Online Resources for Residential Construction

Business Partners:

• Truss Design Software  - www.computrus.com
• Estimating national pricing – www.RsMeans.com
• Panelized Home builder – www.abshomes.com
• Panelized Home builder – www.wasserman-associates.com
• Automated Construction – www.razorgage.com
• Automated Construction – www.mangotech.com.au
• Automated Construction – www.hundeggerusa.com
• Digitizers – www.gtco.com
• Builder online – www.builderonline.com
• Construction Mailing lists - www.inforefinery.com

Industry Associations:

• American Institute of Building Designers – www.aibd.org
• Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE)- www.aacei.org
• Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) - www.abc.org
• Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)- www.agc.org
• American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE)- http://www.aspenational.com/
• Canadian Construction Association - http://www.cca-acc.com/
• National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) – www.nahb.org
• National Association of The Remodeling Industry (NARI) - www.nari.org/
• National Frame Building Association - http://www.nfba.org
• National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association – www.dealer.org
• National Roofing Contractors Association - http://www.nrca.net/
• Painting & Decorating Contractors Association - http://www.pdca.org/
• Professional Builder – www.housingzone.com
• Professional Construction Estimators Association of America (PCEA) - http://www.pcea.org/index2.cfm
• Society of professional estimators – www.aspenational.com

Online Resources for Structural Engineers

• American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) - www.aisc.org
• American Concrete Institute (ACI) - http://www.concrete.org
• The Engineered Wood Association (APA) - www.apawood.org
• American Wood Council/ National Design Specification (AWC/NDS) - www.awc.org
• The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) - www.asce.org
• International Building Code (IBC) - www.iccsafe.org
• Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) - www.crsi.org
• Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) - www.pci.org

Professional Associations and Publications

• Structural Engineers Association International (SEA) - www.seaint.org
• Structural Engineers Association of California (SEA) - www.seaoc.org
• National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) - www.nspe.org
• Construction.com Online Magazine - http://www.construction.com/
• BuilderCentral.com Home Builder Web Directory - http://www.buildercentral.com/
• 411 Construction-Directory of subs, GCs, and suppliers - http://www.411construction.com/

Technical Resources

• Finite Element Modeling Continuous Improvement (FEMCI)- http://femci.gsfc.nasa.gov/
• Efunda: Engineering Fundamentals - http://www.efunda.com/