ClarkDietrich has launched its new ProSTUD Motion Frame Connector, designed to accommodate omnidirectional displacement and mitigate noise associated with the movement of steel framing members. The product was first introduced at BUILD25 and is expected to be a gamechanger for high-rise buildings. ProSTUD Motion Frame Connector was developed in tandem with a group of researchers at the University of Exeter who replicated the force of wind on a building and studied the impact it has on non-structural wall systems. The team found that non-structural wall systems fall victim to stiction, which results in the notorious creaking noise often heard in … Read more