- Industry: Government
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Plan irregularity in a diaphragm, such as an extending wing, plan inset, or E-, T-, X-, or L-shaped configuration, where large tensile and compressive forces can develop.
Industry:Construction
Quality of having alternative paths in the structure by which the lateral forces are resisted, allowing the structure to remain stable following the failure of any single element.
Industry:Construction
A light steel plate fastening having punched teeth of various shapes and configurations that are pressed into wood members to effect transfer shear. Used with structural lumber assemblies.
Industry:Construction
An element that is essential to the ability of the structure to resist earthquake-induced deformations.
Industry:Construction
Those components that are required as part of the building’s lateral-force-resisting system (as contrasted to secondary components).
Industry:Construction
Assumption of ultimate bearing capacity based on allowable loads from original design.
Industry:Construction
Wood products pressure-treated by an approved process and preservative.
Industry:Construction
A chemical that, when suitably applied to wood, makes the wood resistant to attack by fungi, insects, marine borers, or weather conditions.
Industry:Construction
Assumption of ultimate bearing capacity.
Industry:Construction
