Alignment tool for use in aligning openings in structural members

An alignment tool for aligning a first structural opening in a first member with a second structural opening in a second member, the first and second members to be coupled by insertion of a fastener through the first and second structural openings, the tool comprising:

• a back plate;
• a first lug defining a first lug opening therein
• a second lug defining a second lug opening therein, the second lug fixedly mated to the back plate;
• a first pin received within the first lug opening and extending in a first direction from the first lug opening for receiving within a third structural opening in the first member, the third structural opening proximate the first structural opening;
• the first lug adjustably mated to the back plate such that a distance between the back plate and the first pin is adjustable;
• a second pin received within the second lug opening and extending in a second direction from the second lug opening for receiving within a fourth structural opening in the second member, the fourth structural opening proximate the second structural opening, the first direction opposite the second direction;
• and
• wherein reducing the distance between the back plate and the first pin displaces the third structural opening toward the back plate to align the first and second structural openings thereby permitting insertion of a fastener through the first and second structural openings to couple the first and second members.