b'THE OFFICIAL NFBA MAGAZINENFBA TECHNICAL & RESEARCH COMMITTEE UPDATERESEARCH & TECHNOLOGYMEMBERS GET SPECIAL ACCESST he Technical and Research Committee (T&R) isTim Royer, PEcharged with representing the National FrameT&R Committee ChairmanBuilding Association with regards to technicalTimber Tech Engineering, Incmatters and ongoing research related to post-frame1.ANSI/ASAE/NFBA EP484.3 DEC2017 building design.The T&R committee is composed of(R2022) Diaphragm Design of Metal-engineers, university professors, and other NFBA membersClad,Wood-FrameRectangular as appointed by the Board of Directors. They meet threeBuildingstimes per year and collaborate throughout the year on special topics, research, and sub-committee activity.2.ANSI/ASAE/NFBA EP486.3 SEP2017 (R2021) Technical questions that are asked to the NFBA staffShallow Post and Pier Foundation DesignaredirectedtoAndyWilliams,NFBAstechnical3.ANSI/ASAE/NFBAEP559.2FEB2023Design consultant.During this past year, questions have beenRequirements and Engineering Properties for asked regarding vapor barriers, installation of floorMechanically-LaminatedWood(Mechlam) slabs, diaphragm shear wall testing, firewalls, and manyAssembliesother technical questions.Andy provides answers from4.ANSI/ASABE/NFBA S618 DEC2010 (R2020) Post NFBA published sources or redirects the question to aFrame Building System Nomenclaturemember of the T&R Committee. Andy can be reached at technical@nfba.org .In addition to maintaining these four post-frame As a Member of the NFBA, you are granted special accessstandards that are referenced in the International to the American Society of Agricultural and BiologicalBuilding Code, the T&R committee reviews upcoming Engineers (ASABE) Technical Library. The four IBCbuilding code changes to take advantage of opportunities code reference standards that are directly linked to NFBAto include post frame references in future code editions. are found in this library:An example of code change activity was the inclusion 38 / FRAME BUILDER - VOL5 2'