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Framing vs. Wind

fatboy

fatboy

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And, wind wins...........framing and setting trusses without bothering to brace or install sheathing. Addition to a church here in N. Colorado yesterday.
 

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We've had this same thing happen on two different sites here. One my inspector had walked through on a Friday and told them they might want to brace everything. Next week it falls over, injuring two workers. The other one, the framing crew refused to work on anything else (actually walked off the site) until they were allowed to do the bracing.

Very important for site safety.
 
I should have noted that two workers got out before it fell, one took shelter next to a shallow foundation wall, one was trapped, FF's had to cut him out of the debris, EMS transported him with minor injuries.
 
Wind speeds 30-40 mph, gusts to 55 around the time it went down. But, the wind had blown all day on Monday, probably helped to weaken it up.
 
doesn't it always blow there (I'm joking)? I remember many a gust of 80 and over along the front range and I have leaned into those winds many a time. Seen some fierce horizontal snow on I-25, I-70 and I-80. I have also seen where car widows are imploded by bursts (that was Colorado Springs).
Believe me though there are areas where wind is much worse - try the Aleutian islands - way over hurricane speeds but not hurricanes.
 
Yeah, we are about 30 miles east of the foothills, so we get a little break, but still can get after it. I can only imagine the AK winds.......
 
I've seen micro burst and dust devils here in NM reek some havoc, as well as wind. Had gust Clocked at 64 mph last week.
 
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