Roof trusses have been set, but the required temporary restraint and diagonal bracing are incomplete. A roofing supplier wants to land bundles on the trusses. What should happen?
Correct Answer
C) Complete required restraint and bracing and verify loading limits before placing bundles
Trusses are unstable until properly restrained and braced, and construction loads must follow the truss and BCSI guidance. Other choices load an unstable system or remove needed bracing.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Trusses are unstable until properly restrained and braced, and construction loads must follow the truss and BCSI guidance. Other choices load an unstable system or remove needed bracing.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Land bundles near midspan to balance the trusses, leaving truss bracing unverified
Choice A (Land bundles near midspan to balance the trusses) is rejected because the choice would not get the project to Complete required restraint and bracing and verify loading limits before placing bundles, which is the Truss bracing result verified by the source.
Option B: Base the truss bracing response on load only every other truss
In wood framing, Load only every other truss is the wrong selection for Truss bracing: it leaves the work at an informal or incomplete stage, while Truss bracing requires Complete required restraint and bracing and verify loading limits before placing bundles.
Option D: The framing crew should remove lateral restraint so bundles can sit flat
Choice D gives Remove lateral restraint so bundles can sit flat. Its specific error: it answers the Truss bracing prompt with the wrong practical move.
Memory Technique
Tag the scene with truss bracing: wrong actor or wrong timing means the fix is not Complete required restraint and bracing and verify loading limits before placing bundles.
Reference Hint
Open BCSI: Guide to Good Practice for Handling, Installing, Restraining & Bracing of Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses, 2018/2025; use the index entry or section for "BCSI temporary restraint, bracing, and construction loading guidance" to confirm that Trusses are unstable until properly restrained and braced, and construction loads must follow the truss and BCSI guidance.
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