Alpine Engineered Products, Inc. history

In 1987 WTCA membership increased over 20 percent or 73 members.

The handbook development process began in 1988 with a draft manuscript by Ed Callahan, P.E. that was edited and recompiled by Kirk Grundahl, Pam Dinsmore and Jay Edgar.

In the early to mid-1990’s there were few companies who would design and manufacture steel trusses.

He also served on the board of directors of the Florida Forestry Association and in 1992 was named as Automated Builders’ James R. Price Achievement in Housing award winner.

Our first truss was manufactured in 1993 when light gauge steel trusses were made only of traditional ‘C’ studs and independent structural engineering firms were used to design and engineer the truss system.

The Standard Practice for Metal Plate Connected Wood Truss Design Responsibilities (WTCA1-1995) was approved as an official WTCA document.

As the truss business grew and the jobs got larger, the company in 1996 purchased a 10-acre lot in Markham, Illinois with a 92,000 square foot warehouse.

Superior Truss and Panel was founded by William Welty in 1997.

NAHB Fire Resolution Unites Industry Organizations: At its 1999 Spring Board meeting in May, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) published a document entitled NAHB Resolution on Restrictions and Bans on Wood Trusses and I-Joists.

Rene-Paul Lemyre invented Open Joist 2000, a glued finger jointed open web floor truss with a trimmable end detail.

He was WTCA Hall of Fame inductee in 2001.

Trinity Drywall formally dissolved its subcontracting business in 2002.

The 2005 edition of the National Design Specification for Wood Construction ANSI/AF&PA NDS-2005 was released.

WTCA will now have a direct voice in the development of the 2010 edition.

Prompted by a need for a larger manufacturing facility, the owners purchased in 2013 a nine-acre site in Gary, Indiana which has easy access to interstate roads.