I am a builder in upstate new york. I work mostly with straw and earth materials and with framworks of heavy timbers, almost always green. My question is how do various steel fasteners nails,screws, bolts/nuts, lag bolts perform in combination with green timber. I.E. using steel plates and fasteners to join timbers, nailing SIP's to green frames or using green timbers say 2 x 10's for a floor joist system and nailing joists to suppurting girders or sill plates. Any standards reguarding any of this or more particularly a good book on the subject. thanks