Design - Connection Techniques

My last post looked at the materials our group are looking at for our design. As the proposal needs to be relocatable, both efficiency and ease of building and rebuilding is a major impact on the design. As materials can be bought pre-fab, the issue is not in constructing the planes, but joining them together and so the connection techniques used much be carefully chosen.

So this post is research into various connection methods that preferably require little to no tools and man hours. Even though they might not necessarily be for materials that our group is using, it is still worth looking at innovative ways to connect various materials.

So here is a few connection techniques i found i thought worth posting:

- Beamlock (http://www.benfieldatt.co.uk/timber_frame_products/benfield_att_
house_extensions/beamlock_system_for_garages_and_car_ports/
building_with_beamlock)

Installation Advantages

Two people can easily build a Beamlock structure with minimal tools and skills. Simple assembly means that you will benefit from the unique time saving design reducing timberframe build times and labour costs.

- Zipblocks

Fun with Lego! An interesting yet possibly time consuming method but does allow for adaptability from school to school.