Cementitious building panels are connected together using a connector plate
made of a composite material of carbon fibers embedded in an organic
matrix. The interconnection is made by removing cementitious material to
form recesses in the building panels, applying an adhesive material into
the recesses prior to placing the connector plate into the recesses, and
thereafter affixing the connector plate to the first-panel face and to the
second-panel face in the recesses and extending across the gap between the
first-panel edge and the second-panel edge.