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Open Joist™Model Building Code Acceptance

United States
Open Joist™ is accredited by International Code Council Evaluation Service Report Number ESR-1035 and is in compliance with the following codes: 2006 International Building Code (IBC), 2006 International Residential Code (IRC), BOCA National Building Code/1999 (BNBC), 1999 Standard Building Code (SBC), and the 1997 Uniform Building Code (UBC). Open Joist is accredited by the City of Los Angeles (RR#25376 and RR#25584), New York City (MEA#300-00-E), the city of Houston (#434B) and the State of Florida (FL#5828).

ICC Evaluation Service, Inc. - ESR-1035 (1748 KB)

Canada
Open Joist is certified by Canadian report #CCMC 12118R and is in compliance with Part 4 and Part 9 of the National Building Code of Canada 1995, the Ontario Building Code 1995 and CAN/CSA-086.1-M94 standards for limit state design and controlled vibration standards.

Canadian Construction Materials Centre - Report No. 12118-R - English (36 KB)

Canadian Construction Materials Centre - Report No. 12118-R - French (41 KB)

Universal Forest Products Eastern Division, Inc. manufactures the Open Joist™ product as a licensee of Distribution Open Joist 2000, Inc.  All Open Joist product design and engineering calculations are created by the licensor, Distribution Open Joist 2000, Inc.