Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc.

Bay City Flower Company, Inc.

Simpson Manufacturing Corporation

Jerry G Gridley

Jin-Jie Lin

William F Leek

Jose L Perez

Emory Lee Montague

Paul McEntee

Ricardo Arevalo

Stephen B Lamson

A continuity tie is provided for connecting a prefabricated shearwall to a structural member above the prefabricated shearwall. In the preferred embodiment, the continuity tie is a steel tube with aligned openings for receiving a threaded rod therethrough. The tube is welded to the shearwall. A pair of tubes are preferably attached. Nuts attach the threaded rod to the tube. The threaded rod attaches to a structural member above the tube.

Continuity tie for prefabricated shearwalls

A prefabricated shearwall including a central diaphragm having a height generally defined by top and bottom edges, and a width generally defined by a pair of end sections. The diaphragm further includes at least one corrugation extending in the height direction at least partially between the top and bottom edges. The corrugation increases the ductility and ability of the shearwall to withstand lateral forces such as those generated in earthquakes, high winds, floods and snow loads.

Corrugated shearwall

A connection is provided between a holder and a plurality of anchor bolts by means of a template. The holder is typically a form board for a cementious member such as a foundation. The template is releasably attached to the form board. The template is formed with a central elongated support, and a plurality of pairs of primary and secondary anchor bolt receiving platforms connected to the central elongated support. The pairs of primary and second anchor bolt receiving platforms are spaced along the central elongated support from each other. Each of the primary and secondary anchor bolt receiving platforms has an opening therein for receiving one of the anchor bolts there through, the openings in each pair of primary and secondary anchor bolt receiving platforms being in alignment so as to receive the same one of the anchor bolts. A plurality of fasteners are releasably connected to the plurality of anchor bolts and are supported by the template to releasably attach the anchor bolts to the template, suspending them in the form where wet cement can surround and envelope the lower portions of the anchor bolts.

Shear wall template

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Jerry G Gridley