JOIST AND STRUCTURAL GLOSSARY

NCEES (National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying) Provides leadership in professional licensure of engineers and land surveyors. NEA (National Erectors Association) Abbreviation. Nearside . For joists and joist girders, when looking at the member with the tagged end to the right, it is the side you see first and is closest to you. ................
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