USP Structural Connectors, a Gibraltar company (NASDAQ: ROCK), and Structural Soft, LLC announced today that they have entered into an agreement under which USP has acquired an equity interest in Structural Soft. Structural Soft has recently introduced an innovative lateral design software, LateralWorx 2010. Developed specifically for wood-framed structures in high wind and seismic environments, this versatile program for single and multi-family homes and light commercial buildings offers engineers significant time savings in the calculation of lateral loads and design of shear walls.

LateralWorx is an integral part of the BuildingWorx whole-house design platform which is the most comprehensive and intuitive set of structural design tools for the light-frame construction industry to date. The next module to be released is FramingWorx which offers vertical load analysis and framing design for the whole building. It is fully integrated with LateralWorx and offers whole house design capability as a complete solution for engineers, designers, suppliers and dealers.

“This is a very exciting venture for USP. We see the growing power of automation for structural design and the critical role it will play in the future. The speed and efficiency that Structural Soft’s new software offers is impressive and USP is committed to this progressive technology,” said Stephen Duffy, President of USP. “We look forward to the bright future of this partnership with Structural Soft as well as supporting the development of their next innovative product for general framing applications, FramingWorx.”

“Design Efficiency and Value Engineering are two important features of the BuildingWorx family of products that offer significant time and cost savings. FramingWorx and LateralWorx were developed from the ground up by engineers with real world whole-house design capability in mind, from roof to foundation. Structural Soft is adding capabilities to serve different markets from engineers of record to designers in production departments of lumber yards and fabricators,” says Sal Akhter, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Structural Soft.

About USP Structural Connectors

USP Structural Connectors, a Gibraltar company (NASDAQ: ROCK), is a leading manufacturer of structural connectors, epoxy and mechanical anchors for use in the DIY, and residential and commercial building markets throughout the United States and Canada. USP offers one of the most comprehensive product lines in the industry, supporting a wide network of distributors and dealers. Learn more at: www.uspconnectors.com.

About Structural Soft

Structural Soft develops industry leading, state of the art engineering analysis and design software specifically for wood frame residential and light commercial structures. Structural Soft solutions use standards based CAD tools and the latest in Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology to enable quick modeling, efficient design and production of construction documents. Products range from lateral and gravity loads analysis to a whole house design platform. Learn more at: www.structuralsoft.com.