Author: The Strong-Tie Blog Team

Unified Elegance: Harmonizing Deck and Pergola Hardware with Outdoor Accents

In outdoor design, every detail matters. From the choice of materials to the arrangement of furnishings, each element contributes to an outdoor space’s overall style and ambiance.

One often overlooked aspect of outdoor design is the successful integration of the hardware used in buildings like pergolas and decks with their structural members. The hardware needs to function flawlessly and complement the overall design scheme to enhance the visual appeal of an outdoor space.

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Bidding Strategies in Construction: Types and Tips

Becoming effective and efficient at bidding on projects can mean more jobs landed for your company. While the types of bidding strategies in construction may differ depending on your company, your communication style and your clients, the bidding process follows roughly the same steps regardless of the residential project.  

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Construction Lead Generation: Strategies for Contractors

As a contractor, you know your business depends on lead generation, so understanding how to get leads can help you sustain and grow your business as a builder.

Developing a construction lead-generation strategy means three things:

    1. You need to take a high-level view of your potential clients and resources.
    2. You need to determine how much time and money you can dedicate to your lead-generation efforts.
    3. You need to decide whether you’ll do the lead generation yourself — or seek the assistance of a local marketing agency.

If you decide that you’d like to perform the lead generation yourself, understanding how to create a proper lead-generation strategy will help you build a list of previous, current and future clients and establish long-term success.

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Mass Timber for the Masses — How Simpson Strong-Tie Innovation Is Enabling More Efficient Construction

Mass timber construction is taking the construction industry by storm, and there are no signs of it slowing down. Leading forecasts from Polaris Market Research project the global CLT market to triple from USD 1.1B to 3.7B by 2030. Innovations promoting cost reduction and efficiency are helping widen the mass timber market. In the following article, it discusses a few examples of how Simpson Strong-Tie is helping in this effort.  Continue reading “Mass Timber for the Masses — How Simpson Strong-Tie Innovation Is Enabling More Efficient Construction”

Backyard Brilliance: Embracing New Trends in Deck, Pergola and Fence Design

Fostering natural outdoor spaces that can double as living areas encourages spending more time outside and expands the usable areas of the home. Homeowners may have grand visions for designing outdoor spaces, but making them all work together can be quite a feat.  

 Understanding the current trends in deck, pergola and fence design can help you construct a space that incorporates all the necessary elements to give clients the backyard of their dreams. 

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Building Dreams: The Impact of Simpson Strong-Tie Student Scholarships

We recently caught up with past recipients of our Simpson Strong-Tie Student Scholarship, part of our Strong-Tie Undergraduate Fellowship. The scholarship provides juniors and seniors majoring in architecture, civil or structural engineering, and construction management or technology at participating schools with $3,000 towards their education.   

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Employee Safety Day at the Simpson Strong-Tie West Chicago Plant

Safety is our number one priority for our employees, especially in our manufacturing facilities and warehouses. By conducting safety exercises, we can mitigate risks, promote a safety culture, improve emergency preparedness, and enhance employee well-being. Earlier this year, Simpson Strong Tie’s West Chicago warehouse organized a Safety Day, where the team engaged in interactive training to promote safety awareness. Learn about the various training exercises conducted during the event and how they both fostered camaraderie and enhanced safety knowledge. 

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Free Backyard Planning Software for Upgrading Your Outdoor Living Space

Research shows that remodeling and outdoor living projects are on the rise as homeowners feel more confident investing in their primary residence. Since many people view the outdoors as an extension of their living space, Simpson Strong-Tie offers free backyard planning software to help them design their dream backyard.

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A New Foundation for America’s Roads and Highways

Simpson Strong-Tie has been committed to helping people design and build safer, stronger structures for more than 65 years. Now we’re advancing our mission even further — to help build safer and stronger roads, highways, airport runways and other paved surfaces in North America and around the world.

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Three Critical Steps to Seismic Retrofit a Home

In our first blog post in this series, we identified why older homes are more vulnerable than newer homes to earthquake damage. We described what retrofitting is and how it strengthens your home’s structure. And lastly, we posed five questions you should ask yourself when deciding if your home needs retrofitting.  

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