Technical Document Library
Research-Backed Guidance for Every Project
Research-Backed Guidance for Every Project
Market Analysis Reports - QPRO-26
The APA Quarterly Production Report delivers comprehensive, up-to-date data on North American structural wood panel and engineered wood product markets
Market Analysis Reports - QPRO-26
The APA Quarterly Production Report delivers comprehensive, up-to-date data on North American structural wood panel and engineered wood product markets
Research Report - E315
This publication describes tests of high-load diaphragms with multiple rows of fasteners, glued diaphragms, and diaphragms with openings
Research Report - Q260
This report includes test results of unblocked, stapled and metal-framed shear walls, and a summary of previous shear wall tests.
System Report - SR-102
This report provides an approach to meet the requirements of the 2024, 2021, 2018, 2015 and 2012 IRC simplified wall bracing (Section R602.12).
System Report - SR-101
This report discusses using wood structural panels to resist uplift from wind, including resistance to lateral shear forces and wind pressure perpendicular to the wall
System Report - SR-405
This system report provides guidance on fire protection of floors constructed with prefabricated wood I-joist assemblies that comply with 2015, 2018, 2021 and 2024 IRC updates
System Report - SR-103
This publication outlines a construction solution to meet the IRC’s lateral and wind uplift load requirements using wood structural panels with raised-heel, or energy-heel, trusses
Damage Assessment Report - SP-1182
This report summarizes the findings of a team of engineers who visited the site of a 2017 Texas windstorm to assess the damages sustained by residences
Damage Assessment Report - SP-1177
This publication contains damage assessments from the December 2015 tornado storm near Dallas, TX, including wind-resistant construction recommendations
Research Report - M410
This report contains research results on force transfer around openings (FTAO). This study was a joint effort between APA, the USDA FPL and the UBC.
Market Analysis Reports - MHRS-26
Monthly U.S. & Canadian housing market analysis covering starts, permits, home sales, mortgage rates, remodeling, and wood product demand indicators. Annual subscription.
Green Verification Report - GR-L274
I-Joists:
Market Analysis Reports - MKO-E191
Annual analysis of U.S., Canadian, and global economic factors impacting engineered wood demand, with multi-segment forecasts and historical production data. Available as PDF.
Technical Topic - TT-114
This publication provides APA’s position on wood structural panel sizes concerning panel size listings in ICC-ES ESR-2586.
Standards - ANSI A190.1-2022
This ANSI Standard contains requirements for the manufacture and quality control of structural glued laminated timber.
Technical Topic - TT-025
This publication discusses fire test results comparing the burn-through resistance of oriented strand board (OSB) and plywood.
APA Product Reports - PR-C302
Plywood:
APA Product Reports - PR-E740
Boise Cascade Wood Products, LLC, Nordic Structures
APA Product Reports - PR-L233
Rim Board, SCL:
APA Product Reports - PR-L233C
SCL, Rim Board:
APA Product Reports - PR-L238
I-Joists:
APA Product Reports - PR-L238C
I-Joists:
APA Product Reports - PR-L251
Glulam:
APA Product Reports - PR-L259
I-Joists:
APA Product Reports - PR-L259C
I-Joists:
APA Product Reports - PR-L274
I-Joists:
APA Product Reports - PR-L274C
I-Joists:
APA Product Reports - PR-L275
Glulam:
APA Product Reports - PR-L283
SCL:
APA Product Reports - PR-L289
Rim Board, SCL:
APA Product Reports - PR-L289C
Rim Board, SCL:
APA Product Reports - PR-L292
SCL:
APA Product Reports - PR-L294
Glulam:
APA Product Reports - PR-L294C
Glulam:
APA Product Reports - PR-L297
Glulam:
APA Product Reports - PR-L301
SCL:
APA Product Reports - PR-L304
Rim Board:
APA Product Reports - PR-L305
Rim Board, Glulam:
APA Product Reports - PR-L306
CLT:
APA Product Reports - PR-L306C
CLT:
APA Product Reports - PR-L307
SCL:
APA Product Reports - PR-L312
SCL:
APA Product Reports - PR-L316
SCL:
APA Product Reports - PR-L317
Glulam:
APA Product Reports - PR-L319
CLT:
APA Product Reports - PR-L321
Glulam:
APA Product Reports - PR-L328
CLT:
APA Product Reports - PR-L329
SCL:
APA Product Reports - PR-L330
I-Joists:
APA Product Reports - PR-L330C
I-Joists:
APA Product Reports - PR-L331
CLT:
APA Product Reports - PR-L331C
CLT:
APA Product Reports - PR-L332
CLT:
APA Product Reports - PR-L332C
CLT:
APA Product Reports - PR-L333
Glulam:
APA Product Reports - PR-L334
SCL:
APA Product Reports - PR-L336
Rim Board:
APA Product Reports - PR-L337
CLT:
APA Product Reports - PR-L338
Rim Board:
APA Product Reports - PR-L339
CLT:
APA Product Reports - PR-L339C
CLT:
APA Product Reports - PR-L340
I-Joists:
APA Product Reports - PR-L340C
I-Joists:
APA Product Reports - PR-L344
Glulam:
APA Product Reports - PR-L345
Glulam:
APA Product Reports - PR-L349C
SCL:
APA Product Reports - PR-L352
Glulam:
APA Product Reports - PR-L354
Glulam:
APA Product Reports - PR-L354C
Glulam:
APA Product Reports - PR-L355
Glulam:
APA Product Reports - PR-L356
I-Joists:
APA Product Reports - PR-L356C
I-Joists:
APA Product Reports - PR-N127
OSB:
APA Product Reports - PR-N129
OSB:
APA Product Reports - PR-N138
OSB:
APA Product Reports - PR-N139
OSB:
APA Product Reports - PR-N141
OSB:
APA Product Reports - PR-N213
OSB:
APA Product Reports - PR-N216
OSB:
APA Product Reports - PR-N414
OSB:
APA Product Reports - PR-N610
LP, Tolko Industries Ltd., West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.
APA Product Reports - PR-N612
OSB:
APA Product Reports - PR-N614
OSB:
APA Product Reports - PR-N801
OSB:
APA Product Reports - PR-S274
I-Joists:
APA Product Reports - PR-S330
I-Joists:
APA Product Reports - PR-V180
Plywood:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-1040
SCL:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-1053
SCL:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-1144
I-Joists:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-1210
Rim Board, SCL:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-1251
I-Joists:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-1301
OSB:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-1305
I-Joists:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-1336
I-Joists:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-1405
Interfor, IB EWP Inc., Nordic Structures, Resolute Engineered Wood, Roseburg Forest Products Company, Stark Truss Company, Inc.
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-1618
SCL:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-1742
I-Joists:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-1940
Canfor, WFP Engineered Products, LLC
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-2725
SCL:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-2909
Rim Board, SCL:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-2913
SCL:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-2919
I-Joists:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-3631
CLT:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-4733
CLT:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-4759
SCL:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-4760
SCL, CLT:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-4874
Glulam:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-4875
CLT:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-5157
CLT, SCL:
ESR Joint Evaluation Report - ESR-5815
Glulam:
Green Verification Report - GR-L233
SCL, Rim Board:
Green Verification Report - GR-L238
I-Joists: