Don’t Forget the Connectors Structural connectors are designed to hold framing members to the foundation and to one another. They help a building withstand heavy loads, strong winds and earthquakes.

The parliamentarian, who decides whether the bill complies with budget rules, threw out more proposals, leaving Republicans searching for ways to cover its cost.

Weyerhaeuser’s $500 million plant in Arkansas will turn small trees, once bound for paper mills, into engineered lumber.