About Components

Roof Trusses Wall Panels Floor Trusses Cold-Formed Steel Trusses Truss Configurations Subcomponents & Engineered Wood Products Industry History

Build Faster

Using components allows you to build 2.5 more houses with the same crew

Save Time & Labor

Components are pre-assembled in a facility, enabling quick and efficient installation by a crew with varying experience

Superior Support

Components are engineered and manufactured in a controlled environment using powerful design software and high-quality materials

Create Less Waste

Components use 25 percent less wood product and creates 30X less jobsite waste

Stick-Framing vs. Component-Framing: An Apples-to-Apples Framing Comparison

In 2015, two identical 2900 square foot ranch-style houses with a walk-out basement were framed side-by-side. The only difference was one house was entirely stick-framed, while the other home was framed using structural components, including roof trusses, wall panels and floor trusses. These are the results.

2015 Test Study Stick Built Component Savings
Total Jobsite Hours to Erect 375.5 hrs 152.1 hrs 223.4 hrs
Total Jobsite Waste Generated 15.0 cubic yds 0.5 cubic yds 14.5 cubic yds
Total Board Foot Lumber/EWP 20,643 bd ft 15,052 bd ft 5,591 bd ft

What We Learned

This study suggests that installing roof trusses, wall panels or floor trusses completes the task of framing in less time, requires less framer skill and experience, uses less material and ultimately results in a more reliable structure.

The house built with structural building components was framed in just three days using components. Designed and installed correctly, components allow builders to benefit and greatly reduce the amount of time needed to frame the house compared to traditional stick framing methods. In addition to the savings associated with labor costs, less material overall is used, which shows how components are able to maximize material utilization and reduce the amount of required lumber. The value engineering provided by components makes them environmentally responsible as well, since it ensures that the building industry gets more bang for their buck from the amount of raw material used to resist loads. Ultimately, through triangulation and the principles of engineering, components are able to more efficiently transfer forces than traditional stick framing, which reduces the amount of material, labor, waste, and thus the amount of time necessary to frame a structure.