Patent ID: 8919050

Claim:
A construction system providing structural integrity for a building structure to resist the destructive forces of storm winds, torsion forces, and seismic forces, 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 including at least one from a group of trusses, joists and rafters, the multiple subsystems including: an anchoring system connected to a foundation; a wall reinforcement system having multiple structural columns individually positioned between proximate ones of the studs; a lateral corner brace reinforcement system having subassemblies positioned along intersecting walls and fastened together at a building structure intersecting corner; a diaphragm reinforcement system having multiple members fastened to gable-ends of the roof structure, fastened to at least one from the group of trusses, joists and rafters of the building structure, and connected to the anchoring system; a line of compression blocking in the building structure; a rafter/joist tie-down system having multiple members individually coupling each of the structural columns to the roof structure such that the wall reinforcement system ties together the roof structure and the wall structure to the foundation using the structural columns; and the diaphragm reinforcement system including at least one horizontal support beam fastened across one of the gable-ends of the roof structure, the diaphragm reinforcement system being supported by at least one angled brace connected to at least one lateral brace fastened to at least one from the group of trusses, joists and rafters, and the diaphragm reinforcement system including an anti-hinge bracket fastened to at least one of the structural columns and to a foundational element of the anchoring system.