This Manual is organized into two major sections, Design and Application Guidelines and Product Details. The Design and Application Guidelines segment is intended to provide the user with practical guidance for installation and sizing of Seismic Restraint components. The Product Details segment identifies various products and their features, functions and benefits for use in various applications.
It is important to recognize that not all portions of this Manual will be of interest or even of practical use to most users. Instead Architects, Designers, Structural Engineers, HVAC or Plumbing Contractors, Inspectors and/or Code officials will likely be keyed into specific areas relating to their particular field of interest. To that end, the Manual includes adequate redundancy within the Chapters to allow each one to (as much as possible) stand individually.
The Design and Application section is broken into several chapters, each dealing with a somewhat different subject area. As an aid to the user, the links below offer general guidance as to what is in each chapter of the manual. When confronted with a design issue or installation problem, the first step of researching a solution would be to quickly review these summaries. From this, the segment of the manual appropriate to the issue at hand can be identified and a further data can be located quickly and easily.