Data
New Construction

Beams

These reports show market demand data for residential new home building products, average per-home purchase data, market size, and a five-year forecast for the new residential construction industry. The Beams report contains a summary of purchase volume in linear feet for a wide variety of floor beams – for first and upper floors – roof beams, and rimboard materials in each State, Metro Area, and County. Market data are also reported separately for Single-Family Detached homes and Multifamily. Product categories reported include:

FLOOR BEAMS – FIRST FLOOR (Linear Feet of Beam)

  • Built-up dimension lumber
  • Solid Lumber
  • Glulam
  • LVL
  • Parallam
  • LSL (Timberstrand, etc.)
  • Open web joist
  • Steel
  • I-joist
  • Other

FLOOR BEAMS – UPPER FLOORS (Linear Feet of Beam)

  • Built-up dimension lumber
  • Solid Lumber
  • Glulam
  • LVL
  • Parallam
  • LSL (Timberstrand, etc.)
  • Open web joist
  • Steel
  • I-joist
  • Other

FLOOR BEAMS – ALL FLOORS (Linear Feet of Beam)

  • Built-up dimension lumber
  • Solid Lumber
  • Glulam
  • LVL
  • Parallam
  • LSL (Timberstrand, etc.)
  • Open web joist
  • Steel
  • I-joist
  • Other
 

RIM BOARD FOR WOODEN I-JOISTS (Linear Feet of Exterior Wall)

  • LSL (Timberstrand, etc.)
  • OSB
  • Wooden I-joist with blocking
  • Plywood
  • Dimension lumber
  • LVL
  • Re-sawn glulam
  • No rimboard used (sheathing only)

ROOF BEAMS (Linear Feet of Beam)

  • Built-up dimension lumber
  • Solid Lumber
  • Glulam
  • LVL
  • Parallam
  • LSL (Timberstrand, etc.)
  • Girder truss
  • Steel
  • I-joist
  • Other

ALL BEAMS (Linear Feet of Beam)

  • Built-up dimension lumber
  • Solid Lumber
  • Glulam
  • LVL
  • Parallam
  • LSL (Timberstrand, etc.)
  • Open web joist / Girder truss
  • Steel
  • I-joist
  • Other