All Things Screwed: Don’t Bolt on your Connection

Earn 1 PDH / 1 LU|HSW

The session will focus on the following key areas:

Screws. They are everywhere and often overlooked. It is likely because they have been entrenched in construction for millennia and so ubiquitous that it is common to find them on the floor of any jobsite. Although these tiny and often-overlooked mechanisms seem simple, in practice the process of specifying them can be complex, often requiring careful considerations in order to ensure proper performance in cold-formed steel (CFS) connections.  

From drill points and head types to test data and specifications. This presentation will provide a brief history on the evolution of screws and serve as a basic overview of the most common types of screws for CFS applications, performance characteristics and industry standards. 

So, please join us for a riveting refresher on all things screwed so you do not have to bolt on your next connection.  

Madeleine Grimmer, P.E.
Simpson Strong-Tie

Madeleine is the cold-formed steel Business Specialist for Simpson Strong-Tie. She joined the company as a field engineer in North Carolina in 2017. Madeleine is currently based in Chicago, Illinois and covers the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the U.S. Prior to joining Simpson Strong-Tie, she worked as a structural engineer in the nuclear power industry specializing in seismic studies, blast analysis, nuclear containment design and structural forensics. Madeleine is a registered professional engineer in North Carolina. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering and master’s degree in Structural Engineering from the University of North Carolina - Charlotte.

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