Timber Rivets

Since their introduction into the NDS, timber rivets have seen increasing adoption and acceptance from the timberdesign community. Their high load-transfer characteristics, ease of installation, and flexibility in the field make them ahighly effective and reliable connector choice. Small diameter fasteners have shown a significant advance in timberconnection technology, and the timber rivet is a readily available and well established example.Christopher Williams is Vice President of Timber Systems Limited of Toronto, Canada (www.timsys.com). TimberSystems Limited provides pre-engineered heavy timber structures to many markets around the world. Christopher canbe reached at cwilliams@timsys.com for questions.