members may be sufficiently aligned vertically so as to allow tie down fasteners e g 312 amp 320 to pass through each stacked fabricated timber while remaining substantially plumb vertically in one example the holes are drilled or otherwise formed by the workers as the timbers are stacked one method of finding the correct location for each hole is to place the next timber in the desired horizontal position above the lower timber and atop the applicable and substantially plumb tie down fasteners beat the horizontal member of the next timber against the tops of the tie down fasteners so as to form discernible marks on its bottom at the locations where the tie down fasteners touch the horizontal member and then drill or otherwise form the holes according to the marks this method typically allows for the holes to be formed by the workers at the required locations along the horizontal member of the next timber at the job site without complex design or measurements or the like regarding the tie down fasteners these fasteners may be attached to or embedded in foundation 310 at their lower ends that extend through the courses of stacked fabricated timbers forming a wall and that are fastened to the top of the wall thus maintaining the wall in a high degree of force over time against the foundation e g 310 such tie down fasteners may be configured to maintain the high degree of force on the wall even in the event of shrinkage of the wall 39 s fabricated timbers and in the event that various forces are applied to the wall including environmental forces such as wind earthquake shifting flooding and the like in one example each tie down fastener may be a threaded rod or a plurality.