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Building Design and Construction Decision Making Tool

VTIP:10-048

The present invention is a simple but convenient hand manipulative wheel that acts as a simple and comprehensible decision making tool to allow users to self-direct, filter, and consolidate their interests, objectives, goals, and purchasing decisions when determining what innovative building products, processes, technologies, and/or systems to use in building ...

Method and Apparatus for (1) Attaching Guard Rail Posts to Decks, (2) Deck Ledgers to House Framing, and (3) Deck Joists to House Band Joists

VTIP:07-125

Many commonly used guardrail post connections have been examined and it was discovered that none could carry the building code design load (of 200 pounds) let alone a safety factor of 2.5 to a total load of 500 pounds, applied in any direction at the top of the post. ...