Press Release: Portland Bolt & Manufacturing Co., Inc.
PORTLAND, OR–(Marketwire -05/31/12)- Though shear plates have been used extensively for over 80 years to increase the strength of wooden structures, there is little readily accessible information about them. ShearPlates.com is a new technical resource developed by Portland Bolt & Manufacturing Company that clearly outlines the different shear plate sizes and applications of the product. The site draws on the company’s 100 years of large and nonstandard construction fastener manufacturing experience to create an all-inclusive place for engineers, architects, contractors, erectors, laminators, fabricators, and fastener distributors with in-depth, technical information pertaining to shear plate timber connectors. (…)
via Portland Bolt Launches Shear Plates Website – Yahoo! Finance.