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Kies has been working on cold-
formed steel trusses at Cascade for 15
years. He also hobby farms—125 acres
of corn, hay, sheep and cattle—so he's
used to having a full plate.
"There were 175 unique truss pro-
files on this job," says Kies. "I had
to make sure the web members were
uniform and lined up across the
building. We wanted the trusses to
be installer-friendly. We also wanted
them to assemble efficiently on our
production f loor."
Clean Truss Job
PDC Midwest's Hirsch says the Madison
assisted living center project is a success.
"It's one of the first jobs I've done
where I didn't have many truss issues,"
says Hirsch. "Sure, we had some
'tweaking,' which had nothing to do
with the truss designs, but were due to
things that came up in the field. But
they were easy to modify, and it went
together well. It's one of the cleanest
truss jobs I've ever done."
Lessei and Kies believe a great truss
product and collaboration between
PDC Midwest and Cascade proved to
be beneficial.
"What distinguishes Cascade is
our attention to detail and thorough-
ness," says Lessei, who has been at
Cascade Mfg. Co. for 13 years. "We
put heel details and section-cut
details into our plans just to help our
installers. You don't see that with
other truss suppliers." W&C
Dean Lessei, truss designer at Cascade, poured
himself into the project.
Tim Einwalter, ALA, project architect at PDC Mid-
west, says the truss design enhanced the building's
overall appearance.
Jim Hirsch, construction manager at PDC Midwest,
says the Madison assisted living center was one of
the "cleanest truss jobs" he's ever worked on.
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