Members

Plate Manufacturer Members

Plate Manufacturer Members are truss plate manufacturers engaged in manufacturing, selling, and distributing metal connector plates for the wood truss industry.  In addition, nearly all plate manufacturers offer professional engineering services and plant layout support. Most plate manufacturers provide design software and manufacture and/or broker truss/component assembly machinery.  Plate Manufacturer Members are required to maintain building code or other appropriate agency approval for their metal connector plates in all states in which they sell metal connector plates. They must employ or retain the services of a registered professional engineer knowledgeable about metal connected wood trusses and agrees to contribute engineering expertise to and participate in TPI technical programs. If the engineer is retained, the engineer must be an Associate Member of TPI in good standing and comply with all applicable laws and regulations governing its business and engineering activities.  Each TPI Plate Manufacturer Member appoints a representative to serve as a TPI Board of Directors member on their behalf.  The current TPI Plate Manufacturer Members are listed below.

Associate Members

Associate Members are firms, partnerships, or corporations engaged in the business of supplying products, equipment, machinery, or services generally used in the fabrication or use of metal connector plates and metal-plate-connected wood trusses. (Learn More)

Dansco Engineering
Kevin Harold, P.E.
Apollo Beach, FL
(813) 645-0166

Frank E. Woeste, P.E., Professor Emeritus
Blacksburg, VA
Venice, FL
(540) 951-0469

Norman Scheel Structural Engineering
Norman Scheel, P.E., S.E.
Fair Oaks, CA
(916) 536-9585

SBCA - Structural Building Components Association
Irving, TX
(608) 274-4849

Simple Design, LLC
Shane Fowler, P.E., M.Eng                            
Suffolk, VA.
(757) 809-3700

Glenn O. Traylor           
Fuquay-Varina, NC
(919) 280-5905

HONORARY MEMBERS

Honorary Members are individuals who have been selected by the TPI Board of Directors as having demonstrated sufficient interest and service in the metal plate connected wood truss industry.  TPI’s Honorary Members are:

John E. Meeks, P.A., P.E.
(Deceased)

Donald C. Percival
(Deceased)

Stanley Suddarth, P.E.
(Deceased)