Timberlok and related fasteners

[MbfVA]

 Thank you Don as always. There are times when I wish I was the engineer that I thought about becoming, but instead, as the accountant I DID become, I do my worrying about cost.

Using what little I do recall from my days in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, and some gut instinct included, I'll go away out on a limb and say that it looks like Spax makes some pretty strong fasteners.  While acknowledging that the engineer's stamp on plans, with adequate specifications spelled out, is the final arbiter of what is safe & ok w the BI, do you think Spax holds promise for good strong timber/post & beam framing in lieu of mortise and tenon, let's say at least on a par with Timberlinx, et al?

[Don P]

In lieu of? No, not at all. Within their allowables, yes of course. I've built many houses with nothing but nails in the way of connectors, it is all about working within what is allowable for the material.