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Author Message Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEED® AP Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 143 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 04:50 pm:    Is anyone familar with Telling Industries, a manufacture of non-loadbearing structural framing (studs, etc)? They have been submitted and our project team is not familiar with them. Richard Howard, AIA CSI CCS LEED-AP Senior Member Username: rick_howard Post Number: 260 Registered: 07-2003 Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 05:26 pm:    They are one of just a few companies producing light-gauge steel framing nationally. They also make proprietary slip track. They belong to all the trade associations and products conform to the industry standards. Many of the names that would be familiar to you are no longer around. Mark Gilligan SE, Senior Member Username: mark_gilligan Post Number: 465 Registered: 10-2007 Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 06:43 pm:    Metal studs, unless you are specifying propriatary products, are a generic item and should be reviewed based on their compliance with the relevant standards. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 225 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - 12:05 pm:    Mark, how would you regard the use of 'high-performance' or 'dimpled' studs (50, 57, or 65 ksi steel) vs. conventional studs (33 ksi) when addressing more than just partition heights? If manufacturers show sectional properties that meet or exceed those of standard studs, does this satisfy other use conditions beyond limiting height? For example, for research laboratories and hospitals with higher floor-to-floor heights (15’ or 16’), wall-hung shelving, lab casework, lead shielding, and heavy equipment, will equivalent performance still be expected? Another concern is that hospital design criteria typically is Seismic Design Category C even in site locations with low or moderate seismic activity. Is this affected by these substitutions? Thanks. Mark Gilligan SE, Senior Member Username: mark_gilligan Post Number: 475 Registered: 10-2007 Posted on Tuesday, May 08, 2012 - 07:30 pm:    My personal bias is that dimpled studs have limited applicability when dealing with engineered design which can often be the case in hospitals. Ultimately these studs use lighter gage material that will make fastening harder with higher loads. In addition for the same depth of stud the dimpled studs will have a lower stiffness. ken hercenberg Senior Member Username: khercenberg Post Number: 227 Registered: 12-2006 Posted on Wednesday, May 09, 2012 - 09:54 am:    Thanks. I just needed to hear confirmation for my kneejerk reaction. If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is.