Premium Engineered Wood Products & Solid I-Joist Systems

When it comes to structural integrity and job site efficiency, traditional dimensional lumber simply cannot match the performance of modern engineered wood. At Structural Building Components Inc., we supply high-performance engineered wood products, including premium wood I-joists and Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL), designed to lower overall job costs for builders while delivering lifetime stability for the homeowner.

Based in Albemarle, NC, we provide residential home builders and commercial contractors throughout Charlotte, the Carolinas, and the Southeast with precision-engineered framing solutions that eliminate common job site headaches and maximize project profitability.

The Value of Wood I-Joists & Structural LVL Beams

Integrating engineered wood into your floor and roof framing packages transforms how your crew builds. By moving away from conventional framing, you unlock significant structural and financial advantages:

High-Performance Engineered Wood I-Joists

Our structural wood I-joists are installed seamlessly using traditional framing tools, hardware, and fasteners. Thanks to their extreme length capabilities, I-joists can be utilized in continuous multi-span applications. This drastically reduces the need for on-site cutting, lapping, and material overlapping, saving your crew precious installation hours and minimizing job site dumpster waste.

Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) Header & Beam Solutions

For heavy-duty load-bearing requirements, structural Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) is the industry standard. LVL beams are ideal for:

• Large floor beams and girder replacements
• Wide garage door headers
• Window and entry door structural headers
• Ridge beams, hip beams, and valley rafters

Whenever an architectural blueprint calls for incredibly long, unsupported clear spans with zero sagging or deflection, our custom-sized LVL headers deliver the ultimate engineering solution.

Features & Benefits of Engineered Wood Components

SBC engineered wood products offer massive structural superiority over conventional stick-framing. Every component is backed by automated design precision and rigorous quality control:

• Dimensionally Consistent: Say goodbye to crowns, knots, and bowing. Every I-joist is perfectly uniform in size, providing a flawlessly level floor system and a solid, quiet, squeak-free home for the end-user.
• Eliminates Shrinkage and Warping: Constructed using kiln-dried lumber and high-strength resins, our engineered products will not twist, split, cup, or shrink as they cure, virtually eliminating structural callbacks and drywall cracking.
• Environmentally Sustainable: Our products utilize reconstituted lumber harvested from fast-growing, second-growth sustainable forests rather than the 200-to-300-year-old old-growth timber typically required for heavy conventional 2x10s and 2x12s. They utilize 40% less wood fiber than traditional stick-framing.
• Computerized Design Layouts: Our Albemarle design office uses state-of-the-art structural CAD software to build a digital layout of your project, ensuring the most economical, complete, and code-compliant specifications for all structural components.
• Lighter & Faster to Install: Engineered I-joists are significantly lighter than traditional solid wood joists, reducing crew fatigue, decreasing installation times, and getting your structure dried-in days ahead of schedule.
• Certified Structural Capacities: Load-bearing capacities are rigorously determined through advanced engineering test procedures and approved by licensed structural engineers. Continuous quality control measures are integrated into every step of the manufacturing process to ensure a defect-free product.

Build Faster. Lower Your Total Job Cost.

Whether you are framing a single custom dream home or a multi-family commercial development, our engineered I-joist floor and roof systems provide a solid, quiet, and highly cost-effective structure that slashes your labor timeline and protects your bottom-line profit margins.

Request an Engineered Wood Estimate

Send your blueprints to our Albemarle design team today. We will analyze your framing layouts, optimize your joist and LVL configurations, and provide a highly competitive project quote backed by our unsurpassed local customer service.