Expand your frame of reference

No longer are moment frames time-intensive to design and labor-intensive to install. The Strong Frame™ Ordinary Moment Frame by Simpson-Strong Tie is a cost-effective alternative to traditional moment frames. It is available in columns from 8 feet to 35 feet tall, and beams from 6  feet to 24 feet wide.

And with our newest offering, the Strong Frame™ two-story ordinary moment frame, Designers can reach new heights – and widths – in creativity. Accommodating openings up to 18 feet tall per story and 24 feet wide, the new two-story ordinary moment frame is the ideal solution for projects featuring tall ceilings, expansive windows and other customized designs with space constraints or load requirements that exceed other lateral-force-resisting options for traditional light-frame construction.

• Pre-designed moment frame solutions: Designers can choose from 368 engineered frames. Solutions provided for both prescriptive wind and seismic areas.
• 100% bolted connections: Install frames faster with no field welding required. No need to have a welder on site, or a special welding inspector.
• Prescriptive wall bracing solutions: Design the most common framing applications in just five easy steps.
• Code Listed: The Strong Frame ordinary moment frame is code listed (see IAPMO ES ER-164).
• Custom-order sizes: Our made-to-order Strong Frame program can quickly specify, manufacture and deliver any sized frame, using our current plate girder geometries.