Patent ID: 8726581

Claim:
A construction system to provide structural integrity for a building structure to withstand the destructive forces of storm winds and to minimize or prevent the influent of associated wind-driven blowing rain, comprising: multiple subsystems connected to the building structure, the building structure including a wall structure having multiple studs and a roof structure having multiple components, including trusses or a combination of joists and rafters, the multiple subsystems including: an anchoring system providing multiple sets of two anchor fasteners partially embedded in a foundation and having portions of the two anchor fasteners extending out of the foundation; a wall reinforcement system having multiple structural columns individually positioned between proximate ones of the studs, the portions of the two anchor fasteners both connected to the structural column and the structural column oppositely connected to the roof structure such that the wall reinforcement system ties together the roof components and the wall structure to the foundation using the structural columns; and a wind-beam system having: a wind-beam chord connector connected to one of the joists and to a kingpost extending transversely from and connected to the joist, the kingpost also connected to adjoining first and second rafters; a wind-beam ridge connector connected to the adjoining first and second rafters and to the kingpost; and a wind-beam extension connecting the wind-beam chord connector to the wind-beam ridge connector independent of the kingpost.