Construction templates and methods of use

A method of constructing a building wall comprising:

• providing one or more strip templates, the one or more strip templates comprising one or more construction specifications printed on a strip of substantially flexible material, the one or more construction specifications comprising (i) a top wall configuration, the top wall configuration comprising placement indicia illustrating the substantially exact location where one or more primary wall components are aligned when attached to a top plate, and, (ii) a bottom wall configuration, the bottom wall configuration comprising placement indicia illustrating the substantially exact location where one or more primary wall components are aligned when attached to a corresponding bottom plate, the top wall configuration differing from the bottom wall configuration and the top plate and the corresponding bottom plate being components of the same wall, the top wall configuration being printed on a first sector of the strip template and the bottom wall configuration being printed on a second sector of the strip template, the first sector of the strip template being delineated from the second sector of the strip template along a line substantially parallel to or coexistent with a longitudinal axis of the first template;
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• providing a wall plate pair, the wall plate pair comprising the top plate and the corresponding bottom plate, the top plate and the corresponding bottom plate being oriented substantially parallel to and immediately proximate to or in contact with each other;
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• affixing the strip template to the wall plate pair so that, (i) the longitudinal axis of the strip template is disposed substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the wall plate pair, (ii) the top wall configuration is disposed immediately proximate to or in contact with the top plate, and, (iii) the bottom wall configuration is disposed immediately proximate to or in contact with the corresponding bottom plate;
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• separating the first sector of the strip template from the second sector of the strip template;
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• terminating the wall plate pair by separating the top plate from the corresponding bottom plate, the first sector of the strip template remaining with the top plate and the second sector of the strip template remaining with the corresponding bottom plate.

A method of constructing a building comprising:

• providing one or more mat templates, the one or more mat templates comprising one or more construction specifications printed on flexible, durable, substantially dimensionally stable material, the one or more construction specifications comprising placement indicia, the placement indicia illustrating the substantially exact location for installation of one or more building components on a floor of a building;
• the one or more mat templates being substantially water-resistant;
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• attaching the one or more mat templates in substantially precise position and orientation, to one or more floors of a nascent building, the attached one or more mat templates forming one or more substantially water resistant barriers.