Wood Truss Research Paper
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In today’s society people want things done in a timely manner and the least expensive way to get there. This hurry up and get it done approach might be good for a business or construction company until a fire happens. The use of lightweight wood truss is the least expensive, but at what cost. One will discuss how lightweight wood truss would fail when exposed to fire and the dangers it could impose on firefighters.
Fire loves wood, when someone goes camping and they want to build a fire, they go find wood. So, a home or building built with lightweight wood truss whether it be the floor or the roof will pose a great danger to firefighters due to the fire burning the lightweight wood truss creating collapse zones. As stated by Brannigan