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SBCA Jobsite Package Documents: Why They Matter for Green-R-Panel Customers

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At Green-R-Panel, we know that our customers-Do-It-Yourself/owner-builders, custom home builders, and small-scale developers-value clear, reliable guidance to ensure their prefab framing systems are erected safely and correctly. That’s why our prefab residential framing packages include the jobsite documentation standards developed by the Structural Building Components Association (SBCA), as our construction manuals and support materials.

Why SBCA Jobsite Packages Are Important for You

Prefab construction offers speed, efficiency, and quality-but only when components are handled and installed according to proven guidelines. The SBCA jobsite packages were created to provide exactly this: standardized, easy-to-understand safety, handling, and installation information delivered right to the construction site. For Green-R-Panel customers, this means: 

  • Fewer Mistakes: Clear instructions help prevent common errors during assembly and installation.
  • Greater Safety: Explicit warnings and checklists reduce the risk of accidents or injuries.
  • Code Compliance: Following SBCA’s best practices supports compliance with local building codes, which is essential for inspections and long-term performance.
  • Confidence for All Skill Levels: Whether you’re a first-time builder or an experienced contractor, these documents help you build with confidence and peace of mind.

What’s Included and How It Helps

When you receive your Green-R-Panel panel home kit, you’ll find SBCA’s industry standard jobsite package documents. Here’s how each element supports your build:

  • Cover Sheet: Identifies your package as containing essential safety and installation information-reminding everyone on site to review these materials first.
  • Warning Notices: Clearly outline the risks of improper handling or installation, and stress the importance of following the correct procedures.
  • Framer/Installer Flyers: Offer quick, practical tips tailored for those doing the work, helping you avoid damage and ensure proper assembly from the start.
  • Step-by-Step Checklists: Walk you through every stage of handling, installing, and bracing your prefab components, so nothing is overlooked.
  • Summary Sheets: Provide condensed, easy-to-reference guides for critical tasks like lifting, bracing, and loading-helping you make the right decisions in real time.

SBCA’s manuals and jobsite documents are designed specifically to integrate their proven approach to your project. This means you get:

  • Instructions for your wall, floor, and roof panel systems
  • Handling and bracing guidance for prefab component assembly
  • Visual aids and diagrams to make each step clear, even for first-time builders

Whether you’re building your own home for the first time or taking on your next Do-It-Yourself project, our engineered roof truss systems deliver:

  • Faster, more efficient roof assembly
  • Lower construction costs with reduced skilled labor needs
  • Stronger, more durable structural performance

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Floor Truss Jobsite Package

The SBCA Floor Truss Jobsite Package is assembled to provide essential safety, handling, and installation information for floor trusses.
Each package typically includes the following elements:

Cover Sheet
  • Serves as the introductory page for the jobsite package.
  • Clearly marks the package as containing important documents for truss handling and installation.
  • Warns users to review all enclosed materials before beginning work, emphasizing the risks associated with improper handling and installation.
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Safe, Responsible, Restraint, Handling, Installing, and Bracing (SRRHIB) Checklist for Handling & Installing Floor Trusses

A step-by-step checklist designed to ensure safe and proper handling and installation of floor trusses. Covers key actions such as:

  • Inspecting trusses upon delivery and after installation for damage or conformity issues.
  • Using appropriate lifting and bracing techniques.
  • Following the truss design drawings and placement diagrams.
  • Installing all required permanent bracing and restraints as specified.
  • Reminds users to notify the manufacturer if repairs are needed and to comply with all safety and design requirements.
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BCSI Summary Sheet B7: Handling, Installing, and Bracing 3x2 and 4x2 Parallel Chord Trusses

Focuses specifically on the unique requirements for handling, installing, and bracing 3×2 and 4×2 parallel chord floor trusses.

  • Guidance on storage and handling to prevent damage.
  • Standard floor installation details.
  • Requirements for both temporary and permanent restraint and bracing during and after installation.
  • Common installation errors to avoid.
  • Emphasizes maintaining truss stability and structural integrity throughout the process.
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BCSI Summary Sheet B11: Handling, Installing, Restraining & Bracing of Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses.
  • Reinforces key safety messages and installation concepts found in other summary sheets.
  • Serves as a quick reference guide for jobsite crews to ensure compliance with industry standards and to minimize the risk of accidents or structural failures.
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These publications are collectively intended to ensure that all workers on the jobsite have access to clear, concise, and authoritative information for the safe and effective installation of floor trusses, helping to prevent injuries and ensure structural performance.

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Wall Panel Jobsite Package

The SBCA Wall Panel Jobsite Package is designed to ensure safe, efficient, and code-compliant installation of wall panels on construction sites.
Here is a detailed description of each element included in the package:

Wall Panel Cover Sheet
  • Serves as the introductory document for the package.
  • Clearly marks the package as containing critical jobsite safety and installation information.
  • Alerts users to review all enclosed materials before starting work and highlights the importance of following best practices for wall panel handling and installation.
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SRR-Wall Panel and Hoisting Strap Inspection and Use Requirements
  • Provides specific guidelines for inspecting wall panels and hoisting straps before use.
  • Outlines step-by-step procedures to ensure all lifting equipment and straps are in good condition, properly rated, and correctly attached.
  • Details safe lifting techniques to prevent damage to panels and reduce the risk of accidents during hoisting and placement.
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SRR - Building with Wall Panels
  • Offers best practices and recommendations for building with wall panels.
  • Covers topics such as panel layout, sequencing, alignment, and integration with other structural elements.
  • Emphasizes the importance of following design documents and manufacturer instructions throughout the installation process.
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Guide for Handling, Installing & Temporary Bracing of Wall Panels

A comprehensive, full-color summary sheet developed to demonstrate proper techniques for unloading, storing, lifting (by hand, crane, or forklift), erecting, installing, and temporarily bracing wall panels.

  • Recommendations for transporting panels both vertically and horizontally.
  • Guidelines for setting panels (starting with exterior or interior walls).
  • Tips for protecting panels from weather and jobsite damage.
  • Temporary bracing instructions to prevent toppling during erection.
  • Installation tolerances to ensure panels are in plane and plumb.
  • Basic construction loading and materials placement advice.
  • Features numerous graphics and standardized safety alert symbols for easy reference.
  • Blank on the back for printing wall panel placement diagrams if needed.
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BCSI Summary Sheet B11 Handling, Installing, Restraining & Bracing Wall Panels

A summary sheet that reinforces key safety messages and best practices for handling, installing, restraining, and bracing wall panels.

  • Serves as a quick reference for jobsite crews to ensure compliance with industry standards and minimize the risk of accidents or structural failures.
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These publications collectively provide clear, concise, and authoritative information to help ensure the safe and effective installation of wall panels, reducing risk and supporting code compliance on the jobsite.

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Roof Truss Job Site Package

The Structural Building Components Association (SBCA) Roof Truss Job Site Package is designed to provide essential safety, handling, and installation information for roof trusses. Each package includes the following documents:

Cover Sheet
  • Serves as the front page of the package, clearly labeling the enclosed documents as critical jobsite information.
  • Highlights the importance of reviewing all materials before installation and provides a general warning about the risks associated with improper handling and installation of structural components.
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Component Warning Notice
  • Contains explicit warnings about the dangers of incorrect handling, storing, installing, restraining, and bracing of trusses.
  • Stresses the need for specialized training, proper planning, and clear communication among the contractor, crane operator, and installation crew to prevent accidents.
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Information for Framers Flyer
  • A concise flyer aimed at framers, summarizing best practices for safe and effective truss installation.
  • Offers quick tips and reminders about critical aspects such as lifting, bracing, and checking for damage prior to installation.
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Safe, Responsible, Restraint, Handling, Installing, and Bracing (SRRHIB) Checklist for Handling & Installing Roof Trusses
  • This publication provides a step-by-step checklist to ensure all safety and installation procedures are followed. It covers site preparation, equipment checks, required bracing, and other safety measures to be taken during truss installation.
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BCSI Summary Sheets (B1, B2, B3, B4, B11)

These summary sheets are condensed guides from the Building Component Safety Information (BCSI) manual, each focusing on a key aspect of truss handling and installation:

  • B1: Guide for Handling, Installing, Restraining & Bracing of Trusses. Covers unloading, storing, lifting, erecting, installing, and bracing trusses, including weather protection, crane use, preventing toppling, and installation tolerances.
  • B2: Truss Installation & Temporary Restraint/Bracing. Details the eight-step truss installation process, temporary bracing requirements, and safety reminders for installation crews.
  • B3: Permanent Restraint/Bracing of Chords & Web Members. Explains how to install permanent bracing for truss chords and web members, including materials, fasteners, and special conditions.
  • B4: Construction Loading. Discusses safe practices for construction loads on trusses, specifying what is and isn’t permitted during the construction phase.
  • B11: Handling, Installing, Restraining & Bracing of Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses. Provides an overall summary of best practices for handling, installing, restraining, and bracing trusses, reinforcing key safety messages from the other sheets.

Together, these publications provide standardized, up-to-date safety and installation information to help prevent accidents and support code compliance on the jobsite.

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