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-SIP construction is not necessarily more expensive than other construction methods for exterior walls of structures.
-SIP span charts and load tables are usually based upon testing, as opposed to material properties and calculations that drive other structural materials’ tables.
-Proper coordination between the Engineer-of-Record and the SIP Engineer leads to an efficient division of labor and prevents both excessive and inadequate cross-over of design effort.
-SIP structures can effectively serve as elements of a structure’s Lateral Force Resisting System.
-SIPs in walls often have continuous wood studs embedded in the ends of the panels that can serve as chords of shear walls.
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