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Insights & Innovation

Ideas | Knowledge | Engineering | Innovation

Explore the books, technical thinking, and patented innovations behind our work in structural engineering, cold-formed steel, modular construction, and affordable housing.

Published Work & Intellectual Property

Books and patents from our founder,
Mr. Raj Jalla

Alongside 2,000+ delivered projects, Raj Jalla writes and files patents on the systems IDES Global builds with every day — cold-formed steel, modular construction and affordable, resilient housing.

  • 5Books in pipeline
  • 37Core Patents filed
  • 13Provisional Patents filed
Books by Raj Jalla

The Library

Affordable Housing

Book 01 · Published

Affordable Housing

The Easy & Rapid Way to a Budget Home

By Raj Jalla - Founder, IDES Global

A practical field guide to delivering safe, code-compliant homes at material costs as low as $25 per square foot. Raj Jalla walks through low-cost framing strategies, material substitution and rapid-build sequencing drawn directly from IDES Global's affordable-housing projects, aimed at builders and NGOs working with tight budgets and compressed timelines.

Affordable housingRapid constructionField guide
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Books in Pipeline

Failure of CFS StructuresBuilding CataloguesSustainable Structures with Insulated Concrete FormsMulti Family Residential Building

Patent Portfolio

Innovation, protected.

  • 75Portfolio Records
  • 37Granted
  • 22Pending
  • 13Provisional
  • US12730431B2

    Method and system for building framing and manufacturing system

    Granted 2026-09-08Core
  • US12071737B2

    Foundation wall system

    Granted 2024-08-27Core
  • US12067521B2

    Method and process of identifying the Optimized approach for Shipping Methodology

    Granted 2024-08-20Core
  • US12019654B2

    Cold formed steel to Plumbing system conflict check

    Granted 2024-06-25Periphery
  • US11989489B2

    Shipping methodology for 1 Directional joists in framing Automation

    Granted 2024-05-21Periphery
  • US11893315B2

    Shipping methodology for 1 Directional trusses in framing Automation

    Granted 2024-02-06Periphery
  • US11797722B2

    Shipping methodology for 2 Directional joists in framing Automation

    Granted 2023-10-24Periphery
  • US11748526B2

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STRENGTHENING AND REINFORCING A BUILDING FRAME

    Granted 2023-09-05Core
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Interested in licensing a system or co-authoring research?

Raj Jalla and the IDES Global engineering team work with publishers, universities and manufacturers on upcoming titles and patent licensing.

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