COMMERCIAL SUBCONTRACTOR NEW YORK & NEW JERSEY
Floor and roof joists set to layout, bridged and braced, with clean bearing and room left for the MEP trades that follow.
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Joists carry the floors and roofs that every other trade stands on. We install open web steel bar joists and cold-formed C-joists on commercial and multifamily buildings in New York and New Jersey, following the joist manufacturer's layout and the engineer of record's details.
Bar joists are the usual choice for longer spans and roofs, and their open webs let ductwork, sprinkler pipe and conduit pass through. C-joists are common in cold-formed steel buildings, where they tie directly into load-bearing stud walls. Our crews handle both, and we pay attention to the details that inspectors and the next trade will look at: bearing, bridging, spacing and attachment.
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How it works
A short, predictable sequence the GC can plan around.
We confirm the joist layout, bearing elevations and openings against the drawings before material is hoisted.
Joists are hoisted, set at spacing and seated on their bearings in the order the layout calls for.
Bridging and bracing go in as the joists are set, so the floor is stable before anyone loads it.
Attachments are completed and the bay is ready for deck, the floor system or the inspector.
A joist that is set out of spacing or missing bridging shows up later as a problem for the deck crew, the ceiling crew or the inspector. We keep the layout tight so the floor goes down flat and openings land where the MEP drawings expect them.
On cold-formed buildings, the joists and the walls under them have to line up. Because we also frame load-bearing walls, we understand how the floor and wall packages fit together and where the coordination points are.
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