Improvements in a cosmetic equipment shield that provides a cosmetic shield that can cover all of the equipment that can exist on the roof of a building is disclosed. The cosmetic shield convers the roof equipment on one or more sides to improve the visual appearance of the building. The shield allows air movement through the cosmetic shield. The metal strips are staggered, offset or otherwise configured so they prevent viewing through the metal strips or louvers, but allows air flow. The cosmetic equipment shield is secured to the roof to resist most weather conditions from rain to wind, hot temperatures and freezing temperatures. The cosmetic equipment shield is configured for nearly infinite straight walls and can also include angle brackets to change the direction of the shield to 90 degrees or 270 degrees or can be angled slightly in a curved appearance.

A waterproof and safety framing system is disclosed. The framing system includes a building defining an opening, a wall panel, and a framing assembly. The framing assembly includes receiver and a bottom track. The receiver is installed along an edge of the opening, with the receiver including a receiver bottom wall that defines a receiver ridge extending along a length of the receiver. The bottom track is attached to an edge of the wall panel and including a track bottom wall that defines a track ridge, with the receiver and the bottom track matingly engaging such that the bottom track overlays the receiver and the receiver ridge and the track ridge are proximal one another. The framing assembly is structured to prevent the wall panel from passing through the opening in a first direction.

The present application is directed toward fire-rated wall construction components and wall systems for use in building construction. Embodiments can include tracks for holding studs which incorporate various geometries capable of receiving fire-retardant material, flat straps for use between tracks and fluted wall components, fire sponges for use in fluted wall components, and tracks with protruding grooves or other structures which prevent unwanted air movement between a wallboard component and the track.

The present application is directed toward fire-rated wall construction components and wall systems for use in building construction. Embodiments can include tracks for holding studs which incorporate various geometries capable of receiving fire-retardant material, flat straps for use between tracks and fluted wall components, fire sponges for use in fluted wall components, and tracks with protruding grooves or other structures which prevent unwanted air movement between a wallboard component and the track.

Disclosed herein is a smart wall including a plurality of frame modules including at least one mounting cell, a fastener configured to fasten the plurality of frame modules to each other to form a frame structure, a fixing member configured to fix the frame structure to a ceiling and a floor, an electronic appliance disposed in the mounting cell, and an art wall configured to cover a front surface of the frame structure, wherein the plurality of frame modules includes at least one of a first frame module including mounting cells arranged side by side in a horizontal direction, a second frame module including a mounting cell larger than the mounting cells of the first frame module, or a third frame module having a length corresponding to a vertical length of the frame structure and including mounting cells arranged side by side in a vertical direction.

A fire-rated receiver channel includes at least one intumescent or other fire-resistant material strip. The receiver channel can nest with a framing member, such as metal tracks, headers, header tracks, sill plates, bottom tracks, metal studs, wood studs or wall partitions, and placed at a perimeter of a wall assembly to create a fire block arrangement. In other arrangements, a track assembly includes two nested tracks, an inner track and outer track. The assembly is designed so that the outside width of the outer track is equal to or less than the outside width of the inner track to present a substantially flush external surface for attachment of exterior sheathing elements when the assembly is used in an external wall.

A containment system may include four different widths of panel assemblies, at least four different types of corner assemblies, various types of door assemblies, multiple types of three-way corners or T intersections, multiple types of exhaust panel assemblies, multiple types of wall seal assemblies, and other components that form a modular system capable of adapting to various configurations using a minimal number of fasteners, brackets, and/or clamps. Each panel assembly includes a lower assembly, an upper assembly slideably attached to the lower assembly, at least one adjustment mechanism that interfaces with both the lower assembly and the upper assembly, and a sealing member extending between the upper assembly and the lower assembly.

A demountable wall system. The system includes a plurality of framing members including a horizontal lower framing member having upper and lower slots, a horizontal upper framing member having upper and lower slots, and vertical framing members having opposed side slots. At least one vertical rectangular panel has a lower edge inserted into the upper slot of the lower member, an upper edge inserted into the lower slot of the upper member, and side edges inserted into facing slots of the side members. A mounting member has opposed sides, an upper edge and a lower edge, the upper edge being fitted into the lower slot of the lower member. Finally, a panel trim assembly comprising a panel trim may be installed onto each edge of the vertical rectangular panel.

A demountable wall system. The system includes a plurality of framing members including a horizontal lower framing member having upper and lower slots, a horizontal upper framing member having upper and lower slots, and vertical framing members having opposed side slots. At least one vertical rectangular panel has a lower edge inserted into the upper slot of the lower member, an upper edge inserted into the lower slot of the upper member, and side edges inserted into facing slots of the side members. A mounting member has opposed sides, an upper edge and a lower edge, the upper edge being fitted into the lower slot of the lower member. Finally, a panel trim assembly comprising a panel trim may be installed onto each edge of the vertical rectangular panel.

An improved connection between supporting and supported structural members, particularly between the sheathing and framing members of curtain walls, wherein the connector is an angular member having first and second plates joined at an angular junction and the second plate is formed with a plurality of elongated slots and the fastening in the elongated slot closest to the angular juncture is reinforced.