Videos

Video presentation describing the importance of a continuous load path and how good design and construction practices can improve storm resistance per APA guidelines.

Video demonstrating and discussing continuous load path framing techniques from Remodeling Magazine.

Video showing key connection joints for a properly installed continuous load path per IBHS FORTIFIED Home specifications.

Video showing how to design high-wind-resistant foundations according to FLASH Strong Home guidelines.

Video from Home Innovation Research Labs showing how to temporarily brace an engineered wood floor L-joist system for safe usage during the construction phase.

Video presentation describing wood framing design to withstand extreme forces from severe weather.

Video describing a method for testing the earthquake resistance of buildings from the EU Science Hub - Joint Research Centre.

Video of a contractor explaining details of properly framing a home in Seattle, WA using proper Hammer & Hand practices.

Video testimonial from a homeowner whose home survived a flood due to proper lower level wet floodproofing.

Video from Home Innovation Research Labs giving an overview on engineered wood products and L-joist systems and their uses in residential construction.

Video showing steps to protect homes from flood damage using both dry flood-proofing and wet flood-proofing methods per FLASH Strong Homes guidelines.

Video illustrating the importance of a properly installed continuous load path in homes for the home's structural integrity including where and how to properly install bracing measures per IBHS FORTIFIED Home specifications.

Video demonstrating how all connections are critical in creating a continuous path for loads acting on a building (from the exhibition Designing for Disaster at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.© National Building Museum (2014))