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Standard chord properties for K-series joists

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Oct 5, 2022
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I'm curious if anyone out there has tables for standard chord properties of K-series joists. I know that in SJI's historic joist catalog there is a table (see link below)but it applies to older joist types and specifically NOT K-series joists. Is there a table like this but for K-series?

I understand that joists are proprietary products and are designed specifically for each project, but when emailing SJI, they seem to have a table on hand they pull from when replying to their joist investigation form.

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I have a table (in my office, not with me - I'm out of town for the week) that helps gauge a joist designation based on field measurements for rough comparison to old tables. But it's really a 'for preliminary checks only' sort of thing. Unless you can positively identify the manufacturer and size based on their literature, actual design should be carried out using an analysis of field measured components.
 
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