Wood roof truss construction

A roof truss construction comprising a pair of redundant super-positioned load resisting force systems, said systems formed of a coincident top chord, a web system depending from said top chord and a pair of individually functioning bottom chords, one of said chords being a word bichord including lap-splices, connected to said web system and the other chord comprising tension rod means disposed longitudinally within said bichord generally parallel thereto and means supporting said tension rod independent of said bichord, said web system including web clusters each comprising a vertical and diagonal strut members depending from said top chord and converging at a common point at the bottom chord, plate means at the point of convergence secured to the bottom ends of each converging strut member, said plate means having first passage means formed horizontally therein and strap means secured to and depending from said plate means and having second passage means formed longitudinally therein for supporting the rod without fixed attachment and said second passage means being aligned in said web cluster and containing spacer means passing therethrough whereby to secure said web cluster to said bottom bichord.