PRODUCT NEWS
Easy to Install Adjustable Deck Tension Tie
To make residential decks safer, the 2015 International Residential Code (IRC) has included prescriptive construction details that require the builder to install connections to transfer lateral loads from the deck to the house structure. This could be your easy answer. 

 
INDUSTRY NEWS
The Houston Warehouse is Now Fully Operational
The expanded Houston, TX warehouse is now fully operational, providing more stock and improved delivery for products, including USP Structural Connectors, USP Epoxy and
fasteners.
 
CUSTOMER NEWS
Meet Our Newest Customer Service Rep
For this issue of Connections we are interviewing Toni Walden our newest MiTek Builder Products Customer Service Representative. Toni works out of our Largo Florida manufacturing plant.

INDUSTRY NEWS
Order Your Copy of the USP Product Catalog
The 2015-2016 USP catalog is a comprehensive guide to over 2000 connector products featuring application illustrations, detailed installation instructions, fastening schedules and load ratings. And now it is available in French.
 
INDUSTRY NEWS
New Evaluation Reports for Structural Products
The MiTek Builder Product Engineering team works with the various building code product evaluation services to obtain and maintain evaluation reports on our structural products.

INDUSTRY NEWS
A Significant Soft Story Retrofit Opportunity
There is a significant opportunity for the building industry. In both the San Francisco and Los Angeles city areas, ordinances were passed to increase the resiliency of structures in the respective cities. 
 
SOFTWARE NEWS
Collaboration is The Key For Your Next Deck 
Most deck projects start out as an image in the mind of the creator, or a sketch on a napkin or a scrap piece of lumber. We have a remarkably powerful tool  to get deck projects from their mind to paper and  off to the best possible start.   
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