer Lumber (SDS)

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  • Safety Data Sheets, Sustainability

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  • RedLam LVL
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RedLam™ Laminated Veneer Lumber (SDS)

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  • Safety Data Sheets, Sustainability

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  • RedLam LVL
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RedBuilt™ Rim Board Specification and Design (TB-401)

This technical bulletin is intended to provide basic information for RedBuilt Rim Board product offering. RedBuilt Rim Board may be either LVL or LSL. Consult your technical representative for more information

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  • Guides, Specifying Tools, Technical Bulletins

Products

  • RedLam LVL
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194kb PDF

Updated Mar 2026

RedBuilt™ Rim Board Specification and Design (TB-401)

This technical bulletin is intended to provide basic information for RedBuilt Rim Board product offering. RedBuilt Rim Board may be either LVL or LSL. Consult your technical representative for more information

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  • Guides, Specifying Tools, Technical Bulletins

Products

  • RedLam LVL

194kb PDF

Updated Mar 2026

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RedBuilt™ RedLam™ LVL Specification – U.S.

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  • Specifying Tools

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  • RedLam LVL
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RedBuilt™ RedLam™ LVL Specification – U.S.

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  • Specifying Tools

Products

  • RedLam LVL
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RedBuilt™ RedLam™ LVL Specification – Canada

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  • Specifying Tools

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  • RedLam LVL
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RedBuilt™ RedLam™ LVL Specification – Canada

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  • Specifying Tools

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  • RedLam LVL
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RedBuilt™ Red-I™ I-Joist Specification – U.S.

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  • Specifying Tools

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  • Red-I™ Joist
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RedBuilt™ Red-I™ I-Joist Specification – U.S.

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  • Specifying Tools

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  • Red-I™ Joist
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RedBuilt™ Red-I™ I-Joist Specification – Canada

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  • Specifying Tools

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  • Red-I™ Joist
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RedBuilt™ Red-I™ I-Joist Specification – Canada

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  • Specifying Tools

Products

  • Red-I™ Joist
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RedBuilt™ Product Warranty Letter

A letter to customers describing the product warranty for RedBuilt products.

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  • Warranty

Products

  • Open-web trusses, Red-I™ Joist, RedLam LVL
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325kb PDF

Updated Aug 2025

RedBuilt™ Product Warranty Letter

A letter to customers describing the product warranty for RedBuilt products.

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  • Warranty

Products

  • Open-web trusses, Red-I™ Joist, RedLam LVL

325kb PDF

Updated Aug 2025

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RedBuilt™ Open Web Truss Specification – North America

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  • Specifying Tools

Products

  • Open-web trusses
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RedBuilt™ Open Web Truss Specification – North America

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  • Specifying Tools

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  • Open-web trusses
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RedBuilt Open-Web Truss Design Guide

RedBuilt Open Web Truss Guide for architects, engineers, and designers. Explore truss types and profiles for long span and commercial loaded applications. The guide includes allowable live loads and dead loads for commercial spans. Typical installation details for cantilevers, parapets, outriggers, sloped bearing, double trusses. Seismic, snow drifting, and wind uplift tables with allowable load capacities for wood and steel pin connected trusses. Find information on long span installation, hole sizes through the truss, bridging, and installation. Design dead loads for construction material.

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  • Guides, Specifying Tools

Products

  • Open-web trusses, Hybrid Mass Timber
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9mb PDF

Updated Mar 2026

RedBuilt Open-Web Truss Design Guide

RedBuilt Open Web Truss Guide for architects, engineers, and designers. Explore truss types and profiles for long span and commercial loaded applications. The guide includes allowable live loads and dead loads for commercial spans. Typical installation details for cantilevers, parapets, outriggers, sloped bearing, double trusses. Seismic, snow drifting, and wind uplift tables with allowable load capacities for wood and steel pin connected trusses. Find information on long span installation, hole sizes through the truss, bridging, and installation. Design dead loads for construction material.

Types

  • Guides, Specifying Tools

Products

  • Open-web trusses, Hybrid Mass Timber

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Updated Mar 2026

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RED-W™ Tapered Profile

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  • BIM Objects

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  • Open-web trusses
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RED-W™ Tapered Profile

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  • BIM Objects

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  • Open-web trusses
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