Caribbean Disaster
Mitigation Project
Implemented by the Organization of American States
Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment
for the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and the Caribbean Regional Program
CONNECTIONS
IN TIMBER BUILDINGS, POST FOUNDATION, ROOFS AND WALLS MUST BE BRACED IN EACH DIRECTION.
POST FOUNDATIONS: Where posts are more than 3 ft., brace both ways.
ROOFS: Hipped roofs are naturally braced, but gable roofs should be braced in the plane of the roof.
WALLS: Walls should be braced across corners at plate leel and at both corners of each wall.