Abstract: A fitting for use with channel framing including an outer surface and a fitting groove formed in the outer surface includes a base comprising an inner face, an outer face, and sides extending between the inner face and outer face. The base is configured for insertion into the fitting groove of the channel framing. A spring member is mounted on the base and disposed generally above the outer face of the base. The spring member is configured to engage the outer surface of the channel framing when the base is inserted into the fitting groove. The base and the spring member form a clamp for securing the fitting in the fitting groove.

Abstract: The invention provides for a method, system and apparatus for resisting and restraining potentially destructive movement within a building structure while introducing little or no obstruction with respect to how a building structure is designed and how it is intended to function.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for constructing a tower, where the apparatus may include a structure including a foundation including a plurality of hydraulic cylinders; a truss tower located on the foundation and configured to support a tower built on the foundation; and a controller configured to control extension and retraction of the hydraulic cylinders.

Abstract: A wall panel, a masonry wall system, and a method are described. Masonry units are used with wall panels to make a masonry wall. The wall panel has a back face and a front face. The front face has multiple ribs which engage the masonry units, where each rib has top and bottom sides. The bottom sides of the ribs have multiple compressible projections with cavities which can be deformed so as to retain the masonry unit in the panel. Each masonry unit has a body with a front face, a back face, and top and lateral faces. The back face and top lateral face form a back peripheral edge, and the top lateral face has at least one tooth for securing the masonry unit in the panel. In operation, the tooth compresses the projections of the horizontal ribs, thereby securing the masonry unit in the panel.

Abstract: Described herein is a truss/rafter roof erection system and kit that include H brackets that attach to a drop gable and are set to desired height. The first bracket attaches to a gable bracket piece and when the next truss is put in place a first and a second bar member are then slid into place, is pinned and fastened with a security cable. A security cable wraps around the truss or rafter and is secured into place with a one-way locking apparatus. At the finish (or other end of the roof) of the roof on the drop gable, or rafter, a second H bracket is fastened in the same manner as the starter end and is connected to a bar member.

Abstract: Reinforcing bars include load transfer connectors. A link plate includes openings that mate with the load transfer connectors to overlie the splice between reinforcing bars being spliced. A cover plate may be fastened over the link plate.

Abstract: The disclosed concerns a method of transporting a tower of a wind turbine in an upright position to an assembly site of the wind turbine, whereby the tower is equipped with a strake set comprising a number of strakes positioned to lead from a top of the tower in the upright position down towards a bottom of the tower, at least one of the strakes being realized as a detachable strake. The invention also concerns a strake set and transport assembly.

Abstract: A method of installing a door is provided. According to an embodiment, an outgoing hinge is detached and removed from an attachment location on a side of an outgoing door. A replacement hinge is positioned at the attachment location on the first door where the outgoing hinge was attached. While the replacement hinge is positioned at the attachment location, an alignment position removably coupled to the replacement hinge is folded at an edge of the side of the outgoing door to form a crease in the alignment protrusion. The replacement hinge is positioned on a side of a replacement door with the alignment protrusion aligned with and folded over an edge of the side of the replacement door, and the replacement hinge is attached to the side of the replacement door.

Abstract: A fastening system, in particular for components of photovoltaic systems, preferably on roof surfaces of buildings, includes providing a support surface (1) and at least one fastening component (7, 19) of loops and/or other interlocking elements on the support surface. After applying the fastening component (7, 19) in the mounted state of the support surface (1), at least one other corresponding fastening component (7, 19) provided with other interlocking elements can be detachably connected to the fastening components (7, 19) on the support surface.

Abstract: Suspended deck systems, kits, methods of installing a suspended deck system, and methods of inspecting and/or repairing a suspended deck system are described herein. An example embodiment of a suspended deck system comprises a plurality of bosses, a plurality of links, and a deck. Each boss of the plurality of bosses is attached to a tower section between the tower section first flange and the tower section second flange. Each link of the plurality of links has a link first end that is attached to a boss of the plurality of bosses and a link second end. The deck is attached to the link second end of each link of the plurality of links.

Abstract: Hanger devices for a ceiling tile grid suspension system including a plurality of rigid, elongated seismic joists interposed between opposing walls of a room, spaced selected distances apart along a horizontal support plane, and hangers suspended from the respective joists to support a grid from the respective lower ends thereof.

Abstract: A method for building and installing a ceiling suspension system including a plurality of rigid, elongated seismic joists interposed between opposing walls of a room, spaced selected distances apart along a horizontal support plane, and hangers suspended from the respective joists to support a grid from the respective lower ends thereof.

Abstract: The present invention includes a method and a unit for a masonry wall system, each unit comprising a face shell wherein the interior surface has a transverse axis running from the top surface to the bottom surface of the face shell, and one or more webs having a front end and a rear end, wherein the rear end of each web is integral with or attached to the interior surface of the face shell along the transverse axis. The method for wall construction further comprising positioning one or more vertical reinforcement rods or tendons with one end embedded in a wall-foundation and laying a layer wall units on the wall-foundation such that the one or more webs of the layers of wall units are aligned, and the vertical reinforcement rods or tendons run through or are adjacent to the webs of the wall units.

Abstract: A tubular passage for poured concrete decks has an intumescent tube held in a two-part, clamshell base by a bottom clip. A first tube engages the base's top to clamp a funnel shaped, diaphragm seal to the base. The first tube has spaced, radially extending, parallel ridges at predetermined distances from the base. Longitudinal channels separate the ridges. An extension tube has inward extending lugs passing along the channels to engage various ridges when rotated to fix the passage length. The extension engages the base bottom for corrugated deck supports. A cap with repositionable, locating filaments closes either tube.

Abstract: A system for attachment to beams in which at least two U-shaped cleats are secured over a beam. A cap is attached to the cleats, the cap enclosing the U-shaped cleats, and preventing rain from entering the beam through fasteners used to secure the cleats. On the underside of the cap, stop tabs space the top of the cap from the beam. On the upperside of the cap, T-slots form channels with a gap opening. These channels may be used to attach equipment to the beam.

Abstract: A system for mounting a plurality of wall panels is disclosed which incorporates a plurality of horizontal wall runners that have a plurality of holes along the length thereof in order to urge rainwater downward and onto the ground and also to dry out any water or moisture that may remain therebetween. The holes are formed at the lowest most portion of the trough in order to further urge the rainwater downward.

Abstract: A wall cladding assembly is disclosed. The wall cladding assembly includes a wall cladding tile having a substantially flat surface, a mounting channel attached to the flat surface and at least one anchor secured to the mounting channel. The mounting channel includes a planar base plate, a pair of flanges along parallel edges of the base plate and a pair of lips at outer edges of the flanges. The base plate, the flanges and the lips define a first recess and a second recess. The at least one anchor includes an anchor plate and a pair of projections extending from the anchor plate. A first projection has a first securing lip and a second projection has a second securing lip, the first securing lip having a portion sized to fit in the first recess and the second securing lip having a portion sized to fit in the second recess.

Abstract: A method for insulating and imparting a desired architectural style to a building or other structure is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes providing a facade comprising an insulating panel and a decorative layer coupled to a front side of the insulating panel. The facade has a substantially planar surface on a back side thereof. The front side of the facade may be non-planar to provide a desired architectural contour to the facade. The method further provides an attachment mechanism on at least one of: (1) the back side of the facade, and (2) an exposed face of a building or other structure. The method attaches the back side of the facade to the exposed face of the building or other structure using the attachment mechanism. A corresponding apparatus and overall assembly are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A telescopic boom extending along a longitudinal axis includes a base section intended to be connected to a frame of a machine for lifting loads, a plurality of movable sections, a hydraulic cylinder connecting the base section to a first movable section of said plurality for extending the first movable section relative to the base section, at least one extension chain between the base section and a second movable section for extending the second movable section relative to the first movable section, at least one further extension chain interposed between the first movable section and a third movable section for extending the third movable section relative to the second movable section, the extension chain and the further extension chain located at opposite sides of the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A window covering is provided. The window covering may include a frame mountable within a window return. The frame includes up to four frame members. The four frame members include a first side member having a first light stop, a second side member having a second light stop, a top member having a top light stop, and a bottom member having a bottom light stop. The top member may be coupled between top ends of the first side member and the second side member and the bottom member may be coupled between bottom ends of the first side member and the second side member to form a rectilinear shaped frame. A window covering may be coupled within the frame, wherein the light stops reduce a light gap between the window covering and the frame.