Mailing address: P O Box 92-106, Auckland

Physical address: 640 Great South Road Mankau City, Auckland

Telephone: 0800 808 131

Fax: 0800 808 132

Email: futurebuild@chh.co.nz

Website: www.chhfuturebuild.com

Date: 17 February 2006

Allow Hyjoist to introduce itself

Originally developed to replace solid timber as a lightweight and reliable floor joist, Hybeam has been a market leader in engineered I-Joists for years in New Zealand. Building on this proven track record and the capabilities of Hybeam, futurebuild have taken a look at changing trends in building design and as a result, taken all the benefits of Hybeam further to produce the new Hyjoist options range. This range, much expanded and more economical, will now supersede Hybeam as the joist of choice  now offering proven performance with a wider range of options for more flexible design.

According to Ross Davison, Technical Services Manager of futurebuild, Hyjoist involved a complete re-engineering of the Hybeam range in order to provide more options in floor design. The new Hyjoist range features 7 section sizes in four joist depths. Two flange widths of 63mm (economy) and 90mm per section size are available for the key floor depths of 240, 300 and 360mm. The range also boasts a 400mm deep joist ideal for commercial and heavily loaded floors.

Floor designers can now simply select from the economy sections in a depth that will accommodate the spans of the main area of the floor. Any larger spans are easily achieved using the wider flange option of the same depth to complete an economical floor joist layout.

Says Davison, These exciting design options give the specifier and builder greater flexibility allowing a floor joist layout to be tailored for each individual floor design.

All the familiar features and advantages are still there in the new Hyjoist range these include the same straight and true characteristics, production certification by the PAA for peace of mind, optional H3 treatment, experienced engineering support, ﾑon-the-ground specialist technical sales representatives and the same availability through our distribution network.

More choice, more flexibility the new Hyjoist options range means a new freedom in floor design and construction.

To learn more about the new Hyjoist, check out the new product specifications of Hyjoist at www.chhfuturebuild.com , email to futurebuild@chh.co.nz or call the technical helpline on 0800 808 131.