We are very excited to offer our exclusive Infinity Shear Panel (Patented) to carry the lateral wind or seismic loads in a building.  Since our first projects in 1986, we’ve been fighting with the myriad of problems associated with using light gage flat x-strapping to carry the lateral loads.  The flat straps were getting cut out by mechanical and electrical subs; they would deflect and become “wavy” creating bulges in the drywall and/or aggravating problems for the drywall sub; they were surface applied to the face of the wall which creates material thickness buildup and potential finishing problems even if they remain flat; many designs require nasty, expensive, time consuming uplift connections (drilling through slabs, Simpsons, gusset plates, etc); and there was no way to tighten them up after installation and as the building gets loaded.  Our Infinity shear Panel (ISP) easily solves all of those problems.  

Our ISP uses 0.75” round steel rods creating an X within the ISP itself rather than surface applying any material (no bulges or finishing problems). Our ISP Corner Bracket (Patented) is a custom steel casting that is designed to anchor the diagonal rods at varying angles and easily allows you to go back and tighten the nut to snug-up the steel rods if you get some minor settlement

during construction as the building gets loaded.  The ISP Corner Bracket has the inherent advantage of being able to effortlessly thru-bolt from floor-to-floor for uplift as the floors are being poured rather than having to drop back later and drill the slab, etc.  It is standardized in approximately 10-foot lengths with allowable loads from 5.08 kips to 6.40 kips, so it is easy for the Engineer to integrate into the structural design (Note: Allowable loads may be increased per governing codes to obtain the working load).