A mounting assembly is provided for quick and easy attachment to engineered joists. The mounting assembly includes a brace assembly and a mounting bracket. The mounting assembly may also include an electrical box. The brace assembly is an adjustable member that extends between flanges of engineered ceiling joists. The brace assembly has two low profile end caps that can engage the flanges of engineered ceiling joists and apply a force against the flanges when tightened. The mounting bracket is connected to a hanger body of the brace assembly by a snap fit and the electrical box is attached to the mounting bracket.

Plating systems and related methods are disclosed for prepping of structural members, such as splicing and/or pre-plating structural members. A plating system can include a splicing system and a pre-plating system. A splicing system include an infeed system, an outfeed system, and a press to affix or otherwise secure a plate to opposing surfaces of structural members to splice the structural members together. Guides are automatically positioned to guide short members through the splicing system. A pre-plating system includes a press, an infeed system configured to deliver a structural member to the press, and an outfeed system configured to remove the structural member from the press. The press is configured to secure a plate to the structural member on a surface other than the opposing surfaces used to splice the structural members together. A plate picking robot is configured to pick a plate from a plate container and position the plate on a press surface.

Plating systems and related methods are disclosed for prepping of structural members, such as splicing and/or pre-plating structural members. A plating system can include a splicing system and a pre-plating system. A splicing system include an infeed system, an outfeed system, and a press to affix or otherwise secure a plate to opposing surfaces of structural members to splice the structural members together. Guides are automatically positioned to guide short members through the splicing system. A pre-plating system includes a press, an infeed system configured to deliver a structural member to the press, and an outfeed system configured to remove the structural member from the press. The press is configured to secure a plate to the structural member on a surface other than the opposing surfaces used to splice the structural members together. A plate picking robot is configured to pick a plate from a plate container and position the plate on a press surface.

A mounting assembly is provided for quick and easy attachment to engineered joists. The mounting assembly includes a brace assembly and a mounting bracket. The mounting assembly may also include an electrical box. The brace assembly is an adjustable member that extends between flanges of engineered ceiling joists. The brace assembly has two low profile end caps that can engage the flanges of engineered ceiling joists and apply a force against the flanges when tightened. The mounting bracket is connected to a hanger body of the brace assembly by a snap fit and the electrical box is attached to the mounting bracket.

The innovation relates to a pool covering system that is usable as a flooring surface. The pool covering system includes brackets and support beams spanning the pool opening. The beams provide structural support to cross members and flooring placed on top of the beams. The pool covering system does not require significant drainage of the pool and does not damage the pool structure during installation and use.

An engineered wood structural system including multiple vertical structural elements including first seats comprised between parallel vertical struts made of successive aligned vertical strut segments connected to each other, multiple horizontal structural elements, supported on the first seats, each including an upper horizontal board and a lower horizontal board with at least one second spacer placed in between, and optionally slab members supported on the horizontal structural elements defining at least one structure floor.

An adhesive and release liner application system and method. A bottom table is slidable with respect to a frame and a middle table is slidable with respect to the bottom table. An elevator drive subsystem between a top table and the middle table is configured to adjust the elevation of the top table relative to the middle table. An adhesive head, connected to an adhesive supply subsystem, a release liner applicator, a release liner cutter, and a staple gun are mounted to the top table for applying the adhesive to a surface of a structural member positioned adjacent the top table, for applying a release liner over the adhesive on the surface, for inserting at least one staple through the release liner and into the surface, and for cutting the release liner.

A multi-layered inflammable wood material A for use as a building material includes a support wood material part 1 for supporting load, an inner inflammable wood material part 2a attached to a periphery of the support wood material part 1, and an outer inflammable wood material part 2b attached to a periphery of the inner inflammable wood material part 2a, wherein the inner inflammable wood material part 2a and the outer inflammable wood material part 2b both contain therein an inflammable agent, and an amount of the inflammable agent contained in the inner inflammable wood material part 2a is smaller than an amount of the inflammable agent contained in the outer inflammable wood material part 2b.

A multi-layered inflammable wood material A for use as a building material includes a support wood material part 1 for supporting load, an inner inflammable wood material part 2a attached to a periphery of the support wood material part 1, and an outer inflammable wood material part 2b attached to a periphery of the inner inflammable wood material part 2a, wherein the inner inflammable wood material part 2a and the outer inflammable wood material part 2b both contain therein an inflammable agent, and an amount of the inflammable agent contained in the inner inflammable wood material part 2a is smaller than an amount of the inflammable agent contained in the outer inflammable wood material part 2b.

Provided is a multi-layered reinforced wood material which is excellent in fire resistance, has extremely small damages on a support wood material part, and is also excellent in strength. The present invention is directed to a multi-layered reinforced wood material A for use as a building material, the multi-layered reinforced wood material A including a support wood material part 1 for supporting load, a sheet part 3 attached to the periphery of the support wood material part 1, an inflammable wood material part 2 attached outside the sheet part 3 so as not to expose the sheet part 3, wherein the inflammable wood material part 1 is made of a wood material containing therein an inflammable agent, and the sheet part 3 is made of a fiber reinforced plastic.