The connector plate: 70 years powering offsite construction
In 1955, one small steel plate changed construction forever. The connector plate revolutionised timber trusses, sparked the offsite sector, and still drives modern sustainable building 70 years on. Discover the story behind Cal Jureit’s invention — and how MiTek is carrying it into the future. In 1955, engineer John Calvin “Cal” Jureit sketched an idea
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