if the shear capacity of the connection bolt attaching the connection ec 2 connection to the building element is inadequate then additional shear capacity can be derived with the installation of a shear plate sp the shear plate may consist of a square rectangular round or multi sided steel plate that is provided with holes for nails screws lag bolts or bolts momentarily returning to fig1 it will be noted that the connector assemblies 30 on each side of beam 14 are connected together by a common bolt 31 that is extended through the holes 64 fig7 and 8 as well as through a hole drilled through beam 14 if shear plates sp are used they may be either independently by nailing screwing etc or may be joined by bolts extending through bolt holes not shown formed in the beam and plates sp ideally the assemblies 30 will be aligned but in some cases they can be staggered so long as provisions are made to resolve the unbalanced forces the angle at which each strut intersects beam 14 is a matter of engineering design in fig9 an installation of the present invention to a concrete block building having a steeply sloped roof is depicted in partial cross section to illustrate.