Abstract: A system and method of forming a wooden shear wall including a framed wall section having multiple framing members including a first and second end posts, a center post framing member, a mudsill bottom plate coupled to a bottom end of the framing members and a top plate coupled to a top end of the framing members. Two plywood panels are fastened to a first side of the framed wall section with a ductile metal gauge strap, ductile metal gauge strap securing adjacent edges of the plywood panels to the center post and multiple metal gauge straps, disposed along the edges of the plywood panels secure the edges of the plywood panels to the framed wall section.

Abstract: A system and method of a rolling pendulum base system includes a base including a spherically shaped, concave upper base surface, multiple bearings supported within the spherically shaped, concave upper base surface, a slider including a slider body, a spherically shaped, convex upper slider surface on an upper end of the slider body and a convex lower slider surface on the lower end of the slider body, the convex lower slider surface disposed on the bearings, and a pedestal including a pedestal body, a spherically shaped, concave lower pedestal surface on a lower end of the pedestal body and a flat upper pedestal surface on an upper end of the pedestal body, the concave lower pedestal surface disposed on the convex upper slider surface.

Abstract: A system, method and apparatus of connecting a beam to a column includes a haunch including a first haunch side coupled to a first side of the beam and a bend plate secured to a first end of the haunch. The haunch is coupled to the column by the bend plate separated from the column by a spacer plate. A top plate extends a first distance along a top surface of the beam and the top plate includes a column opening encompassing the column, the top plate is secured to the top surface of the beam. A first edge of the spacer plate can be separated from a second haunch side by a yielding region, wherein the second haunch side is opposite from the first haunch side. The bend plate can be welded to the first end of the haunch.