Simpson Strong Tie
The search for lower installed cost is one of the biggest trends driving the fastener industry today. Manufacturers are responding by bringing to market new types of fasteners with timesaving features, such as eliminating pre-drilling and manufacturing integral washers.
Contractors appreciate saving time and cost on a job. While it has gotten faster and easier to use fasteners in many types of construction, it has become increasingly more difficult in coastal areas of the country where building codes require using structural pilings. After the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, many of these coastline communities have also increased the number of bolted connections required for pile construction.(…)
via The Next Wave of Fastener Innovation – Building Products – March 2015.