Joists and Joist Girders

In addition to standard joists, Canam Buildings designs and manufactures joists with more complex forms to fit bold architectural needs or simply to cover large spans.

Cranked joists

Special joists, with a single-, double-, triple- or multi-pitched profile, allow top chords to be sloped so as to accommodate a variety of architectural demands. These pitched joists can be easily specified to develop a gable feature on a roof line or a drainage slope within the span of the joist.

Curved joists

Cranked joists, with a single-, double-, triple- or multi-pitched profile, allow top chords to be sloped so as to accommodate a variety of architectural demands. These pitched joists can be easily specified to develop a gable feature on a roof line or a drainage slope within the span of the joist.

Non-conventional joist

Canam Buildings prides itself of being a flexible and solution-focused company. As a result, our company can readily design and manufacture “non-conventional” joists. Please contact a Canam Buildings representative to confirm the feasibility and limitations of a project, as well as specifications required for the design.

  Scissor joist

Efficient lifting devices

Canam joists and joist girders components must be installed with efficiency while maintaining a safe environment on the jobsite. Some of Canam’s partners are offering you their products in order to maximize efficiency during the installation process.

• E-Z Joist Release par Freedom Tools LLC
• DLR lifting device by Les Soudures St-Denis

A Canam Buildings joist girder is a primary structural component of a building. Generally, it supports floor or roof joists in simple span conditions or other secondary elements (purlins, wood trusses, etc.) evenly spaced along the length of the joist girder.

The loads applied to a spandrel joist girder come from only one side; on an inside bay, the loads are applied on either side of the joist girder.