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Forums | | durability oportunities |
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dyoungkeit5 | Posted - 20 December 2002 10:47    The consumer step 2 line is mostly void of links with line 1 durability. I reason that durability needs the most attention, yet gets the least in HUD/PATH/MADE funding. The other categories in line 1 are so old that only small increments of inprovements are still emerging for Energy Efficiency, Environmental, Disaster Resistance,/Safety, and Affordability. The lessons learned from studying failure modes from Hurricane Andrew conclude that truss plate fasteners held up far better than any other fastener. This says that the home building industry should revert to the Truss Framed Construction method successfully demonstrated 17 years ago to replace the platform method used for 168 years, and now obsolete. |