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Warehouse roof collapse
SJI - 40 Years of Design Failure
Do not become an SJI Statistic
Every warehouse
Every grocery store
Every building you walk into
Held up by crimped angle iron

The SJI standard joist has been the default specification for decades. Thin crimped angle iron. Eccentric (out of centerline) connections. Re-certified A36 steel. Built to the minimum. Accepted without question. Until the roof comes down.

SJI standard joist SJI STANDARD JOIST
Crimped angle iron. Eccentric load path. Re-cert A36. This is what is holding up your roof right now.
NASG TDW TRUSS
Dual HSS square tube. Zero eccentricity. Grade 70–100 steel. Laser welded. Built past the minimum.
Safer. Faster.
Longer. Stronger.

Dual HSS square tube. Mirrored geometry. Pure axial loading. No eccentricity. No re-cert A36 penalty. Laser welded connections that preserve the steel. L/480 standard — twice the code minimum. 55% fewer members per bay.

L/480
Deflection Standard
Code minimum is L/240
55%
Fewer Members Per Bay
vs SJI
100'
Clear Span Capable
Gr70
Minimum Steel Grade
Not re-cert A36

You already have the bid.
Run the numbers.

Span, spacing, load. Side by side with SJI. Under 60 seconds.

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